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NewsVirgin plans UGC BB final
Virgin Media's sponsorship idents for the finale of Big Brother 8will feature user-generated clips that debuted online.
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Discovery mobile revamp
Discovery has changed its mobile TV package to offer versions of Discovery Turboand Animal Planeton Sky Mobile's package for Vodafone and Orange customers.
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London Live in Second Life
3DD Productions has extended London Live, the international brand name for Channel 4 music showcase The Album Chart Show, onto Second Life.
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NewsExtraordinary People to go beyond shock doc appeal
Five is moving its flagship Extraordinary Peoplestrand away from its shock doc roots with its latest round of commissions.
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Child in Time back on BBC1
Child of Our Time, the Open University and BBC co-production presented by Professor Robert Winston will return later this month for three weeks on BBC1.
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BBC to look at Oz wine
The BBC has signed up as a co-production partner on an Australian documentary titled Chateau Chunder.
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NewsPioneer to shine light on biology
Pioneer Productions is promising a ground-breaking two-hour journey through the human body's life cycles in its most ambitious high-tech science commission for Channel 4.
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NewsGarden show plans to help urban spaces bloom
UKTV Gardens will show viewers how to 'green up' Britain's towns and cities by transforming 10 urban gardens into natural triumphs, writes Rob Shepherd.
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NewsThe cuts that can kill
In taking an axe to factual budgets, the BBC is threatening shows only it can make, says Lisa Campbell.
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£12k for festival pitchers
Four Fast Track delegates will pitch live for a£12,000 commission from ITV2 at the Pitch Perfect session at this month's Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsVirgin picks up subs despite Sky basic loss
Virgin Media said it had shrugged off the impact of the loss of the Sky basic channels after making 2,200 net additions to its TV service in the second quarter.
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NewsCPS attacks C4 over 'distorted' mosque report
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has accused Channel 4 of misrepresenting the subjects of its Dispatches: Undercover Mosquedocumentary through judicious editing.
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NewsGrade: longer running drama series are key
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade is hunting for returning series that could run for as much as 16 weeks of the year as the broadcaster steps up its attempts to revive 9pm drama.
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NewsFive nurtures wildlife strand for primetime
Five is developing a flagship wildlife strand for its primetime schedule.
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C4 to draw up promotions 'rulebook'
Channel 4 is to issue guidelines for approving all promotional materials in the wake of the ongoing controversy over trust in TV.
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NewsBBC plans cuts to flagship factual shows
Horizon, Imagine, Timewatchand The Culture Showall face 20% budget cuts as the BBC looks to axe up to half of London factual staff.
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Drudge on Edinburgh panel
Matt Drudge (pictured), creator of the influential US news website the Drudge Report, is among the panellists at an ethics session for news editors at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsPact reveals kids TV credit plan
Pact has published more detailed proposals for the future funding of kids TV based on the introduction of a Children's Content Credit (CCC).
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NewsGutteridge hires factual boss
Former Fremantle Media North America chief executive Tom Gutteridge has hired a Tiger Aspect executive to head the factual arm of his new indie, Standing Stone.
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NewsDarlow hires O'Hearn to head US drive
Darlow Smithson Productions has drafted in an A&E Television Networks executive to head its US production drive.