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NewsThe Apprentice shows its value for BBC2
BBC2's hit format The Apprenticehas helped give a powerful boost to the channel's Wednesday night performance in what has turned into a fierce ratings battleground with Channel 4.
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NewsWomen in broadcasting survey Part II
Broadcast unveils the results of a major survey into how women are fairing in the broadcasting industry
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ITV loses two entertainment execs
ITV Productions has lost a clutch of its key entertainment programme-makers in the space of a week including executive producers James Sunderland and Stewart Morris, who worked on Dancing on Iceand Brainiacrespectively.
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Hilsum in China call
Channel 4 News'international editor, Lindsey Hilsum, who this week was permanently posted to China, has called on UK broadcasters to recognise the growing significance of the country in news coverage. Hilsum will keep her title after establishing a Beijing bureau in September but will cover Chinese stories for the ITN-produced ...
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Ofcom ditches rule
Ofcom has abolished regulations limiting how much ITV, Channel 4 and Five can cross-promote their digital programmes and services - but has introduced a new rule to stop terrestrial broadcasters promoting Freeview over competing pay-TV platforms. From 10 July, the three terrestrial broadcasters will no longer be constrained by current ...
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Trisha signs golden handcuffs deal
Talk show host Trisha Goddard has signed a new two-year golden handcuffs deal with Five after rejecting rival approaches from broadcasters. The new agreement will see her 10.30am weekday series Trisha Goddard, which has been struggling in the ratings, continue through to the end of ...
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NTL confirms threat to 6,000 jobs
NTL this week confirmed plans to axe or outsource around 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as a result of its merger with Telewest. The cuts, 80% of which will take place within 12 months, are part of the enlarged group's plans to obtain cost savings of£250m per year. ...
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O'Connell to host World Cup chat on ITV4
Virgin Radio breakfast show host Christian O'Connell has been signed up to host an irreverent World Cup chat show for ITV4.
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Henry to front BBC2 doc on Richard Pryor
Lenny Henry is to make a documentary on the late, legendary comedian Richard Pryor for BBC2. The as-yet-untitled programme will see Henry interview commentators in the US about Pryor and the corporation is hoping to line up interviewees such as Oprah Winfrey and Jesse Jackson, as well as comedians Jamie ...
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UK broadcasters face LA price war
Channel controllers and their acquisitions executives next week depart en masse for over a week in the Californian sunshine, but this year's LA Screenings are likely to be the most competitive - and costly - ever for UK broadcasters.
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Worldwide sells Hustle and Bodies to Spain
New Spanish free-to-air channel La Sexta has picked up a hat trick of BBC Worldwide series -axed hospital drama Bodies, Kudos-produced Hustle and Ricky Gervais comedy Extras. The Spanish TV market is proving lucrative for ...
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Scands snap up C4I factual formats
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of format deals and finished programme sales across Scandinavia and Benelux, including multiple sales for Twenty Twenty's new factual entertainment series How to Divorce Without Screwing up Your Children, which screened on Channel 4. The latter has proved ...
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Zone buys US series for its UK channels
Zone Vision Networks has licensed a number of classic US series from 20th Century Fox Television for two of its UK channels. The Horror Channel has acquired five seasons of Tales from the Crypt, as well as series Strange Luck, ...
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GI signs Dancing on Ice deal with Russia
Granada International (GI) has secured two format deals with public broadcaster TV Channel Russia, which has picked up the rights to ITV series Dancing on Ice and Soapstar Superstar. Both shows will be produced locally in Russia with production expected ...
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NewsRajars: Magic takes the lead in London
Emap station Magic 105.4 has taken the lead in the London commercial radio market for the first time, recording a 7% share and 1.9 million listeners in the latest round of Rajar figures.
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NewsITV's buyer in chief
ITV's acquisitions chief Jay Kandola says there is a place for US drama on the network
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NewsWomen in broadcasting survey
Broadcast unveils the results of a major survey into how women are fairing in the broadcasting industry