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NewsGala TV goes online-only
Digital media group ETV is relaunching interactive bingo channel Gala TV via the site galabingo.com.
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NewsRob Brydon fools Ken Bruce's listeners
Listeners were left baffled by the erratic behaviour of Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce today - until it emerged the show was being hosted by comedian Rob Brydon.
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Unesco unites with Nat Geo in web docs project
National Geographic has produced a series of five ad-funded documentary shorts to be distributed online and edited into a full-length programme for broadcast.
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NewsMTV to take Monkey Quest international
MTV Networks UK is to roll out an international version of virtual world Monkey Quest following its launch in the US on 18 March.
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NewsITV eyes US event format deal
ITV is looking to one of the biggest live event companies in the US to end its five-year search for a homegrown entertainment mega hit.
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NewsHenshaw to tell Lords that Ed Pol Unit is ‘wholly unnecessary'
The award-winning producer of Undercover Mosque and Secret NHS Diaries is set to tell the Lords’ Communications Committee that the BBC’s Editorial Policy Unit should be scrapped.
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NewsPact contacts Ofcom over concerns at C5
Pact has raised concerns with Ofcom that Channel 5 is failing to meet its PSB obligations, and is taking legal advice over its treatment of suppliers.
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NewsOfcom budget facing 22.5% cut in 2011/12
Ofcom is to slash its budget by 22.5% (£26.7m) over the coming year as part of a four-year cutback strategy at the regulator.
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NewsBBC1 could lose kids’ block under DQF proposals
Flagship children’s series Blue Peter could no longer play out on BBC1 in the latest proposal to emerge from the BBC’s Delivering Quality First initiative.
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NewsC4 audience interaction plan kicks off with Fern
Daytime series Fern has become the first Channel 4 programme to trial audience interaction after transmission as part of the broadcaster’s wider plans to develop direct relationships with its audience.
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NewsUKTV's Mote to join Current TV
UKTV executive Jane Mote is leaving the broadcaster after five years to join topical multiplatform channel Current TV as its first UK managing director.
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NewsBBC4 orders more Dirk Gently
BBC4 has commissioned a mini-series of the Douglas Adams adaptation Dirk Gently after a successful TX pilot last December.
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NewsHunt: BBC must not cut core services
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned the BBC not to cut core services as it struggles to deal with a real terms reduction in its licence fee.
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NewsSony Radio award nominations announced
Record-breaking DJ Chris Moyles is to take on musicians-turned-presenters Ronnie Wood and Jarvis Cocker for one of the biggest accolades in radio.
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NewsITN all set for royal wedding bonanza
ITN is eyeing a major royal wedding payday after hiring out its facilities to more than 100 staff from international broadcasters and lining up sales of its coverage of the event.
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NewsC4 recruits editor for convergent formats
Channel 4 has handed control of its £2m convergent formats fund to ITV Studios digital executive Anna Cronin.
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NewsBring us your ideas first, Sky tells indies
Sky’s portfolio of channels is hunting an 8pm documentary series, a female-focused drama and more ideas with “true multiplatform potential”, execs have told suppliers.
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NewsLark Rise writer to pen political drama for BBC1
Lark Rise To Candleford writer Bill Gallagher is penning a drama series for BBC1 in which a local politician attempts to atone for his sins.
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NewsMr T to search for World’s Craziest Fools for BBC3
Legendary hardman Mr T will front a new comedy-entertainment clipshow series made by Roughcut for BBC3.
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NewsReview urges C4 Education to push web work
A review into Channel 4 Education’s long-term strategy is expected to recommend more cross-platform projects to raise awareness of the department’s web-based work.