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NewsUBC lifts profits
UBC Media, the group that is developing Channel 4's first radio venture, has posted encouraging results for the year to 31 March.
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NewsAcquisitions boost Ten Alps profits
Bob Geldof's indie Ten Alps Communications acquisition strategy has lifted profits by almost 70%.
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NewsAll3Media clinches Lion deal
All3Media, the media group run by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, has closed its deal to buy Lion TV.
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NewsCops probe Big Brother
The police are today investigating the outbreak of violence at the Big Brother house following complaints from members of the public.
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NewsStrike action looms at BBC
Broadcasting union Bectu and the National Union of Journalists are set to call for an industrial action ballot against the BBC after the unions rejected a 2.7% pay offer.
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NewsNew editor for This Morning
Granada has appointed a new editor for its This Morning , promoting Debra Davidson to the job.
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NewsPEER POLL: Indie quota
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the 25% independent quota be scrapped?
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NewsC4 publishes its terms of trade
Channel 4 today became the first broadcaster to publish its new terms of trade, which set out the standard terms of business for the broadcaster's commercial negotiations with the independent production sector.
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Sky's free market move
BSkyB's decision last week to launch a free satellite offer is largely about the refuseniks, who up to now have proved impervious to Sky TV's multichannel charms.
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BBC2 adds twist to anthropology
A former special forces soldier is to live with some of the world's most remote tribes for a BBC2 series in one of a brace of new shows from BBC senior commissioning executive Richard Klein.
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Bomber Ace takes flight for C4
channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make a follow-up to Spitfire Ace with a series in which relatives of second world war veterans are put through their paces manning a Lancaster bomber, writes Glen Mutel.
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O'Leary indie unleashes Parent Trap on BBC3
Dermot O'leary's indie Murfia is making a show for BBC3 in which young people are followed around by their parents at work, in the pub and on dates, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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C4 commissions band aid documentary
Channel 4 editor, religion Aaquil Ahmed has ordered a 90-minute documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? - the UK's largest selling single ever, which raised over£100m for famine relief. The film, produced by indie Class Films, features interviews with key participants including ...
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My hero back in autumn for fifth run
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a fifth series of comedy My Hero from indie Big Bear Films. Production on the 10 x 30-minute run, which will again star Ardal O'Hanlon as a secret superhero, has just begun, with broadcast due in the autumn. It is directed by John Stroud, ...
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Topical TV makes over lives for UKTV
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute life makeover series for UK Style called Who Do You Think You Are? from Topical TV. The series, which air every weekday from 14 July, will be hosted by presenter Paul Roseby, Big Brother psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott ...
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CBBC recommissions little red tractor
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has ordered a third series of pre-school animation Little Red Tractor. The 26 x 10-minute run, a co-production between Entertainment Rights and The Little Entertainment Company, follows the adventures of a tractor and its owner, Stan. It is due to air on CBeebies and BBC2 at ...
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class films spotlights tour de france
Indie Class Films is to make a series of short films for Channel 4 about the famous French cycle race, the Tour de France. The five-minute documentaries will air directly after Channel 4 News in late July, and will be timed to coincide with the climax of this year's Tour ...
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Kanjee appointed as Evolutions md
Simon Kanjee has ended 18 months of speculation by joining independent post house Evolutions as managing director.
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Outsider takes top job at UK Post
UK Post has appointed industry outsider Gaynor Davenport as the chief executive for the newly created trade body for the£1.4bn post industry, writes Rick Dacey.
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Discovery opts for Ascent's playout facility
Discovery Communications, owner of the Discovery Channel, has chosen Ascent Media Group as its global technology and playout partner.