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    Billie Piper in talks for new ITV drama

    2009-03-03T11:58:43Z

    Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress Billie Piper is in talks to star in a new Tiger Aspect drama being developed for ITV1 about a struggling single mum.

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    Nominees: RTS Awards 2009

    2009-03-03T12:18:15Z

    Full list for the RTS Awards 2009

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    BBC dominates RTS nominations

    2009-03-03T12:32:55Z

    BBC1 drama Criminal Justice and Channel 4's The Devil's Whore are to go head-to-head at this year's RTS Awards.

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    City Talk applies for format change

    2009-03-03T13:14:00Z

    Liverpool's City Talk 105.9 is hoping to introduce music and share programming with other Bauer-owned stations following a recent change in format rules.

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    Paxman: 'Rules are rules'

    2009-03-03T13:29:52Z

    University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman has admitted he feels sorry for the dethroned Corpus Christi team - but has insisted that “rules are rules”.

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    Julie Gardner heads to US

    2009-03-03T15:19:29Z

    BBC Worldwide has confirmed that Julie Gardner, the former head of drama at BBC Wales, is to join its US production arm to oversee all scripted projects.

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    Bectu: ITV management has lost its way

    2009-03-03T16:36:38Z

    Bectu has condemned ITV's management as having “seriously lost its way”, and warned the broadcaster against closing its Leeds studio.

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    ITV staff braced for cuts

    2009-03-03T17:20:15Z

    ITV staff are bracing ahead of tomorrow's annual results, which are expected to announce over 500 job cuts across the business and a reduction in the previously untouchable£1bn programming budget.

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    Quantel adds Red 2k support

    2009-03-03T18:09:52Z

    Quantel has updated the software on its eQ and Pablo HD online finishing and colour correction systems so that it can work with 2K projects shot on Red cameras.

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    422 Manchester picks up third Smoke

    2009-03-03T18:14:11Z

    422 Manchester has bought a third Autodesk Smoke editing and finishing system and added an HDcam SR deck capable of dealing with data from digital cameras such as the Red One and the Phantom.

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    Camera Corps on the move

    2009-03-03T18:18:39Z

    Camera Corps has moved to a bigger office within Shepperton Studios and invested in a raft of new equipment.

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    New trio to aid Foundry expansion

    2009-03-03T18:26:27Z

    Visual effects software developer The Foundry has appointed three new sales and product management staff.

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    Fourth quarter losses for Autodesk

    2009-03-03T18:30:12Z

    Autodesk Inc has reported a fourth-quarter loss of $105.3 million based on falling sales and an impairment charge related to its media and entertainment business.

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    Rogue joins Digilab for digital service

    2009-03-03T18:35:02Z

    Rogue Element Films has formed an alliance with tapeless workflow company Digilab London that will see the two companies provide producers with a full digital production service.

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    ITV to lay off 600 staff as profits tumble

    2009-03-04T07:30:23Z

    ITV will begin cutting 600 jobs from across the business this week and will remove£135m from its previously untouchable£1bn programming budget over the next three years.

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    Five goes Mad for Dance

    2009-03-04T08:53:54Z

    Five and the Community Channel will air a series of Arts Council England-backed films about the benefits that dance can offer people with mental health issues.

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    C4: Top 10 most praised (Feb 09)

    2009-03-04T09:06:24Z

    Top 10 Channel 4 programmes most appreciated by people who contacted the broadcaster's viewer enquiries in February 2009 (quote is an example of viewer comment):

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    C4: Top 10 most criticised (Feb 09)

    2009-03-04T09:09:20Z

    Top 10 Channel 4 programmes most criticised by people who contacted the broadcaster's viewer enquiries in February 2009 (quote is an example of viewer comment):

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    C4 viewers split over Boys and Girls Alone

    2009-03-04T09:22:59Z

    Channel 4 viewers were divided over the merits of flagship factual series Boys and Girls Alone and Christianity: a History last month, the broadcaster's Viewer Enquiries unit has revealed.

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    Thomas steams to Hollywood

    2009-03-04T09:33:48Z

    Thomas the Tank Engine is to get a Hollywood makeover following the launch of a new movie division at brand owner Hit Entertainment.