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  • Ratings

    Horne and Corden most popular debut for BBC3

    2009-04-28T13:53:34Z

    BBC3's sketch show Horne & Corden was the channel's most popular first series of a comedy ever, despite it being savaged by the critics.

  • News

    NAB best of the rest

    2009-04-28T15:02:59Z

    Broadcast picks some of the other technology developments, innovations and enhancements worth knowing about from NAB 2009. Includes Imagineer, Automatic Duck, Red, The Foundry and Cintel.

  • News

    Quantel partnership looks to quicken 3D projects

    2009-04-28T15:17:38Z

    Quantel has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Spatial View that the company hopes will make it easier for content creators to speed up 3D development projects.

  • News

    Kayenne tops Grass Valley NAB push

    2009-04-28T15:23:26Z

    Grass Valley has introduced a new family of production switchers that combine the best parts of its Kalypso and Kayak models and are described by the company as the 'most powerful and capable switchers on the market.”

  • News

    University plans reduced rate Red training

    2009-04-28T15:28:38Z

    The University of Derby is to offer filmmakers the chance to receive training and support on Red One digital camera equipment at a discounted rate.

  • News

    Severyn joins DMC

    2009-04-28T15:39:35Z

    Former TSI Transmission managing director Mike Severyn has joined The Digital Media Centre in Amsterdam as its new head of broadcast operations.

  • News

    TSI Broadcast sold to WRN

    2009-04-28T15:50:22Z

    Central London playout facility business TSI Broadcast has been sold to radio transmission company WRN.

  • News

    Shine acquires Metronome for£60m

    2009-04-28T15:52:43Z

    Shine Group has acquired Metronome Film and Television, the Nordic region's biggest production group, in a deal worth nearly£60m.

  • News

    NAB show buoyant despite drop in traffic

    2009-04-28T15:57:30Z

    Although visitor numbers at last week's NAB exhibition in Las Vegas were down almost 20% year-on-year most exhibiting manufacturers were more than content with the quality of the people that did make the trip.

  • News

    Riedel resurrects Mediornet

    2009-04-28T18:12:29Z

    Riedel Communications has unveiled a real-time routing network for transmitting audio, video, control and data over fiber-optic cable.

  • News

    ITV to refresh This Morning

    2009-04-29T09:41:42Z

    ITV has denied there will be a cull of its This Morning presenters - but admitted it is looking at ways to refresh the programme, including its line up of experts.

  • News

    Dailymotion bags Bafta content

    2009-04-29T10:04:02Z

    Video sharing site Dailymotion is offering footage from backstage interviews at the Bafta TV awards for the first time.

  • News

    STV pilots regional news consortium

    2009-04-29T10:27:45Z

    Scottish broadcaster STV will look to pilot a groundbreaking scheme where a consortium of local media companies will become partners in the provision of its local TV news service by the end of this year.

  • News

    RDF USA hires E! exec

    2009-04-29T10:29:00Z

    RDF USA, the US arm of RDF Media Group, has made a number of key appointments, including former E! Entertainment executive, Jennifer Danska.

  • News

    ITV's Benidorm to return with hour-long episodes

    2009-04-29T10:59:37Z

    Tiger Aspect's Spanish holiday resort comedy Benidorm will switch to hour-long episodes kicking off with a one-off special when it returns to ITV1 this summer.

  • News

    BBCW sends Prince Charles down under

    2009-04-29T11:24:04Z

    Films about Prince Charles and sons William and Harry are among a raft of films that BBC Worldwide has sold to networks in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Ratings

    ITV1 peaks with 8m for Barcelona v Chelsea match

    2009-04-29T12:08:20Z

    ITV1's live coverage of Barcelona's Champions League match against Chelsea delivered a peak of 8m viewers and a 32.9% audience share for the commercial broadcaster last night.

  • News

    BBC plans to share iPlayer in the regions

    2009-04-29T12:39:36Z

    The BBC is drawing up plans to extend its offer to share iPlayer technology to local and regional and media companies.

  • Ratings

    Jim Davidson back on TV at Virgin 1

    2009-04-29T12:46:08Z

    Jim Davidson, who was booted off 2007's Hell's Kitchen for alleged homophobia, is to make a shock return to TV in a one-off for Virgin 1.

  • News

    Alexa Chung heading stateside for MTV US show

    2009-04-29T13:51:16Z

    T4 presenter Alexa Chung is to head to the US to front MTV's successor to magazine show Total Request Live.