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NewsGMTV reshuffles US team
GMTV has reshuffled its New York bureau by appointing Cordelia Kretzschmar as its new correspondent in the city.
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NewsKath and Kim come to BBC2
Cult Australian sitcom Kath and Kim is to make its long-awaited debut on UK terrestrial TV after the BBC snapped up the rights.
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NewsBBC takes Frost off breakfast menu
Veteran interviewer Sir David Frost is to relinquish his weekly Breakfast with Frost show after 12-years to front a new interview strand.
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NewsBBC secures private cash for Pacific Quay
BBC Scotland has secured£129m in funding for the construction of its new Pacific Quay building in Glasgow from Barclays Capital.
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NewsBBC launches film-maker talent scheme
The BBC has launched a new young talent scheme that will give one film-maker the chance to direct an episode of daytime drama Doctors.
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NewsDMGT buys another Aussie radio licence
GWR stakeholder Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has bought its third new Australian radio licence within a year for around£20.3m.
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NewsGrade calls in accountants
BBC chairman Michael Grade has called in a firm of independent accountants to carry out an urgent investigation in to the corporation's finances following criticism of its 'financial controls'.
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NewsFive snares Joey
Five has won the battle for Friends spin-off Joey , paying a rumoured£500,000 an episode for the comedy.
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NewsPEER POLL: TV documentaries
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Are the Grierson judges correct in calling the decline in TV documentaries 'catastrophic'?
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Heading for the chop
The increasingly competitive battle for audience share is pushing networks to pull the plug quickly on struggling shows and be more cautious about commissioning unproven formats.
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Ricochet scores property orders
Lifestyle indie Ricochet has followed up the success of its Channel 4 hit Supernanny by winning more than 50 hours of commissions from both Channel 4 and the BBC.
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UBC snaps up Smooth
UBC Media has bolstered its production clout by acquiring Smooth Operations , the largest regional radio indie in the UK.
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Optomen names Hoppe to head US subsidiary
Optomen Television, the indie behind The Naked Chef and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares , has appointed a new head of its US subsidiary, Optomen Productions.
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Sky may allow content share
Sky+ customers could soon be able to send recorded TV programmes to each other over the internet and download content onto devices such as laptop computers.
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LRC expands in Lancashire
The Local Radio Company (LRC), the group run by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has further expanded its portfolio with the£2.26m acquisition of a Lancashire radio operator.
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BBC farms out history show to regions
The BBC's new landmark primetime history show, British Isles: A Natural History , fronted by Alan Titchmarsh, is to break with convention by handing over chunks of the series to the nations and regions.
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Baxendale in return to ITV
Actress Helen Baxendale is to star in her first role on ITV since the end of hit series Cold Feet , with a romantic comedy about a single mum.
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Attheraces end prompts action
Arena Leisure and BSkyB this week filed a£51m legal action against the Racecourse Holding Trust (RHT), in an effort to recoup some of the losses made from the demise of the Attheraces TV channel.
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Channels compete
Living TV, Sky One, ITV2, BBC3, BBC4 and Sky News will this year battle it out for the title of non-terrestrial channel of the year at this month's Edinburgh Television Festival. MTV won last year. All five terrestrial channels are automatically up for the terrestrial channel of the year, which ...
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Changes for Rome
The BBC and US network HBO have drafted in the producer of the award-winning The Gathering Storm to take control of their $75m (£41m) co-production about ancient Rome. Frank Doelger will replace Michael Apted for the remaining nine episodes of the 12-part series, Rome. The ...