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NewsChina lures Anthony to Renegade
Shine's head of factual, Sam Anthony, has quit to join Renegade Films, the indie set up last year by BBC former head of documentaries Alan Hayling and his partner Alex Cook.
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NewsSmooth FM revamp will ditch presenters
GMG Radio chief John Myers is set to swing the axe at his London station Smooth FM in a root and branch revamp aimed at drawing in older listeners.
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Off the record 1 February 2007
Rebel without a cause OTR always knew there was a rebel in Noel Edmonds. And at last Wednesday's Broadcast Awards, he let it loose on an unsuspecting audience. Defying a 'collect your award and don't make a speech rule' (set to ensure there ...
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BBC Wales to develop Scott film
BBC Wales drama is developing a one-off film about explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott to mark the centenary of the explorer setting sail on his second, fateful expedition to Antarctica in 1912.
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Brogan set to launch indie Kindle
Former ITV Productions' kids controller Anne Brogan is to set up her own indie, Kindle Entertainment, with her former development colleague Melanie Stokes.
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C4 delays Iraqi abuse drama
Channel 4 has rescheduled its controversial new drama The Mark of Cain - about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers - to avoid clashes with real-life court cases.
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Whizz Kid in Tough Cookie takeover
Bafta producer Whizz Kid Entertainment has acquired digital content specialists Tough Cookie for an undisclosed sum.
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Geldof backs plans for 'peace' channel
Not content with campaigning to end poverty and starvation in Africa, Bob Geldof is to launch a channel aimed at promoting world peace.
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NewsRogers to head RDF digital unit
RDF Media Group has made a major move into the new media space with a new division specialising in content for distribution over the internet.
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NewsNeumann leaves Wall to Wall for Peter Jones
Wall to Wall's head of factual entertainment and features, Daniela Neumann, has left after 10 months to join Peter Jones TV.
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NewsBBC plans production hub for India
BBC Worldwide is planning to set up a permanent hub in India as part of its expansion into global production.
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NewsBB 'honest' says Endemol
Endemol, the producer of Celebrity Big Brother, has branded claims that it engineered racist debate and secretly briefed celebrity housemates as 'absolute nonsense'.
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NewsBBC iPlayer given green light by Trust
The BBC Trust this week gave the green light to the corporation's new on-demand services, including the controversial iPlayer, but made major changes to a number of key features the BBC Executive proposed.
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NewsIt's Life but not as we've seen it before
BBC1 has commissioned a natural history spectacular billed as the 'natural successor' to its big budget HD blockbuster Planet Earth.
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NewsSky One will discover the real Shilpa
Sky One has landed a major scoop with a one-off special on the inside story of Celebrity Big Brotherwinner Shilpa Shetty.
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NewsBBC Trust gives iPlayer the go ahead
The BBC Trust has given the go ahead to the corporation's new on-demand services, including the controversial iPlayer, but has made major changes to a number of key features the BBC executive proposed.
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NewsSky scores Shilpa Shetty interview
Celebrity Big Brotherwinner Shilpa Shetty will give her first in-depth interview since leaving the house exclusively to Sky News presenter Kay Burley.
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NewsJudi Dench makes BBC return
Dame Judi Dench is to star in a new five-part BBC1 period drama based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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NewsBBC Worldwide makes Australian acquisition
BBC Worldwide has acquired a 25% stake in Australian indie Freehand Group as part of its expansion into the global production business.
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NewsBSkyB profits drop
BSkyB has reported pre-tax profits of£395m for the six months to 31 December, a drop of 4.6% compared with the same period.