All Broadcast articles in 06 March 2009 – Page 6
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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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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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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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Blog: Seeing audiences in US radio
Exciting new technology is allowing US radio programmers to study the behaviour of their audience minute-by-minute. And it will make them the envy of their UK colleagues, says Paul Chantler.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Svengali seeks support
Video: The team behind Channel 4 drama Wedding Belles is hunting support for a new series of internet-based shorts.
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TV Critics 3 March ‘09
“The televisual equivalent of spending a lot of money on a small piece of liquorice.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Burnham urges channels to up audio description
Media secretary Andy Burnham has appealed to broadcasters to follow Sky's lead in increasing the amount of audio description services they offer for their programmes.
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University Challenge winners dethroned
The BBC has sensationally dethroned the winners of this years University Challenge following a probe into claims that a member of the Oxford team was ineligible to compete.
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Schneider-Sickert to leave FremantleMedia
Christian Schneider-Sickert is to step down from his role as chief operating officer of FremantleMedia and is to leave the company.
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7.2m say Let's Dance
BBC1's Comic Relief show Let's Dance was on the rise on Saturday as 7.2m people (31.9% share) tuned in at 7.25pm.