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  • News

    Wire star attacks British drama

    2009-03-30T13:00:57Z

    The Wire's Dominic West has criticised British TV for its lack of “high end” drama and its reliance on period pieces.

  • News

    BBC axes Not Going Out

    2009-03-30T14:48:01Z

    The BBC has axed studio sitcom Not Going Out after three series.

  • News

    MipTV: Day One

    2009-03-30T18:15:24Z

    Despite a soggy start to the market in Cannes and noticeable decrease in delegates, there was still plenty of business to report from MipTV.

  • News

    BBC Storyville chief slams NGO 'propaganda' docs

    2009-03-31T09:49:25Z

    MipTV: Nick Fraser, editor of the BBC's Storyville strand, has branded film schools and NGOs as “the two big dangers” facing documentaries.

  • News

    BBC2 orders improv comedy series

    2009-03-31T09:50:41Z

    The improvisational skills of young comedians will be put to the test in real-life scenarios for a new BBC2 series.

  • News

    Ex-LWT veteran dies

    2009-03-31T10:08:53Z

    Former London Weekend Television veteran Jane Honeycombe, who brought shows such as Blind Date and Surprise Surprise to the screen, has died after a short battle with illness.

  • News

    UK to show Pushing Daisies finale before US

    2009-03-31T10:26:49Z

    UK audiences will get to see the final episodes of Pushing Daisies before US viewers, following a decision by ITV to air the full series of the axed ABC drama.

  • News

    Al Jazeera acquires Aardman's Timmy Time

    2009-03-31T10:35:20Z

    MipTV: Aardman is to take Sean the Sheep's cousin to the Middle East after signing a flurry of new deals for his preschool spin off, Timmy Time.

  • News

    Second series of Horne & Corden in pipeline

    2009-03-31T10:41:07Z

    The BBC is in “advanced discussions” over a second series of the Tiger Aspect sketch show Horne & Corden, despite a poor critical reception.

  • News

    Byrne to launch new Yorkshire TV/radio indie

    2009-03-31T10:50:08Z

    Just weeks after ITV said it was to mothball Yorkshire Television's legendary Kirkstall Road Studios, a new cross-platform company has been formed called Made in Yorkshire Productions.

  • Ratings

    2.1m sign up for C4's Sex Education

    2009-03-31T10:51:06Z

    Channel 4's latest version of The Sex Education Show managed to pull a respectable 2.1m viewers (8.9% share) at 9pm last night.

  • News

    Molinare appoints COO

    2009-03-31T11:44:31Z

    Soho post facility Molinare has promoted operations director Richard Hart to the role of chief operating officer.

  • News

    First sales for RDF's Waybuloo

    2009-03-31T11:46:39Z

    MipTV: RDF Media Group has signed its first overseas deals for Waybuloo, the£10m preschool show which will make its UK debut on CBeebies in May.

  • News

    Pinewood achieves modest TV growth

    2009-03-31T11:48:44Z

    Pinewood Shepperton plc managed to up its television revenues slightly in 2008, despite its customers facing increasing pressure on production budgets.

  • News

    Sony opts out of IBC 2009

    2009-03-31T11:55:01Z

    Sony will not exhibit at this year's IBC trade show and will instead concentrate its marketing efforts on a series of localized customer ‘engagement' events.

  • Ratings

    Strong debut for The Wire on BBC2

    2009-03-31T11:55:15Z

    The critically-acclaimed US drama series The Wire made its terrestrial debut last night, bringing in a strong 568,000 (8%) over an hour in a late night slot at 11.20pm.

  • News

    BBC Resources to be re-named

    2009-03-31T12:01:24Z

    The newly merged BBC Resources studios and post divisions are to be re-named as BBC Studios and Post Production.

  • News

    Loft London secures kids channel deal

    2009-03-31T12:06:26Z

    Loft London has been commissioned to ingest 800 hours of back catalogue children's programming for The Digital Media Centre (DMC) in Amsterdam.

  • News

    Da Vinci offers up a PowerHouse

    2009-03-31T12:09:19Z

    Da Vinci Systems has released a new technology innovation designed to support the grading of files created using the Red One camera.

  • News

    Mistika gets real-time Red tape playout

    2009-03-31T12:12:48Z

    SGO has updated its Mistika editing, compositing and grading system so that it can fully support native R3D format files produced by the Red One camera.