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NewsIndie trio win BBC football commissions
The BBC has handed contracts to produce its new Football League magazine show to three regional indies.
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NewsNorman to start at ITV on 1 January
ITV will start the new year with a new executive chairman, after confirming that Archie Norman would officially start on January 1 earlier today.
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NewsSky eyes New Year launch for 3D TV
Sky could launch its 3D TV channel as soon as next spring, according to executives.
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Job fears for regional ITV news staff
The ITV regional journalists who work in areas that will get pilot regional news consortium schemes next year have had no guarantees that their jobs will be safe.
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NewsBlessed plays Henry VIII in BBC web comedy
Monkey Kingdom is producing an online comedy series for the BBC starring Brian Blessed as an internet-obsessed Henry VIII.
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BBC Radio 5 live to Answer Me This!
BBC Radio 5 live have rewarded Sony Award-nominated podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann by giving them their own national show.
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NewsCollinson named Corrie producer
The head of BBC’s Manchester drama division Phil Collinson has been named as the new producer of Coronation Street.
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NewsITV2 orders more Katie Price
Katie Price’s indie Pricey Media has secured a second series of reality show What Katie Did Next from ITV2.
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NewsHands off the BBC, Thompson tells politicians
Mark Thompson has challenged the UK’s politicians to safeguard the independence of the BBC – and to give it the freedom to carry out a “radical and open-minded review” of its activities.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2010 shortlist unveiled
Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor are to go head to head at the 2010 Broadcast Awards.
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NewsITV snaps up Disney's GMTV stake for £22m
ITV has spent more than £22m buying out Disney’s minority stake in GMTV.
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NewsCome Dine With Me creators cook up fresh format duo for ITV1
The team behind Come Dine With Me and Britain’s Best Dish are to produce two new factual formats for ITV1’s daytime schedule.
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NewsRogue Traders’ Allwright to sort out holiday woes
Rogue Traders presenter Matt Allwright is to front a peaktime BBC1 consumer travel show designed to expose the worst of the tourist industry.
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NewsFive to strip JLC game show
Justin Lee Collins’ first show for Five under his two-year golden handcuffs deal will be stripped across the Christmas period.
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NewsC4 moots online charge for advance episodes
Channel 4 is considering charging viewers to watch new programmes online before they air on TV as part of plans to break down the barriers between the schedule and on-demand viewing.
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NewsITV1 pulls the plug on Beat the Star after two series
Beat The Star has been dropped from ITV1 to make way for new entertainment formats.
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NewsSTV’s Hain hits out at lack of clean ITV feed
The row between STV and ITV has intensified, after disagreements over whether the latter is providing its licensees with a clean feed of programmes.
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NewsBurns’ search for C4 boss to hot up in the new year
Channel 4’s hunt for a new chief executive will begin in earnest in January as new chairman Lord Burns is only beginning to draw up his shortlist for the role.
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NewsBBC scraps plans to air ‘horny priests’ ballet
The BBC has dropped plans to air a ballet inspired by impresario Sergei Diaghilev this Christmas – after discovering that it features a deformed Pope who rapes nuns.
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NewsC4 to look back on a decade in TV
Channel 4 is to count down the 20 landmark TV shows of the last ten years as part of a two-part special to air at Christmas.