All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 98
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NewsSetanta secures new set-top box deal
Setanta has kicked off the new football season by sealing a deal that will see electrical retail giant Currys carry its set-top boxes. [ALL]
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NewsGCap: no more profits from phone-ins
GCap Media will no longer run premium rate phone-in competitions for profit after being rapped by regulator Icstis over a competition it ran on its One Network stations in January. [ALL]
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NewsC4I scores raft of Beckham sales
Channel 4 International has pre-sold Zig Zag Production's Beckhamto seven overseas broadcasters.
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NewsThe Human Footprint off to the US
Touch Productions is making a US version of The Human Footprintfor National Geographic as part of plans to turn the show into an international brand.
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NewsXfm picks up live Man Utd rights
GCap Media's 97.7 Xfm Manchester will air live commentary on all Manchester United fixtures this season, taking over the rights from GMG's Century FM. [ALL]
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NewsMobiles to support radio download service
UBC's Cliq service, which allows radio listeners to download music tracks they hear, will be made available on most of the UK's mobile phones later this year. [ALL]
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NewsIndie Century wins Live Earth film commission
Century Films has become the first UK indie to win a commission from the US film producer behind the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
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NewsStephen Merchant to headline Comedy Forum
The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant will provide the keynote speech at Broadcast's TV Comedy Forum later this month.
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NewsNUJ names work experience abusers
The NUJ will launch its Work Experience Guidelines today by delivering a letter to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs naming and shaming employers who exploit journalists on work experience.
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NewsDarling asks Ofcom to investigate BSkyB's ITV stake
Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling has ordered Ofcom to investigate whether BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV is in the public's interest.
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NewsZodiak buys Swedish producer Yellow Bird
Scandinavian producer Zodiak Television Group has continued its acquisitions spree with a deal to buy Swedish crime drama specialist Yellow Bird.
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NewsBlog: Race row spells big bother for C4
Earlier in the week the TV industry felt the controversial Celebrity Big Brotherrace row was just what Channel 4 needed to reignite interest in the show.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse drops Celeb BB sponsorship
The Carphone Warehouse has dropped its Celebrity Big Brothersponsorship deal with immediate effect. The decision is an about face from yesterday, when it said it had no intention of pulling out.
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NewsTories slam licence fee negotiations
The Conservatives have labelled the BBC licence fee settlement as 'realistic' but launched a scathing attack on media secretary Tessa Jowell over how the negotiations were handled.
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NewsThompson defends public licence fee debate
BBC director general Mark Thompson today defended the decision to negotiate the licence fee settlement in public but admitted it had not always been a comfortable process.
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NewsBBC children's expects to lose staff in Salford move
BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell believes his department's planned move to Salford is an 'opportunity to create a department fit for the internet age', but said he expects between just 30% and 50% of its London staff to make the move permanently.
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NewsBrown joins Celeb BB race debate
Chancellor Gordon Brown has waded into the Celebrity Big Brotherracism row, saying remarks by the housemates had 'rightly' been seen as offensive.
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NewsBBC licence fee will be settled on Thursday
Broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has confirmed that media secretary Tessa Jowell will announce the BBC licence fee settlement to the House of Commons on Thursday.
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NewsFive escapes swearing censure
Ofcom has cleared Five of broadcasting the word c**t unedited in a documentary just 12 minutes after the watershed.
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NewsC4 could take space in Salford
Channel 4 taking space at the Salford Media City development is a 'distinct possibility' according to the broadcaster's head of nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove.