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River Cottage sold across Europe and Australasia
Channel 4 food series River Cottage, starring celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, has been picked up by broadcasters throughout Europe and Australasia.
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Keane 3D gig to be broadcast live online
A pop concert will become the latest testing ground for 3D television when production company Nineteen Fifteen and technology company Inition produce and transmit a live web-only 3D gig for the band Keane next month.
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Contract wins prompt The Facility upgrade
The Facility will add a second Pro Tools audio suite to its Dean Street-based post house later this month.
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Lucy Adams named BBC HR boss
The BBC has hired named Lucy Adams as its new human resources chief, replacing Stephen Kelly who left the corporation last November.
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Tiger Aspect ups Cavey to comedy role
Tiger Aspect has promoted Ben Cavey, producer of BBC3 sketch show Horne & Corden, to creative director of comedy.
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Global outbreak for Brooker's zombie drama
Endemol has sold Charlie Brooker's Big Brother zombie horror Dead Set to four international territories.
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Hannah Montana performs for Disney
The appeal of Disney's Hannah Montana doesn't seem to be on the wane yet as the third series of the show starring Miley Cyrus was the UK channel's most popular series premiere ever.
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Eleventh Hour comes for Living
Living has acquired Jerry Bruckheimer-produced crime drama Eleventh Hour from Warner Bros International.
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Peep Show to return for seventh series
Channel 4 has commissioned a seventh series of Bafta-winning sitcom Peep Show, whose writers picked up an RTS Award last night.
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Colin Murray to leave Radio 1
Colin Murray is to leave BBC Radio 1 after nearly a decade at the station and will be replaced by Nick Grimshaw.
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Winners: RTS Programme Awards 2008
Full list of winners and nominees at the RTS Programme Awards 2008, presented on 17 March 2009 at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Wayne Garvie, RTS Chair, presented the awards.
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Gil Grissom bows out of CSI with 3.9m
The final episode of Five's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation starring William Petersen's character Gil Grissom was a huge hit for the channel as 3.9m viewers (16.7%) tuned in at 9pm, a larger audience than BBC1's Mistresses.
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RTS success for C4 and The Devil's Whore
Channel 4 drama The Devil's Whore cleaned up at the RTS Programme Awards last night with three prizes including best drama serial.
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Parthenon brings Armageddon to globe
Producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment has acquired the global rights to a documentary series on extinction currently airing on Animal Planet in the US.
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St Patrick's Day Simpsons draws 957,000
Sky 1's world premiere of an episode from The Simpsons drew 957,000 viewers (4.7% share) at 7.30pm as the US family took a trip to Ireland to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
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CBeebies orders more Grandpa in My Pocket
CBeebies has commissioned Adastra Creative to make a second series of Grandpa in My Pocket, the live action series about a boy whose grandfather can shrink.
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VoD use grows to 50%
Half of the UK population has used catch-up services and 20% of people access VoD services on a weekly basis, according to a new survey from the Association for Television Video on Demand.
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Tessa Ross: Film 4 under threat
Parliament was alerted today that Slumdog Millionaire backer Film 4 is under threat because of the financial problems confronting Channel 4.
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Trust: BBC must get better service from mega-contracts
The BBC has reduced the cost of its biggest outsourcing contracts ahead of targets, but is not getting good enough service for its money, a National Audit Office report has found.
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BBC unveils Springwatch team
The BBC has revealed that Chris Packham will co-present Springwatch and Autumnwatch with Kate Humble following Bill Oddie's announcement that he is to take a break from the show.