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    Endemol to cause panic at Mipcom

    2008-10-01T10:23:53Z

    Endemol International has unveiled a host of new titles ahead of Mipcom including the super-indie's latest gameshow - set in Argentina.

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    Tranter: My one regret

    2008-10-01T10:55:18Z

    Outgoing BBC head of fiction Jane Tranter has revealed her one regret in her eight year tenure: failing to commission a third series of Paul Abbott's comedy-drama Linda Green.

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    Jazz FM unveils rebrand

    2008-10-01T11:50:25Z

    Jazz FM has updated its famous multi-coloured chameleon which will be featured as part of a major marketing campaign to coincide with its return to the airwaves next week.

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    Video: S4C's passage to India

    2008-10-01T12:07:25Z

    Amanda Rees, the series producer behind epic new S4C series Yr Afon, reveals how she captured HD footage of the world's most important rivers - and what happened when she picked up a nasty bug in India.

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    Janice Hadlow wins BBC2 controller role

    2008-10-01T12:31:17Z

    BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow has been named controller of BBC2, confirming widespread expectations in the industry.

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    Tranter criticises single drama 'fetishisation'

    2008-10-01T12:50:35Z

    BBC head of fiction Jane Tranter has issued a parting shot against the “fetishisation” of single drama.

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    Goodbye SMG... Hello STV Group

    2008-10-01T13:08:39Z

    SMG has officially rebranded as the STV Group plc from today (1 October).

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    ITV4 scores biggest ever audience

    2008-10-01T13:11:09Z

    ITV4 scored its highest ever audience for any programme last night as Manchester United's game against Alborg averaged a hefty 1.7m (8.50%) from 7.30pm.

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    Timeline: Janice Hadlow

    2008-10-01T13:12:01Z

    The career to date of Janice Hadlow, the newly appointed controller of BBC2.

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    BBC HD makes Euro debut

    2008-10-01T14:37:59Z

    BBC Worldwide Channels is expanding into Scandinavia with the launch of four thematic stations.

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    BBC4 doubles audience under Hadlow

    2008-10-01T15:42:58Z

    BBC4 has seen its audience effectively double under the outgoing controller Janice Hadlow.

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    BBC adapts Jacqueline Wilson for Christmas

    2008-10-01T16:26:46Z

    Juliet Stevenson is to star in a BBC film adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's teen novel Dustbin Baby, about a girl whose life is a blur of social workers and care homes.

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    ITV1 to chart singing priests' rise to fame

    2008-10-01T16:29:30Z

    Three singing priests from rural Northern Ireland who landed a£1m recording contract with Sony BMG will star in a one-off documentary for ITV1 in the run-up to Christmas.

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    C4 orders more Wogan

    2008-10-01T16:39:22Z

    Channel 4 has ordered 60 episodes of daytime quiz show Wogan's Perfect Recall following a four-week pilot.

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    Property special for C4

    2008-10-01T16:43:49Z

    Channel 4 has ordered a feature-length credit crunch special of IWC Media's property series Location, Location, Location.

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    Karen Taylor set for German makeover

    2008-10-01T16:51:56Z

    BBC3 sketch show Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is to be remade for Germany's largest broadcaster, RTL, after a successful pilot broadcast last month.

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    Cosgrove Hall boss quits

    2008-10-01T16:52:52Z

    Cosgrove Hall Films managing director Anthony Utley has resigned to pursue “a new challenge”.

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    T4 contract up for grabs

    2008-10-01T16:57:46Z

    Channel 4 is putting the multimillion pound contract for youth strand T4 out to tender for the first time in six years as part of its efficiency drive.

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    HBO vampire drama heads to FX UK

    2008-10-01T16:57:49Z

    Fox-owned digital channel FX has strengthened its relationship with HBO by buying the UK rights to two more dramas from the US cable channel behind The Wire.

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    Heart and Galaxy handed new programming heads

    2008-10-02T08:44:33Z

    Global Radio has handed Luis Clark and Mike Cass the top programming jobs across the Heart and Galaxy networks respectively and has named Jonathan Richards as head of news across the company's entire portfolio.