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NewsSky News to lay off 17 staff
Sky News is to axe 17 of its reporting and production staff, and, according to senior Sky sources, is considering the future of poor-rating programmes Sky Report with Julie Etchingham and World News Tonightwith James Rubin.
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Endemol appoints Zeppotron execs
Endemol UK has hired the executive producer and series producer of Channel 4 panel show 8 out of 10 Catsto join its comedy division, Zeppotron. Ruth Phillips, who produced the US and UK versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, ...
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NewsBBC saves Match of the Day
Match of the Daypresenters Gary Lineker and Adrian Chiles can breathe easy as the BBC today retained the UK highlights rights for£171.6m, beating off competition from Five.
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Haunted Homes II gets second order
ITV2 has commissioned September Films to make a second series of Haunted Homes. The second 8 x 60-minute run was ordered after the 6 x 60-minute first series peaked with more than 500,000 viewers for the channel at the beginning of the year. Featuring top ...
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Parthenon tracks sleep for TLC and Freemasons for Discovery
Parthenon Entertainment has picked up US orders from TLC and the Discovery channel, including a special on sleeping disorders.
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Oxford Scientific to make atom series
Southern Star Entertainment-owned indie Oxford Scientific Films is exploring the atom in a new three-part series for BBC4. Presented by physicist Dr Jim Al-Khalili, Atomic will explore the human drama at the heart of what its producers describe as 'the most extraordinary scientific revolution of ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Andrew Bethell
The chief executive and creative director of Teachers' TV is looking to challenge people's assumptions about education and is keen to involve audiences in programme-making
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C4's Cutting Edge shoots body squad
Channel 4 has commissioned a hard-hitting documentary for its Cutting Edgestrand inspired by the case of a London woman who lay dead in her home for three years before being discovered.
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Sudo-Q moves to BBC2 with 20 episodes
BBC1 has recommissioned its daytime Sudoku quiz show, moving it to BBC2 and doubling the number of episodes in the run. Eamonn Holmes will stay on as presenter of Sudo-Q, the programme based on the hugely popular number puzzle. The new 20 x 30-minute series ...
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C4 recommissions fourth 8 out of 10 cats
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth 8 x 30-minute series of Friday night panel show 8 out of 10 Catsfrom Endemol UK-owned Zeppotron. The broadcaster made the decision after the Jimmy Carr-hosted show opened its third series last month with an average of 2.9 million ...
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NewsFive wins Screenings favourite Shark
Five is believed to have fought off stiff competition from ITV to snap up the rights to 20th Century Fox legal drama Shark, one of the best received shows at the recent LA Screenings.
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Flextech offers viewers downloads of US shows
Flextech is to enter the online download market, offering viewers the chance to rent US network shows it airs such as Grey's Anatomy, Extreme Makeoverand Aliasfollowing a deal with Buena Vista International Television.
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NewsLubbock father in talks over doc
The father of Stuart Lubbock, the man who died in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool, is in talks with production companies about making a programme about his son's death.
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NewsFive/BBC bid for highlights
Five is believed to be going head to head with the BBC in a bid to win the Premier League highlights package, which could be decided by the end of the week.
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NewsEmu brought back to life by Rod Hull's son
Michael Parkinson look out: ITV is bringing back puppet icon Emu with the son of the late Rod Hull taking control of the famous beak.
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Anneka Rice rises to new challenges on ITV
ITV is poised to put Anneka Rice back in a tracksuit as part of plans to reprise hit BBC1 show Challenge Anneka.
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NewsSky News reverses revamp
Sky News has confirmed it will return to a rolling news service from July, axing The Sky Report, World News Tonight, as well as its triple header daytime presenting teams and 16 jobs.
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BBC's NHU to make badger reality TV
The BBC is to make a ' Big Brother for badgers' as part of its Natural Worldseries for next year, one of nine programmes so far lined up to air from autumn 2007 onwards.
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NewsPact holds key new media talks
Pact is holding a council meeting today during which the producers' alliance will decide whether to accept or reject Channel 4's new media rights offer.
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NewsFlextech to rent and sell programming online
Flextech is to enter the online download market, offering viewers the chance to rent US network shows it broadcasts and buy episodes of its own commissions, including Most Haunted.