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News3DD makes three appointments
3DD Entertainment has made a number of new appointments, hiring Anita Barnard as sales manager, Steve Wood as financial controller and Jane Parker as legal and business affairs executive.
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RDF appoints new kids sales boss
RDF Rights has appointed former Jetix and Hit Entertainment exec Henrietta Hurford-Jones as head of children’s TV sales.
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NewsNBC seals Sparrowhawk acquisition
NBC Universal has confirmed its acquisition of Hallmark International owner, Sparrowhawk Media, for a reported $350m (£174m), as exclusively revealed by Broadcastearlier this year. [ALL]
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NewsFive boosted by new channels - but at a cost
Update:The owner of Five, RTL, has sliced£83 million from the value of the broadcaster saying that rising programming costs and the loss of call TV revenues means it is no longer worth what was paid for it. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: the best of the rest
Gerry McCann has called for the media to scale back its coverage of his daughter's disappearance; BBC News head Peter Horrocks brands Sky News 'the McCann channel' due to its current extensive coverage of the missing four-year-old; and the BBC is challenged over its global warming coverage. Click through to ...
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NewsAnna Ford: Thompson lacks social skills
BBC newsrooms operate in an 'atmosphere of fear' fuelled by job cutbacks which are damaging the corporation's news output, according to former BBC newsreader Anna Ford. [ALL]
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NewsTest the Nation brings in 3.6m
This year's Test the NationIQ test was something of a let down with the results programme only interesting 3.6m (16.2%) at 9pm. [ALL]
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NewsLa Plante pens NBC mafia drama
Prime Suspectwriter Lynda La Plante is writing a US drama pilot about the wives of mafia bosses who have to take over the family businesses. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: C4 on trial
Channel 4 announces it will 'rest' Celebrity Big Brothernext year and axe several factual entertainment series to free up the schedules for public service programming; Jane Root urges the channel to wean itself off Big Brotherand Kevin Lygo reinforces the ...
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: BBC cuts slammed
BBC journalist John Sweeney says the corporation should axe BBC3 or BBC4 rather than make further cuts to current affairs; documentary maker Tom Roberts steps up the 'Save Storyville' campaign and BBC Children's boss Richard Deverell warns of 5% cuts. Click through to read the stories. ...
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NewsGCap Media signs Ryan Seacrest
GCap Media has drafted in American Idoland E! Entertainment Television presenter Ryan Seacrest to host a new entertainment show on The One Network. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh blog: new media
Jens Bachem, the managing director of Digital Outlook, feels that the Alternative MacTaggart lecturer Vint Cerf is underestimating the damage that new media could inflict upon traditional TV. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: Trust in TV
While the great and the good of TV admit the 'Trust in TV' issue is one which they are taking seriously, there is a plea for a sense of perspective from MacTaggart lecturer Jeremy Paxman amongst others. Paul Watson also defends 'manipulation' in documentary making. Click through to read the ...
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NewsEdinburgh: what the multichannel controllers want
Living rebrand a success, says Claudia Rosencrantz; Richard Woolfe says Sky One is confused; UKTV Gold will focus more on commissions; BBC3 is aiming for a younger audience. Click through to read the stories. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: what the controllers want
Peter Fincham admits BBC1 may never show the controversial Queen documentary; the ITV brand isn't damaged by ITV Play, says Simon Shaps; Five wants more British content; C4 makes commitment to smaller indies. Click through to read the stories. [ALL]
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NewsDavina 'unsuitable' for Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 has received over 100 complaints from listeners after it hired Davina McCall to fill in for Ken Bruce while he was on holiday last week. [ALL]
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NewsBBC Children's to trim 5% for five years
Edinburgh:BBC children's is facing budget cuts of around 5% each year for the next five years. [ALL]
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NewsBBC challenged over anti-global warming films
Edinburgh:The BBC has made an internal decision not to make programmes that are sceptical about human activity being the cause of global warming, a senior producer has claimed. [ALL]
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NewsSweeney: cut a channel not current affairs
Edinburgh:BBC journalist John Sweeney has appealed to corporation bosses to axe BBC3 or BBC4 rather than impose further cuts to current affairs budgets. [ALL]
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NewsRoberts stokes Storyville debate
Edinburgh:Tom Roberts has stoked the campaign to save Storyvilleby claiming he received a letter from BBC director general Mark Thompson saying that 'if you feed rats half rations, they work better'. [ALL]