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NewsOsbourne gets a second adrenaline run
Jack Osbourne is to return to ITV2 for a second run of his Adrenaline Junkieseries, this time taking on a desert marathon and a jungle expedition in South America. Made by Ginger TV Productions, Jack Osbourne - Adrenaline Junkiehas been ...
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Made in Manchester marks IRA blast
ITV has commissioned Made in Manchester Productions to produce a 30-minute documentary marking the 10th anniversary of the IRA bomb blast of 1996. From Bomb to Boomis due to air on ITV1 at the end of March and charts the city's rise from devastation to ...
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The Comedy Unit works on Dunbar pilots
Glasgow-based indie The Comedy Unit is working on a pair of pilots with its performer Karen Dunbar. The indie is working on two sitcoms starring Dunbar, who has won two Rose D'Or nominations for her BBC1 Scotland sketch series The Karen Dunbar Show. The pilots ...
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Living orders follow-up to Jade's Salon
Living TV has handed Big Brotherstar Jade Goody a second show, a follow-up of last year's Jade's Salon.
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Winter Olympics brings viewers in from the cold
Viewers have flocked to BBC2's extensive coverage of the 20th Winter Olympics.
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Leopard hires Davies
Leopard Films has appointed True North head of new programmes Julie Davies to the newly created role of executive producer, documentaries. Davies, who will report to Leopard chief executive James Burstall, has been given a brief to win primetime one-off and series commissions. She previously worked as a producer at ...
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Third reality slot
Zone Vision Networks is adding a third offering to its stable of reality channels with the launch of Reality Extra. The channel, set to launch on 28 February, will sit alongside Reality TV and Reality TV+1 on Sky EPG 152.
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ITV hires Optimistic exec to lead Play
ITV has poached Optimistic Entertainment's director of strategic and corporate development, William van Rest, to head its forthcoming ITV Play channel. As controller of ITV Play, the network's participation TV channel due to launch in the coming months, van Rest will be responsible for Play's financial performance, creative programming and ...
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MPs rebuke BBC over White City 'waste'
The BBC has been slammed by MPs for 'waste and extravagance' after a building project ended up£60m over budget. The corporation's White City 2 offices were meant to cost£210m, but the bill spiralled due to extra spending on technical improvements and furniture. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, which ...
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ITV News investigates climate change
ITV News is to screen an ambitious series of climate change reports over the next three months, with science editor Lawrence McGinty travelling the globe to report from the world's 'climatic hot spots'. The Three Degrees from Disasterseries will launch next week, covering sites including ...
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Profile - Richard Deverell: Building BBC children's brand
After a stint running new media at CBBC, new BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell wants to make sure his channels stand out in a very crowded market.
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Interview - Stephen Poliakoff: Shooting the future
Stephen Poliakoff says he would rather write for British television than for cinema - and that, despite the changes in the broadcast market, there are growing opportunities across terrestrial channels for good quality drama.
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TV shop until you drop
Jane Marlow indulges herself in a bit of TV retail therapy when she shadows shopping channel QVC's production staff for a day to see how all those wonderful products make it to screen.
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NewsITV digital strategy hit by ratings slump
Viewing of ITV's family of digital channels is failing to offset the audience being lost by ITV1, according to ratings figures for the first six weeks of 2006.
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NewsFounder Gerrie to leave Initial
Malcolm Gerrie has quit as chief executive of Endemol-owned Initial - the indie he founded 18 years ago.
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NewsLife on Mars to return in 2007
BBC1 has greenlit a second series of Life on Mars- the hit time travel drama from Spooksproducer Kudos.
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NewsITV hires duo to beef up factual
ITV took a step closer to completing its senior commissioning line-up this week by appointing two factual executives to work under new director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman.
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NewsOfcom outlines changes to radio regulation
6pm:Ofcom has laid out the future of commercial radio regulation, including a new framework for dealing with format change requests.
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NewsSolent TV axes launch plans
10am:Solent TV has axed plans to launch on the Sky platform due to lack of funding.
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NewsHouse of Lords relaxes TV rules
Peers have yielded to pressure from broadcasters to allow interviews to be carried out in the House of Lords.