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Sky One to co-pro
Sky One has signed on as a co-production partner with CBS Paramount for two series of new sci-fi drama Threshold. The one-hour thriller series follows a team of experts who are brought together when the US Navy discovers an extraterrestrial craft has landed in the Atlantic ...
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Top UP TV adds British Eurosport
Top Up TV has added British Eurosport to its premium Freeview line-up, making it the first dedicated sports channel to air on the DTT platform. Launched on 31 May in a 2pm and 11pm slot on channel 49, Eurosport replaces E4, which left Top Up to go free-to-air last week. ...
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SRH turns down EMAP takeover offer
Emap, the owner of Kiss FM and the Magic radio networks, has failed in its£270m bid to take full control of Scottish Radio Holdings. In a statement to the Stock Exchange, Emap said SRH, the biggest radio group in Scotland, had 'declined to entertain an offer' on the terms it ...
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EC lobbies for end to ad restrictions
Restrictions on the amount of advertising broadcasters can show could be lifted under plans devised by the European Union's media commissioner Viviane Reding. Reding is expected to call for the lifting of restrictions currently in place that limit advertising to no more than 20% of total daily broadcasts. Under Reding's ...
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Rival channels air views on BBC charter
ITV, Five and BSkyB are set to give evidence to a House of Lords committee which is considering the BBC Charter review. ITV chief executive Charles Allen, BSkyB chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein and Five chief executive Jane Lighting will all put forward their views to the committee, chaired by ...
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Townhouse takes Trisha down under
Indie Town House TV has sold Five's Trisha Goddardshow to UKTV in Australia and New Zealand. The year-long deal will see the first episodes of the daily chat show air on the channel from August.
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Uplifting misery
With a C4 doc about cancer following The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, Patrick Collerton has cornered the market in films about death. But his rapport with his subjects and irreverence make his work inspiring. By Suzy Bashford.
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Exploitation: how worried should we be?
When TV Wrap handed Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers, it prompted shock, denial and widespread consternation within the indie community. Broadcastbrought the freelancers and indies together to fight it out
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Shocks to the system
Taboo-busting is de rigeur on both high and lowbrow channels, and Ofcom is showing no inclination to stem the tide, writes Sam Delaney.
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The best and brightest of 2005
Best Young Director -Charlotte Bruus-Christensen and Stefan Mork Charlotte Bruus-Christensen and Stefan Mork - both 27 - are a fine example of how multi-skilling can create brilliance. As well as sharing directing duties on Between Us(the short film which drew them to the ...
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The freedom to offend
With Ofcom's new broadcasting code about to come into effect, David Wood looks at the new freedoms broadcasters will be enjoying, from outraging religious sensibilities to getting companies to sponsor channels
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C4's new media triple player
Launching a mobile phone portal for Big Brotherfans is just the beginning for Channel 4's new media chief Andy Taylor, for whom three is the magic number. By Michelle Webster
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Let the viewers decide
Ofcom's broadcast code is over-protective towards viewers and risks stifling the creative and financial contribution advertisers can make to programming, writes Amanda Bannister.
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Taking unfair advantage
Exploitative employers get away with bad practice because staff who work in TV care about their work.
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NewsExtra£220m for BBC new media...
The BBC is planning to spend around£220m a year, well over half of the money saved by its proposals to cut 3,780 jobs, on new media projects and digital services.
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News... as unions give Thompson 7-day deadline
Unions have fired off a letter to the BBC calling for further talks with director general Mark Thompson in the next seven days, or they will resume strike action.
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NewsITV to make The Big Call
ITV1 has greenlit a Saturday night primetime quiz show from Granada Manchester, which it hopes will match the unprecedented success of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
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NewsPact rejects compulsory code for indies
Pact has done little to reassure freelancers in the wake of pressure group TV Wrap's campaign about exploitative working practices by independent production companies.
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NewsC4 hires Henwood for new business
Channel 4 has handed former NTL director of television Rod Henwood the new role of new business director at the broadcaster, replacing former commercial director Rob Woodward.
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Bidding war begins for US drama Prison Break
Fox's Prison Breakhas emerged as this year's 'must have' drama at the LA Screenings, with Channel 4, Sky One, ITV and Five all locked in a bidding contest to secure UK broadcast rights for the show.