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NewsBishop in pole position for ITV chairman job
Sir Michael Bishop, former chairman of Channel 4 and airline BMI, has become the frontrunner to take the chairman’s role at ITV after Sir Crispin Davis pulled out of the running.
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NewsShine to revive fortunes of brass band for BBC2
BBC2 hopes to do for local brass bands what Strictly has done for ballroom dancing with a three-part Shine Television series fronted by Sue Perkins.
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NewsMagician Brown to front ‘real-life psychics’ docs
Derren Brown is changing tack with his next series for Channel 4, fronting three ob docs in which he will meet people who claim to have psychic abilities.
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NewsUKTV aquires 11 series of Fifth Gear
UKTV has acquired the rights to a further 11 series of Fifth Gear from All3Media International to play on entertainment channel Dave.
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NewsSky set to take drama from Morrissey indie
Sky 1 is poised to commission a high-end police drama, starring David Morrissey and based on the novels of Mark Billingham.
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NewsO’Grady will not move to Sky 1 as talks break down
Sky 1’s talks with Paul O’Grady to take his eponymous chatshow to the channel have broken down.
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NewsC4 orders second Half
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of RDF Television’s series How The Other Half Live.
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NewsC4 commissioners outline wish list for filling Big Brother gap
Channel 4 has given the first hints of what it will be looking for in 2011 to fill about 250 hours of its primetime schedule previously occupied by Big Brother.
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NewsBBC Trust issues public consultation on editorial guidelines
The BBC Trust has cracked down on “intimidation, humiliation and aggressive behaviour”, in a post-Sachsgate overhaul of the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
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NewsBBC plans Casualty webisode
Casualty is to get its first web-only episode at the end of this month.
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NewsITV in talks to co-pro Single Handed
ITV is in talks with RTE to come in as a co-pro partner on the second series of Touchpaper Television’s police drama, Single Handed.
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Sky hires BBC Vision exec Gibney
BSkyB has named BBC Vision chief marketer Naomi Gibney as its new director of marketing and communications for Sky Networks.
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NewsHat Trick brings Israeli panel format to BBC2
MIPCOM: Hat Trick Productions is adapting Israeli news panel show format The Bubble for BBC2.
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NewsITV's six-figure offer for England qualifer rejected
Rights holder Kentaro turned down a six-figure sum from ITV to show the highlights of the England World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on a terrestrial station.
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NewsPhillips to host Sky Real Lives soldier series
Sky Real Lives is to “bring into sharp focus” the dedication, danger and loneliness of those serving in the British Armed Forces in a major series hosted by Fiona Phillips.
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NewsSky and Discovery in shock ad sales renewal
Sky and Discovery Europe have called a truce on their year-long ad sales legal battle by signing a new four year deal starting in January 2010.
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NewsChapman strikes first BBC deals
Chapman Entertainment has struck its first deal with the BBC, which has taken its new preschool properties Little Charley Bear and Rah Rah The Noisy Lion.
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Simpsons enlisted in obesity battle
In a drive to reduce obesity, episodes of US cartoon The Simpsons will be sponsored by the Department of Health.
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NewsCameron calls for independent debates
Televised general-election debates between political party leaders should be organised by a senior independent figure to keep them fair, says David Cameron.