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Life on Mars US axed
ABC has axed the US remake of BBC1 hit Life on Mars after just one series - though it will still have beaten its UK predecessor by one episode.
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Virgin Media beams up sci-fi dramas
A swathe of sci-fi and fantasy dramas are heading for Virgin Media's VoD service following a deal with distributor Fireworks International.
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UKTV to go Dancing with the Stars
UKTV has bought the exclusive British broadcast rights to the eighth series of US series Dancing with the Stars.
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Law and Order weakens grip
The second instalment of ITV1's high profile drama Law & Order: UK averaged 5.8m viewers (24.2% share) at 9pm last night, a fall of 600,000 on last week as the show narrowly lost out to BBC1.
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Nat Geo hires Mark Wild
Mark Wild, who commissioned and exec produced Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet, has joined National Geographic Television.
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Setanta/ITV may delay FA Cup payments
Setanta and ITV are seeking to renegotiate the terms of contracts worth£425m for their FA Cup coverage due to financial pressures.
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Profits double at Fuller's 19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, the indie owned by Pop Idol mogul Simon Fuller, has defied the economic gloom to post a profit of $92m (£65.4m) - almost double that posted in 2007.
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Billie Piper in talks for new ITV drama
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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BBC dominates RTS nominations
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Visual effects software developer The Foundry has appointed three new sales and product management staff.
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Fourth quarter losses for Autodesk
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.