Small MPU – Page 177
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NewsHammond launches indie with£2m show
Richard Hammond is launching his own indie and will jointly produce a£2m kids science show for CBBC with September Films.
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NewsBartlett in frame to fill Airey role
Lee Bartlett is emerging as the most likely successor to Dawn Airey at ITV and is understood to be among the final two candidates to become managing director of global content.
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NewsFord homes in on Silver River C4 show
Bafta-winning executive producer Simon Ford is working on a show for Channel 4 about the UK's obsession with property.
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NewsDyke to front BBC4 Bevan doc
Greg Dyke will explore the life of “father” of the National Health Service Aneurin Bevan in a one-hour documentary for BBC4.
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NewsFirst for Torchwood as it moves to BBC1
Torchwood will become the first drama series to move from BBC3 to BBC2 and then transfer to BBC1 when the third series goes out next year.
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NewsFive lands first choice Uefa deal
Five will have first choice of matches in each round of the Uefa Cup for the next three years after signing a new deal with the European football governing body.
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NewsFive goes wild for summer
Five has ordered three wildlife series to fill its early evening schedules through the summer, including a show fronted by news presenter Kate Gerbeau.
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NewsSky to give Snow White comic twist for Christmas
Sky One is planning a comic version of the classic fairytale Snow White as its big “event” drama for Christmas 2009.
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NewsDSP wins first ITV drama commission
Tara Fitzgerald is to star in Darlow Smithson's first drama production for ITV.
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NewsBBC4 scoops digital channel award
BBC4 fought off the challenge of Dave, which won two awards in its own right, to land channel of the year at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2008.
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Dale eyes drama options
Exiting More 4 head Peter Dale plans to move into contemporary drama with his new, as-yet-unnamed indie.
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NewsInbetweeners second run
E4 has ordered a second series of The Inbetweeners days after the first series ended.
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Paranormal TV launch
The duo behind Living's supernatural hit Most Haunted will launch a satellite TV channel from their base in Manchester next week.
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Call for NI PSB debate
Discussion about Ofcom's public service broadcasting review had been “too sedate” when it came to Northern Ireland's role, according to the regulator's director for Northern Ireland, Denis Wolinski.
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Inuk wins£9.5m funding
IPTV platform specialist Inuk Networks has secured£9.5m in funding from S4C and venture capital firm Wesley Clover to help it continue to extend its services from university students to domestic consumers.
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Digital agency boss: Broadcasters 'too focused on TV'
Broadcasters are paying lip service to 360-degree commissioning by refusing ideas that do not start with TV in mind, according to the managing director of digital agency Digital Outlook.
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Uefa launches paid-for site
Uefa has launched a subscription-based global website that will stream all matches from the 2008 European Football Championships in Switzerland and Austria.
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BT and Emuse link for IPTV
BT Vision and Dublin-based firm Emuse Technologies are to build a “significant pipeline” of new IPTV applications over the next 12 months.
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ITN On unveils Green News
ITN's multimedia division ITN On has made its first foray into green programming with the launch of the presenter-led 90-second daily news bulletin Green News on MSN UK's environment and video channels.
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NewsWGBH picks up The Last Enemy
DCD Media-owned NBDtv has secured a number of deals for Box TV’s new drama series The Last Enemy.