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Commissioning - BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics.
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Commissioning - ITV Saturday night show gives the talentless hope.
RDF Media is to produce a new Saturday night entertainment show for ITV in which two of Britain's top music managers will each have to transform a talentless group of friends into a credible band of performers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Commissioning - Commissioner's Q&A - Matt Tombs.
The head of entertainment and drama at UKTV is on the lookout for weekend event ideas for the group's new entertainment channel, UKTV G2, and is proud of the fact that UKTV Gold is not just a repeats outlet.
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Commissions - Heggessey brings back drama favourites.
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8
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Commissions - C4 pays tribute to influence of Friends.
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about
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Commissions - Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs.
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute
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Commissions - BBC signs Campbell for primetime show.
The BBC has signed TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell to host its new primetime Saturday
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Animated Poirot to air in Japan.
The classic crime novels of Agatha Christie have been animated for the first time following a
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Arab broadcaster options BBC series.
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based newscaster set up last year to rival al-Jazeera, has renewed its distribution ties with the BBC, optioning a further 125 hours of content, writes Colin Robertson.
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Format Focus: The making of the ? Show.
An improvised Finnish comedy, which has echoes of The Larry Sanders Show, The Office and Monty Python, sounds as if it would be irresistible to a UK audience, writes Michael Rosser.
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Emap gears up for radio deals.
Emap has handed its managing director of programming, Mark Story, a beefed-up pan-group role as it
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Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6.
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC debate draws solid ratings.
BBC1's Panorama debate over the role of the corporation brought the current affairs programme a respectable 2.4 million (15%), writes Jon Rogers.
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Top 10 Programmes on Sunday 7 March.
ITV1 had a stranglehold over viewers last Sunday with the commercial broadcaster convincingly taking the top
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ITV closes sales arm.
ITV is closing its multichannel sales arm as part of the merger process, with up to
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Ideal hiring from RDF.
Ideal World has strengthened its factual team with the appointment of RDF series producer/director Patrick Holland.
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ITV let off over Lydon.
ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom over John Lydon's four-letter outburst on I'm a Celebrity ...
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Blaxill to 6Music.
Capital Radio creative director Ric Blaxill is quitting to take up the head of programmes position
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79 apply for BBC Chair.
The government has confirmed 79 applications have been received for the BBC chairmanship - significantly more
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Talent group opens.
The Stellar Network, a US-based talent agency, is to launch in the UK. BBC Films head