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NewsParamount programming boss joins Baby Cow
Sarah Mahoney, Paramount Comedy Channel's head of programming and development, is to leave the company and take up a post with Baby Cow, the indie that makes Saxondale.
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NewsDancing With The Stars waltzes to China
China is to make its own version of international hit Dancing With The Starsfollowing a deal between Hunan Television and BBC Worldwide.
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NewsABC orders fourth series of Wife Swap
American network ABC has ordered a fourth series of Wife Swapfrom RDF USA.
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NewsRadio 3 hands Iain Burnside weekend slot
BBC Radio 3 has handed Iain Burnside a regular weekend slot produced by indie Above the Title.
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NewsFrasier star mulls new TV comedy role
Frasierstar Kelsey Grammer is being lined up to play an anchorman at a local TV station in a comedy pilot for 20th Century Fox.
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NewsQuestions over ITV recovery
Investment bank Credit Suisse is predicting that ITV's share price could fall back to below 100p, despite reports forecasting a better than expected start to the year.
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NewsBlog: Shipwrecked and free speech
This week, RDF's David Frank hit back at public criticism of Shipwrecked, arguing that the backlash against Lucy Buchanan could be bad for free speech. Read what other people have to say in our latest blog.
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NewsFreeview poised to benefit from 'grey boom'
Take-up of Freeview in the UK is set to boom amongst over 55s in the next two years with older-skewing channels such as BBC4 and ITV3 benefiting the most.
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NewsSkins appeals to 1.4m
The large scale marketing campaign behind E4's new teen drama Skinspaid off last night (25 January) with the show attracting a substantial 1.4 million viewers (9.41%) at 10pm.
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NewsPEER POLL: Channel of the year
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC1 deserve to win channel of the year at this week's Broadcast Awards?
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NewsShed beefs up US slate
Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.
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NewsShilpa voting blunder causes new Big Brother controversy
Celebrity Big Brotherhas been hit by fresh controversy, with producer Brighter Pictures having to cancel the votes cast so far in this week's eviction after an on screen mix up led to viewers voting to evict Shilpa Shetty when they thought they were saving her.
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NewsGrade hires Fairbairn in first major move
Michael Grade has hired former BBC director of strategy and distribution Carolyn Fairbairn in his first major move as executive chairman of ITV.
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NewsFive Days drops to 6m
BBC1's new drama series Five Dayslost viewers from its opening episode but still managed an audience of 6 million (24.9%) last night (Wednesday 24 January), well ahead of ITV1's film The Bourne Supremacy.
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NewsNick Jr spots kids show on YouTube
A kids TV show that started out as a viral video on YouTube has been picked up by Nickelodeon for its pre-school channel Nick Jr.
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NewsGambino exits MTV
MTV Networks UK & Ireland's vice president for commercial strategy & digital media Angel Gambino has left the company - the latest of a string of recent departures at the Viacom-owned broadcaster.
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NewsMPs call for Call TV quiz shows to be reclassified
MPs have called on the government to reclassify Call TV quiz shows as lottery games, meaning broadcasters would have to donate up 20% of their revenues to charity.
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NewsKershaw leaves Five to set up indie
Five's controller of factual Justine Kershaw is leaving the channel after five years to set up her own independent production company.
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Comment: A parking space too far
Malcolm Treen tells how his best intentions backfired, courtesy of Camden Council.
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Grass Valley role
Broadcast technology specialist Thomson Grass Valley has hired former BBC engineer and JVC manager Ian Nicoll as key account manager.