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NewsThomas appointed Resources chief exec
Former BBC North Project director Mark Thomas has been named as the new chief executive of BBC Resources, replacing Mike Southgate who leaves this month.
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NewsSketch shows dominate C4's Comedy Lab pilots
Channel 4 has ordered two comedy pilots from Ash Atalla's new indie, Roughcut TV, for its Comedy Lab strand, which leans heavily on sketch formats this year.
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NewsTalent could defect to net, says Whale
Veteran broadcaster James Whale has predicted that commercial radio stations risk losing their major talent to self-produced shows on the internet.
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NewsDamazer puts forward Polish option for R4
BBC Radio 4 is considering a Polish-language service to make the station more representative of multicultural Britain.
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NewsLee Collins to bring back Star Trek crew
Justin Lee Collins will try to re-unite the surviving cast of the original Star Trek series in the latest edition of his Bring Back... strand.
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Twofour makes Rude docs
Twofour is to make two films for Virgin 1's Rude season of sex-themed documentaries.
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TV locations revisited
Leeds-based indie Really Good Productions has won a 10 x 30-minute commission from ITV Yorkshire and Tyne Tees about locations used in film and TV dramas.
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NewsBBC Worldwide sees digital share double
BBC Worldwide's digital business more than doubled its share of the company's revenues last year, helped by bbc.com delivering£1.5m in sales after accepting advertising for international markets for the first time.
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NewsThird week of gloom as media falls again
For a third consecutive week, most of the Broadcast 20 declined in value as the FTSE 100 fell to its lowest point since October 2005.
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NewsBarham made buying head for all Virgin TV channels
Virgin Media TV has restructured its acquisitions team, promoting head of acquisitions for Living, Living 2 and Virgin 1 Amy Barham to head of acquisitions for the whole channel portfolio.
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C4I wins rights to sell Celebrity Ding Dong
Channel 4 International has secured a deal with indie Open Mike Productions to handle international distribution of comedy gameshow Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong.
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Worldwide wins for Psychic Challenge
Psychic Challenge, the format distributed by RDF Rights, has scored new commissions and renewals in territories around the world.
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NewsBolton steps back from Flame
Flame TV founder Roger Bolton is stepping down from the day-to-day running of the business and handing the reins to director of production Claire Featherstone and commercial director Julius O'Dowd.
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NewsBremner chews on the credit crunch for C4
Rory Bremner is to take a satirical look at the credit crunch in a four-part series for Channel 4.
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NewsZig Zag opens LA office to expand in US
Zig Zag has expanded its US presence and opened a Los Angeles base after securing over $6m worth of American business in the past six months.
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NewsITV to film armed police for ‘big access' two-parter
ITV will follow the Metropolitan Police's secretive CO19 squad, Britain's largest firearms division, in a hard-hitting new documentary series which will air in the late autumn.
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C4 aims provocative G-Spot docs at women
Channel 4 is to give voice to provocative opinions on topics such as cosmetic vaginal surgery and the fur trade in a new documentary strand aimed at women.
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Former Five history chief joins Firefly
Five's former controller of history and live factual events, Alex Sutherland, has joined Firefly as an independent consultant and executive producer.
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NewsRatings Focus: Doctor bows out with a monster audience
The series finale to the current run of BBC1's Doctor Who was the drama's second highest audience for a regular episode since the series was regenerated in 2005.
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NewsHat Trick shuts Manchester office
Hat Trick has closed its Manchester office after three years after struggling to secure enough comedy and entertainment commissions from the region.