All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 67
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NewsStrictly exec spearheads Gallowgate format push
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate has hired Strictly Come Dancing’s executive producer, Sam Donnelly, to develop new formats.
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CommentDinner With Portillo / Great Office of State
Chris Curtis and Emily Booth cast their eye over two of the week’s shows.
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NewsAbsolute swoops on Premier League rights
Absolute Radio has pulled off a shock move by securing the rights to air commentary on 32 Premier League football matches from next season.
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NewsFriends to swap C4 for Comedy Central
Comedy Central UK will become the new home of Friends next year after succeeding with a 12-month “all-singing, all-dancing” campaign to land the show from Warner Bros.
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News"Cautious" product placement approved
Product placement is to be allowed on British TV but the Rovers Return won’t be able to sell real beer brands after the government opted for a “cautious approach”.
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NewsMotive raises £400k to develop DTT
DTT technology firm Motive Television has raised £400,000 by issuing new shares and has an eye on making acquisitions.
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NewsSky will cut ITV stake - finally
BSkyB has ended its lengthy battle to hang on to its 17.9% stake in ITV and will reduce it to the 7.5% threshold set by regulators.
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NewsFreeview slots up for grabs
The BBC and Arquiva have been given the green light to auction off two new Freeview slot thanks a major spectrum reshuffle.
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NewsESPN to launch Euro SportsCenter
ESPN is to air a European version of its flagship SportsCenter news show on ESPN America from next month.
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NewsLib Dems call for radio WoCC
The fight by the radio sector to guarantee more BBC commissions has taken a step forward, with the Lib Dems calling for the corporation to extend the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC).
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NewsLondon to get digital radio signal boost
New digital radio transmitters will be installed across London later this year as part of a drive to boost digital listening.
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NewsHeart topples Magic as LBC surges
Rajars: Global’s Heart 106.2 leapfrogged Bauer’s Magic 105.4 to become the top London commercial station by reach last quarter – but the real success story in the capital was its stablemate, LBC 97.3.
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The Broadcast InterviewJonathan Wall, Radio 5 Live
Radio 5 Live’s Jonathan Wall is making a plea to indies to help establish the station as a genuine alternative to Radio 4 - and it’s not all about sport, as he tells Chris Curtis.
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NewsShed upbeat over start to 2010
Shed Media has already had more than half of its production revenue target commissioned for 2010 – but has kept quiet about discussions of an MBO.
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NewsC4 orders Haiti doc
Pioneer Productions is making a fast-turnaround doc for Channel 4 on the scientific causes of the Haiti earthquake.
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NewsNorman: New media world has left ITV behind
ITV chairman Archie Norman has outlined the “enormous challenges” facing incoming chief executive Adam Crozier, and tasked him with making a “substantial transformational change” to its business model.
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NewsCrozier's pay will not be in "the Tony Ball league"
ITV is yet to finalise Adam Crozier’s complete pay package – but chairman Archie Norman has revealed it will not be “in the Tony Ball league”.
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NewsAbraham ready to shake up Channel 4
Incoming Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is prepared to take brave decisions - and shake up his programming team if he feels it is required.
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BBC hoping to land 2012 Paralympics radio rights
The BBC has begun talks to secure radio rights for the London 2012 Paralympics having lost out to Channel 4 for the TV coverage.
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NewsR5 Live's Fogarty and Derbyshire to head to Salford
Radio 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren has revealed that Shelagh Fogarty and Victoria Derbyshire will both follow the station to Salford next year, having committed to presenting their shows from its new home.