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Bergg returns to ITV
Former ITV scheduling supremo moves back to become director of programmes for ITV2 five months after unexpected departure from Sky One
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BBC raids Dinosaur's for new specials
BBC specialist factual plunders original Walking with Dinosaurs in bid to re-work Jurassic creatures for two new one-off specials
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BBC and ITV sports channels in simultaneous kick-off
BBC confirms plans to launch NTL joint venture British Sport within a month of rival offering from ITV Sport
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Box TV signs two year BBC drama two-year deal
Former C4 drama head's new production company signs first look deal for a slate of returnable drama series
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Starmaker set to bolster ITV2's output
YTV Popstars-style event show set to become digital channel's largest commission to date
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BBC Arts to produce Taste
BBC Arts has been asked to produce a four-part series for BBC 2 on the origins of British taste and design, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The 4 x 60-minute series, Taste, will be
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Bafata winning sit com recommissioned for two further series
Outgoing Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has commissioned Assembly Film and Television to produce two further series of its Bafta-winning sitcom Black Books, writes Jon Rogers.A second
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C4 buys Garland mini series
Canadian broadcaster Alliance Atlantis has sold a 4 x 60-minute mini series on the life of Judy Garland to Channel 4, writes Simon Ellery.Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
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BBC revives dinosaurs hits
The BBC is raiding the graves of its Bafta-winning dinosaurs in a bid to turn the Jurassic giants into a new breed of BBC stars, write Georgina Lipscomb and Barbara Marshall.The
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Interactive TV polls are a waste of time
Britain's leading pollster has slammed broadcasters for their use of online and interactive TV (iTV) polls in the run up to the election, branding the services 'crap'.Mori Polls chairman Professor Bob
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ROCK STAR GOES TO USA
US broadcaster The WB Network has finally greenlit British drama The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star to air this autumn, writes Katy Elliott. Channel 4 and Company Pictures
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Bergg gets top ITV2 job
Former ITV scheduler and Sky One general manager David Bergg has rejoined the ITV Network Centre as director of programmes for ITV2, writes Lucy Rouse.Bergg left Sky One under a cloud
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BBC signs Box first-look deal
Box TV Productions, the independent set up by former Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal, has signed its first deal with the BBC for a slate of returnable drama series,
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'Soap hour' forces news shift at C5
Channel 5 plans to create a 'soap hour' in its early evening schedule in a move that will once again force its main news programme to find an alternative home, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C5 TAKES THE ECO-CHALLENGE
Channel 5 has bought Emmy-award winning reality sports show Eco-Challenge from Columbia Tristar International Television, writes Leigh Holmwood.The 6 x 60-minute series, due to air from next month, is made by
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NTL and BBC form British Sport
British Sports broadcasting is set to face its biggest shake-up yet this summer following confirmation that the BBC plans to launch its new sport channel, British Sport, within a month of
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Henghes to head interactive Historyworld
Diverse former head of interactive Ian Henghes has left the company to become chief executive of an interactive joint-venture between Diverse and former University Challenge presenter Bamber Gascoigne called Historyworld, writes
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BBC digital radio budget is mired in confusion
The BBC appeared in a muddle over the exact finances for its five new proposed digital radio services this week, after admitting an extra£2m was added to its submission to
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Watchdog brand to be reinvented
BBC 1 is poised to axe high-profile brand Watchdog as part of an overhaul of the channel's consumer affairs output, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to BBC creative director, consumer Mark Killick who
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Elstein slams public service TV
Former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein has hit out at the public service model for broadcasting, claiming the BBC and Channel 4's funding does not add to the diversity of