All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 43
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ITV Studios inks deal with 19 Entertainment
ITV Studios has signed a production deal with 19 Entertainment, the indie owned by American Idol creator Simon Fuller.
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C4/BBC joint venture takes shape
The proposed BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 joint venture could include the likes of E4 and Dave - but will not include BBCW's magazine or DVD businesses in their entirety.
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BBCW: We will not work to Carter's deadline
BBC Worldwide has warned it will not necessarily work to Stephen Carter's 12 March deadline to come up with a joint venture plan with Channel 4.
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BBC names NW regional programming head
The BBC has appointed Aziz Rashid head of regional and local programming for the north west of England.
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Chorion profits top£28m
Chorion, the intellectual property company behind Mr Men and Noddy, made£28.4m last year - driven by 35% annual growth in its children's division.
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Microsoft exec named BBC marketing director
The BBC has appointed former Microsoft executive Sharon Bayley as director of BBC marketing, communications and audiences, replacing Tim Davie who became director of BBC audio and music last year.
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McIntyre to front BBC1 comedy roadshow
Comedian Michael McIntyre will tour the country in search of the best stand up acts Britain has to offer, in a new six-part series for BBC1.
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ITV to put Friends Reunited up for sale
ITV is attempting to claw back some of its£120m deal for Friends Reunited, by putting the social networking business up for sale, it is understood.
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Indies fear losing out in Knowledge restructure
Indies are fearful that the commissioning restruct-ure at BBC Knowledge will favour in-house prod-ucers and that they are being “penalised” for their success in the Window of Creative Competition.
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BBC's This Week up for grabs to indie sector
BBC News is putting the contract for current affairs series This Week out to tender - in order that in-house production can hit its nations and regions targets.
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Another week, another crisis
Every week seems to bring a fresh scandal at the BBC, and with it the column inches. Has the corporation got crisis management under control.
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BBC's Beautiful People to return
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Beautiful People, the comedy drama adapted from Simon Doonan's memoir by Gimme Gimme Gimme creator Jonathan Harvey.
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BBC's McGhee to take career break
George McGhee, the man who brought Mad Men and Heroes to the BBC, is leaving his job as BBC controller of programme acquisition to take a career break.
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BBC mulls kids radio station
The BBC is looking at launching a dedicated children's radio station - otherwise it faces having to pull out of kids' radio altogether.
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Neighbours move hits BBC kids shows
Audiences for Newsround and Blue Peter have fallen “significantly” after BBC1 shrunk the children's schedule to accommodate the loss of Neighbours to Five.
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BBC to pull Sri Lankan shows in censor row
The BBC World Service is to suspend its FM programming on the Sri Lankan national broadcaster following a row over censorship.
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Chiles: Carol Thatcher is not a racist
The One Show presenter Adrian Chiles has described his horror and embarrassment at Carol Thatcher's “golliwog” remark - but claimed she is not a racist.
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Horrocks 'leaks' BBC promotions on Twitter
BBC head of newsroom Peter Horrocks has inadvertently revealed that Andrew Roy has replaced Richard Porter as BBC World News' head of news.
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Wire in the Blood axed
ITV has pulled the plug on Robson Green's long-running crime drama series, Wire in the Blood.
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BBC Trust set to announce kids TV results
The BBC Trust will say on Tuesday whether the BBC needs new rules for the way it runs its children's services in light of the decline in kids programming.