All Broadcast articles in 26 August 2005 – Page 5
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Flextech bids by 2 Sept
The first round of bids for Flextech are to be submitted by the end of next week (Friday 2 September) with ITV, RTL and Sky seen as the frontrunners.
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Clarke-Jervoise exits BBC for Tiger Aspect
The BBC's troubled comedy operation has been dealt another blow after its head of comedy Sophie Clarke-Jervoise quit to join indie Tiger Aspect.
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Murdoch tops poll of TV's guiding lights
Rupert Murdoch has beaten Lord Reith to be voted the most influential person in British TV history.
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Ant and Dec set to star in ITV sitcom
Granada is developing a new ITV sitcom for Ant and Dec, written by the team behind Channel 4's hit comedy Peep Show.
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200 News staff ask about redundancy
BBC News staff could face compulsory job cuts after only half the required number of staff said they were interested in leaving voluntarily.
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C4 faces Ofcom probe over Lost ads
Channel 4's new hit show Losthas come under fire for featuring too many adverts.
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ITV drops flagging Dimbleby
ITV has axed its long-running LWT current affairs show Jonathan Dimbleby, after a decade on air.
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Sally Head wins ITV drama
Sally Head Productions, the indie behind BBC lesbian dramas Tipping the Velvetand Fingersmith, has picked up a drama commission from ITV.
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Dreyfus pulls on Hero cape
James Dreyfus is to replace Ardal O'Hanlon as superhero Thermoman in the BBC1 series My Hero.
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Five swims with sharks
Five is to dive into the world of the great white shark with a week of live shows this autumn.
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Living launches own development division
Living TV is setting up an in-house development department to help generate and make new original shows.
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UKRD ups turnover
Radio group UKRD said this week turnover had grown 10% year on year in the first 10 months of the financial year, leaving it on course to report turnover in the region of£9m for the full year. Operating profit is set to be in the region of£400,000 for the 12 ...
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C4 slides with end of Big Brother
Channel 4 failed to maintain last week's record-breaking ratings performance, with its weekly audience share falling by 28%.
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Buerk's polemic attracts only 700,000
Michael Buerk's polemic on Five's new series Don't Get Me Startedonly managed an average of 700,000 (3.4%) at 7.15pm despite acres of media coverage.
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The critics
Two new series stole the screen last night on the strength of their subject matter. Michael Buerk in Don't Get Me Started(Five) provoked a tyrade by the critics, and Channel 4's Kill Me If You Canproved fascinating.
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FX launches timeshift channel
FX, the Fox-owned channel airing on Sky, is launching a time-shift service.
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Casualty viewers to play God
The BBC is gearing up for a major experiment in interactive TV, offering viewers of this Saturday's Casualtyprogramme the chance to vote on how the programme ends.
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ITV lines up live soap quiz
ITV1 has commissioned a live soap quiz that will pit three 100-strong teams of fans from EastEnders, Coronation Streetand Emmerdaleagainst each other.
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Barker departs IWC
IWC Media director of contemporary factual Adam Barker has left the company for family reasons.
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Utley joins Cosgrove Hall
BBC Worldwide director of TV distribution Anthony Utley has been appointed managing director of animation house Cosgrove Hall Films, the company behind Engie Benjyand Danger Mouse.