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Virgin Radio branches out into ad-funded film podcasts
Virgin Radio is launching an ad-funded movie podcast service as part of its search for new revenue streams.
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NewsTen Alps to defy crunch with factual buy-up plan
Ten Alps is planning to buck the cautious financial market by snapping up more factual indies following its purchase of Roger Graef's Films of Record last week.
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Wright choice for Thomson
Thomson has appointed Alan Wright as senior vice-president of business development for Technicolor Network Services.
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Impressive customer numbers boost BSkyB
Shares in BSkyB closed up 5.85% after investors reacted positively to news that the company had added 92,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter - the highest number of new customers achieved in a quarter for five years.
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On Sight signs Eagle deal
HD facility On Sight has signed an exclusive deal with Eagle Rock Entertainment to manage and distribute its entire programme catalogue.
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Wells joins Eyeframe
Duplication company Eyeframe has appointed Kevin Wells as its new technical manager.
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NewsGecko signs first-look deal with All3Media
Gecko Productions, the indie behind Five's shock-doc Girl in the Box, has signed a first-look deal with All3Media International.
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Bulgaria boards BBC Dancing bandwagon
Bulgaria has become the latest country to acquire BBC Worldwide format Dancing with the Stars, the international version of Strictly Come Dancing.
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OTF sells 200 hours around the world
Off the Fence (OTF) has completed a raft of deals, selling around 200 hours of programming to territories across the world.
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NewsSimpson to teach war reporting for BBC2 series
John Simpson will teach adventurers Ranulph Fiennes and Robin Knox-Johnston to file news reports from a war-zone as part of a series for BBC2.
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NewsITV aims to tear up terms of trade
lTV executive chairman Michael Grade has called for ITV's terms of trade with indies to be torn up as part of a drive to unshackle the broadcaster from “an Antiques Roadshow of regulation”.
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NewsChung and Holland to front T4 fashion
Gok's Fashion Fix co-presenter Alexa Chung is to front a second weekly Channel 4 fashion magazine show - the first style news programme for teen strand T4.
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BBC4 follows Smith on first foreign holiday
BBC4 is to send veteran actress Liz Smith on her first-ever holiday abroad in a one-off documentary that it sees as a potential strand about celebrities' unrealised ambitions.
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No Going Back family to advise new migrants
An expat family in Tuscany that featured in Channel 4's fact ent series No Going Back are to advise the latest Brits moving to the region for a new format.
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NewsThe Apprentice series editor joins Optomen
The series editor of The Apprentice has joined Optomen in the newly created role of head of factual entertainment.
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NewsSky rebrands for family feel
Sky 1 has lined up crime writer Martina Cole as a major new face to coincide with an overhaul of the channel.
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NewsEdwards to supervise CGI relaunch of Hit favourites
Hit Entertainment has appointed Bafta-nominated producer Marion Edwards to oversee the CGI relaunches of the likes of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends.
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NewsITV4 bolsters sports coverage as Fewings lands promotion
ITV4 channel editor Dave Fewings has been appointed as the channel's controller and has made a slew of sports commissions, with the focus on cycling, darts and -football.
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Shine TV shakes up its top roles
Shine TV has restructured its top executive roles and appointed Tiger Aspect commercial director Jamie Munro as joint managing director.
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NewsHolby Blue cops it as The Bill wins battle
BBC1's police drama Holby Blue has lost its battle with ITV1 rival The Bill and has been axed.