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NewsUKTV sides with Five on call for full review of TV ad market
UKTV has backed Five’s call for a full review of the TV advertising market as speculation grows that Ofcom is warming to the idea.
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NewsBBC2 sees 60% increase in original drama hours
BBC2 will see its hours of original drama increase by nearly 60% next year, with even more likely to come in 2012.
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NewsITV unveils wishlist to indie producers
Talent-led factual formats, non-crime drama and a Friday night entertainment show are top of ITV’s programming wishlist, as revealed at the broadcaster’s Producers’ Forum in London last week.
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NewsLakes chef presents first AFP show in C4 3pm slot
Chef Peter Sidwell is to cook his way around the Lake District in Channel 4’s first advertiser-funded show to air in the pre-Countdown slot.
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NewsC4 to put model agency under the spotlight
Channel 4 is to extend the fixed, multi-camera set-up of The Family and One Born Every Minute to a model agency’s office - with Maverick lined up to produce.
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NewsNBCU eyes UK market with fact ent boost
NBC Universal is ramping up production activity in the UK, with one show already under way and four others in the pipeline.
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NewsPrincess triumphs in pitch for next 11 O’Clock Show
Princess Productions has won a competitive pitch from Channel 4 to find the successor to The 11 O’Clock Show and is working on a pilot.
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NewsElectric Sofa seeks content for new entertainment channel
The backers of a new entertainment channel are looking to commission up to 10 hours a week from UK indies, including a weekly gossip show.
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NewsDawson supersizes regional dishes for Good Food
UKTV’s Good Food has ordered a series that will see rugby player-turned Celebrity MasterChef winner Matt Dawson create giant versions of local speciality dishes from around the UK.
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NewsTake Me Out gets second date
ITV1’s Saturday night speed-dating gameshow Take Me Out is set to return “bigger and better than ever”, according to host Paddy McGuinness.
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NewsBerbridge exits Leopard
Leopard head of programmes Dan Berbridge has left the Cash In The Attic indie after two years.
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NewsPart two of WoCC review
The BBC Trust has kicked off its second review of the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition, two years after it was last put under scrutiny.
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NewsITV1 buys River Monsters
ITV has bought the second series of wildlife doc River Monsters from factual specialist Icon Films.
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News'Lucky' Ross records final BBC show
Jonathan Ross said he was “grateful, lucky and honoured” to have worked at the BBC as he recorded his last chat show for the corporation.
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NewsSir Michael Lyons responds to sexism accusation
Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, has offered to meet Selina Scott after the former newsreader accused the corporation of “malign sexism and ageism”.
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NewsBBC in legal action over The Scheme pirate copies
The BBC has taken legal action to stop pirate copies of the unseen episodes of hit TV show The Scheme from being distributed.
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NewsBBC Audiobooks sold
BBC Worldwide has sold its 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks to AudioGo in a deal believed to be worth up to £15m.
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Good Food cooks up Malaysia AFP
UKTV’s Good Food channel has commissioned an ad-funded Malaysian cookery show from indie Denham Productions.
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NewsBBC Breakfast move to Salford confirmed
The BBC has confirmed that 88 staff from its BBC Breakfast operation will be relocating to the corporation’s new production hub in Manchester’s Salford Quays.
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NewsITV marketing and research chiefs step down
ITV’s director of group marketing David Pemsel and head of research Chad Wollen are to leave the company at the end of July.