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FeaturesCreative Review - 19 October 2007
Check out recently completed creative work including the new idents for UKTV's male skewed Dave channel.
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FeaturesInterview: Iona Jones
As S4C approaches its 25th birthday Broadcast reveals how the channel continues to provide a blueprint for PSB.
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NewsHeads predicted to roll at ITV
The report into ITV phone-in shows has uncovered problems with Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsLifetime exec joins BBCW
BBC Worldwide America has appointed Allison Wallach as senior VP of worldwide productions in New York.
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Concert to air across Emap
Emap Radio will broadcast a live music charity event from Brixton Academy across its entire network on 1 Nov.
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GCap wins Northants bid
GCap Media has been awarded the new local digital multiplex for Northamptonshire.
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NewsClassic FM signs orchestra
Classic FM has signed a five-year partnership deal with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
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CommentBroadcast letters 19 October
Readers letters from Broadcast magazine issue dated 19 October 2007.
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NewsBrazil buys Granada doc
Granada International has sold a raft of documentaries to new Brazilian channel Ideal.
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NewsFremantle revives US game
Fremantle Media’s LA production arm has been commissioned by CBS to produce a revamped version of a gameshow which first aired on the network in 1961.
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NewsSolon lands ITV2 show
ITV2 has ordered sketch show The Third XI (working title) which stars Perrier award-winner Laura Solon.
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FeaturesBoomerang AIM float
Welsh indie Boomerang Plus will go on an acquisition spree with a£5m war chest it plans to generate by listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
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NewsOliver probes ‘supermound’
Coast presenter Neil Oliver will explore the interior of the largest manmade mound in Europe in a one-off documentary for BBC4.
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NewsLord Alli takes reins at Chorion
Waheed Alli has taken over the running of Chorion following the departure of chief executive Nick James.
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NewsJones joins Target
Target Entertainment has appointed Nat Geo TV International’s Ian Jones as its new group managing director.
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NewsDave orders puppet panel show
Dave, UKTV’s new male-skewed Freeview channel, has made a dark comedy panel show hosted by a puppet.
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NewsC4 to bring back Late Night Poker
Channel 4’s Late Night Poker is to return to the channel in its original format after the broadcaster secured a sponsorship deal with website PartyPoker.
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NewsNesbitt stars in ITV thriller
ITV1 has signed James Nesbitt to star in Midnight Man, a three-part conspiracy thriller penned by David Kane.