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King chat regret
The BBC has said it regrets an appearance by convicted sex offender Jonathan King as a guest on a morning radio chat show. King appeared on Victoria Derbyshire 's Radio 5 Live show on Tuesday, 26 July and spoke about his crimes and the media furore which ...
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Sharman poaches
Children's BBC controller Alison Sharman has poached Nickelodeon's interactive expert Joe Godwin to oversee her department's entertainment output. Godwin has spent five years at Nickelodeon, rising to become the channel's vice-president of operations and interactive director, overseeing a revamp of its websites. He will now be tasked with developing a ...
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Emap hires Taylor
Emap Radio has taken on Virgin Radio station manager Steve Taylor to work as creative commercial director across its radio brands. Taylor, who has spent two and a half years as station manager for Virgin, will report to new Emap Radio managing director Dee Ford, but will be based primarily ...
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Rapture in buying mode for relaunch
Digital entertainment channel Rapture TV has gone on a shopping spree, buying up film, gaming and extreme sports programmes in preparation for its relaunch later this year.
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Hegedus takes Fox TV Studios post
ID Distribution sales director Beata Hegedus is to join LA-based Fox TV Studios' global development team in a new role that will include searching out the best European formats for the US market. Hegedus, who joins Fox TV Studios in September, will focus initially on northern and eastern Europe, but ...
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Best of Moyles is number one podcast
The BBC's Best of Moyles podcast went to number one in Apple's unofficial Top Subscribed Podcast chart, only 10 hours after making its debut. Best of Moyles is a montage of the best bits of Chris Moyles' Radio 1 breakfast show and is available for free download every Thursday. The ...
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TV-Loonland appoints creative chief
Animation production and distribution company TV-Loonland has appointed Kourtney Kaye to the newly created role of head of creative affairs and development. Kay will oversee programming output, select programme ideas for development and take projects through to production. The appointment is part of a company restructure, with a new head ...
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Wanted: one trick ponies with thick skin
Tap-dancing horses and performing dogs are to be given a shot at stardom in Simon Cowell's latest TV show, Paul O'Grady's Got Talent. The ITV1 pilot, co-produced by Talkback Thames and Cowell's indie, Simcow, is looking for individuals - man or beast - with talent in ...
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Talkback Thames shuts talent agency
Talkback Thames is to shut down its talent agency, Talkback Management, after the departure of Melanie Rockcliffe, who ran the division for 11 years. Rockcliffe decided not to renew her contract and is expected to set up her own agency when she leaves. Her departure date is yet to be ...
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Ofcom fines C4 over Red Bull item
Channel 4 has been slapped with a£5,000 fine for giving undue prominence to energy drink Red Bull during a Richard and Judy Showbroadcast last year. In an attempt to correct inaccuracies in an item on the dangers of excessive caffeine intake, C4 showed a video on ...
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Last chance to vote for most powerful
It's your last chance to vote for the most influential people in British television. Voting closes at the end of Friday 5 August for our online poll to find the 50 most powerful. Whether it's Lew Grade, who built the world's most powerful showbusiness network, or Rupert Murdoch, who built ...
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Hail the revolution
Sky's figures show the PVR onslaught continuing. Now the BBC has jumped in with some much-needed research.
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NewsArmchair anarchist: BiBc puts sex pistols on download
Rare footage from the ITN archive, including the Sex Pistols' debut UK TV performance, is available to download from the internet for the first time.
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Leading the BBC astray?
The BBC's Wocc is a damaging wrong turning that could lead to the collapse of in-house production in key genres such as entertainment and reduce creativity at the corporation, argues a new report.
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Funny guy's serious agenda
He has a reputation for being quirky, and he's joining the strait-laced Discovery. So how will Dan Brooke cope with running the broadcaster's UK portfolio?
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Brace yourselves
Inspired by a reality show, ABC's Lostis smashing records for international audience figures and Channel 4 is pulling out all the stops to repeat that success over here.
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The best form of flattery
The borrowing of ideas has sparked an immensely creative period in factual TV. Stuart Cosgrove predicts distribution will be next.
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Local hero comes good
Technology is enabling broadcasters to better cater for regional needs. Gordon Macmillan sees a future where news is made, broadcast and consumed on different platforms
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Top of the Scots
Whether you're shooting and posting in Edinburgh, Glasgow or London, production talent north of the border shouldn'...
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NewsSky cashes in on gambling
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch hailed TV gamblers as the surprise driving force behind the satellite giant's soaring annual revenue, which topped the£4bn mark for the first time.