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NewsChannel TV slams ITV compliance move
Channel TV has criticised ITV’s decision to bring in a “double compliance” system, with chairman Mick Desmond claiming the broadcaster is taking a “cynical advantage” of Ofcom’s decision to increase the network’s fines for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsWhitechapel to return to ITV
Rupert Penry-Jones will return to the East End of London for ITV1 next year, starring in a second series of Whitechapel.
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NewsITV aims to avoid fines with 'double compliance '
Independent producers commissioned by ITV will have their content vetted for compliance by the commercial broadcaster, following moves by Ofcom which beef up the fines the network faces for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsOfcom toughens fine limits for ITV
Ofcom could fine ITV more than £3m for any future breaches of the broadcasting code, after a review concluded the broadcaster’s fines over the TV fakery scandal were not hefty enough.
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NewsBBC links up with Ecosse for Atkinson adaptation
The BBC is lining up a major adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s Behind The Scenes At The Museum from Mistresses producer Ecosse Films.
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NewsTrust review to shrink BBC
The BBC is facing its biggest shake-up since 2006’s Creative Future strategy after the BBC Trust fired the starting gun on a major review of its size and scope.
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NewsBBC loadsamoney row rages
Greg Dyke and Will Wyatt have waded into the BBC pay row - agreeing with the Tories that corporation exec salaries are too high.
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NewsThe Culture Show’s Morgan to drive BBC production training
The Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan is stepping down from the BBC2 show to become head of the college of production within the new BBC Academy.
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NewsThe Saint set to be resurrected by major Canadian producer
A Canadian production company is remaking iconic ITV thriller The Saint but has yet to approach UK broadcasters about the project.
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NewsITV plots overhaul of daytime quiz line-up
ITV1 is poised for a daytime quizshow shake-up, with a pair of new shows set for lengthy orders and Goldenballs likely to be shelved.
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NewsRamsden exits as Cheetah wins dieting show
Cheetah Television has won a Channel 4 dieting commission but lost creative director Sara Ramsden, who is leaving after five years to go freelance.
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NewsBBC1 kick-starts football magazine for all regions
BBC1 is launching a local Football League magazine show with different versions across England, and is inviting indie producers to pitch for three of the seven production contracts.
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NewsTwofour and Shiver win factual orders from ITV
A series on the troops who take supplies to frontline soldiers in Afghanistan will be contrasted with a docu-soap about the busy holiday season in the Lake District in two factual commissions set for ITV1.
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New Tricks locks down two more series for BBC1
Popular BBC1 drama New Tricks will run until at least 2011 after the broadcaster ordered two further series.
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NewsProspect Pictures composes Chopin and Elgar docs
Prospect Pictures will reveal the lesser-known sides of classical composers Chopin and Elgar in two 90-minute docs for BBC4.
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NewsSky Real Lives picks up Little Couple
Sky Real Lives has acquired US reality series The Little Couple from Endemol’s Worldwide Distribution.
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NewsCBeebies head counts himself out of kids’ role
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington has ruled himself out of the running for BBC Children’s controller - leaving Nickelodeon UK boss Howard Litton and CBBC head of drama and acquisitions Steven Andrew as frontrunners.
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NewsBBC boss hits back at Murdoch
Mark Thompson has launched a return attack on James Murdoch, savaging his MacTaggart as “desperately out of touch” with the views of the audience.
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NewsMark Thompson's letter to staff about the BBC's future
BBC director-general Mark Thompson’s email to corporation staff regarding the future of the BBC.
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NewsTrust review set to shrink BBC
The BBC Trust has fired the starting gun on a process which is likely to see the BBC rein in the size and scope of its activity – said by a senior BBC exec to be “as big as Creative Futures”.