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NewsChambers lands Five job
Dan chambers, Five's factual programming head, took over from former director of programmes Kevin Lygo this week and pledged to focus the six-year-old channel on contemporary factual entertainment and science, writes Michael Rosser.
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Voluntary redundancies at YTV
The entire production team at Yorkshire Television's documentaries and factual department have been invited to apply for voluntary redundancy, in a bid to downsize the struggling department, writes Paul Revoir.
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TV's top chiefs share RTS stage
Carlton chairman Michael Green is to take a rare step into the limelight after agreeing to sit on a panel alongside his Granada counterpart Charles Allen at this month's Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge Convention, writes Colin Robertson.
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Debbie Harry fronts rock doc for Discovery
Debbie Harry, the princess of new wave, has been recruited by the Discovery Channel to present a series on rock and roll for the autumn, writes Gavin Stamp.
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Mentorn sets up drama division
Television Corporation subsidiary Mentorn is launching a drama division on the back of a number of factually based projects, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsFox rivals Sky One with new channel
Rupert Murdoch's Fox Television is planning to launch a UK entertainment channel on Sky Digital in January next year - putting it in direct competition with Sky One, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsBBC unit to monitor 'hate speech'
BBC Monitoring, the corporation's government-funded arm that tracks the world's media, is to turn cyber-spy and monitor internet chat sites in a bid to pick up
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NewsRadio 4 chief sets sights on baby boomers
Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has told programme-makers to put aside stereotypes of the station's listeners as stern octogenarians and inject more 'informal irreverence' into their ideas, writes Michael Rosser.
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Blair may let TVbroadcast press briefings
Broadcasters are poised for a big breakthrough after Tony Blair signalled he is prepared to allow the government's daily briefings to be televised. The Prime Minister has asked for the idea to be explored by the committee headed by Bob Phillis, chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, which has ...
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Blue Peter's marson steps up to editor
The BBC has appointed a new editor for Blue Peter- only the fifth appointment in the programme's 45-year history. The show's series producer, Richard Marson, is to take on the role after five years on the show. He replaces Steve Hocking, who has taken on ...
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BBC admits to error over Kelly
The BBC has admitted it wrongly inflated the importance of Dr David Kelly as Andrew Gilligan's source in a statement issued after the BBC governors' emergency meeting in July, it emerged this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC renews faith in docu-soaps
The BBC has given a new lease of life to the docu-soap - which went out of favour in the late 1990s after a glut of cheap imitations - by commissioning a raft of new series on subjects including the Sylvia Young Theatre School, writes ...
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'Cot potatoes' gorge on TV
First it was the couch potatoes - now a new breed of 'cot potatoes' is emerging. A new study out today has revealed that over 80% of children under six are watching up to six hours of television a day, ' writes Sam Matthews.
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NewsEmap to get its Mojo working on radio
Emap is preparing to extend its Mojo magazine brand into the digital radio arena, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsScottish indies at disadvantage
Scottish production companies are being held back by a lack of clout with network commissioners and by 'weak monitoring' of commissioning targets, a new report has concluded, writes Gavin Stamp.
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NewsOne giant leap into the news archives
Astronaut Neil Armstrong's 1969 moonwalk is the most requested news clip, according to a new top 20 archive moments list compiled by ITN Archive.
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NewsWireless Group makes first ever profits
Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group has reported its first ever half year profits and confirmed it will launch legal action against radio industry body Rajar, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsGilligan's report made 'forceful claims'
The daughter of Dr David Kelly yesterday told the Hutton inquiry he could not understand the 'forceful claims' made in Andrew Gilligan's original story on the Iraq dossier, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsD-Day gets the ...In Colour treatment
ITV1 has commissioned Carlton and TWI to make a new one-hour instalment in its ...In Colourstrand about the D-Day landings, to air during the 60th anniversary of the historic event next summer, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsHodgson takes C4 corporate role
Channel 4 has lured a senior venture capitalist to be its new head of corporate development, writes Gavin Stamp.