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Oneword md blasts Jowell digital move
Oneword managing director Ben Budworth has lashed out at media secretary Tessa Jowell's decision to allow the BBC to go ahead with its planned digital radio spoken word channel, Network Z, and is planning to 'take action' against the move, writes Georgina
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DCMS reviews TV lease tax loophole
A tax break used by independent producers to help fund programme costs is being reviewed after the Inland Revenue and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) claimed the system
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McKerrow to quit C4 education
Channel 4 commissioning editor, education Richard McKerrow is set to leave the channel, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC blow to ITV daytime
ITV's daytime crisis has been dealt a further blow after the BBC announced it had poached ITV head of network scheduling Stephen Price to become its new daytime scheduler, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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FOOTBALL BIDS CLOSE
Bids closed last week for the TV and radio rights to the Scottish Premier League (SPL) for four years from next June. The new packages are understood to include a new
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BARLOW JOINS BEYOND
Edinburgh TV Festival director Fran Barlow is leaving the event to join distributor Beyond International as commercial director. Barlow took over running the festival three years ago and was previously marketing
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BBC CREATES ROLES
BBC sport has created two new roles within its new media and development departments to push programming innovation. Executive editor, sports news Graeme Reid-Davies will add new production to his remit,
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GRANADA SELLS FILMS
Granada Film is to take its distribution and sales operation in-house. The department will be run by newly appointed head of international sales and distribution Penny Wolf. She joins from Capitol
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ITN IN BBC NEWS ROW
ITN has asked the government to put pressure on the BBC to move its news bulletin back to 21.00. In a briefing note sent to Downing Street this week, ITN argued
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C4 takes BBC man Sutcliffe to Dispatches
Channel 4 has raided the BBC's documentaries department to appoint a commissioning editor to its Dispatches strand, writes Penny Hughes.
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Orders abroad for Worldwide
The Weakest Link frontwoman Anne Robinson is to be replaced by American actor George Gray when a daytime version of the hit quiz show airs in the US early next year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Peers threaten Ofcom mutiny
The campaign to bring the BBC under the full control of Ofcom moved up a gear this week as broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and other Labour peers threatened to back Tory MPs
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WONDER STUFF
Channel 4 is rolling out its pop music video production scheme to Wales later this month, writes Penny Hughes. 4 Minute Wonders, launched in Scotland in June, has already produced a
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Discovery on ITV
ITV Digital has bolstered its channel line-up after finally striking a deal to carry leading factual specialist the Discovery Channel, writes Simon Ellery.
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RATINGS - Buried Treasure proves gem of an ITV drama
ITV sank its nearest rival on Sunday (14 October) with one-off drama Buried Treasure, writes Molly Brech.
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SWINGEWOOD CONSORTS
Former BSkyB director of new media John Swingewood has emerged as part of a consortium that has paid£1.7m for failed consumer financial service The Money Channel. The consortium, Digital Interactive
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SCORE HOPES TO SCORE
The Radio Authority has received one application for the local digital multiplex licence for Inverness and the surrounding area. Score Digital, a wholly owed subsidiary of Scottish Radio Holdings, is proposing
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TWO TELEWEST DEALS
Telewest has struck two new carriage deals, including an agreement with Asian broadcaster Star for Star News and Star Plus, currently only available on Sky Digital. The deal provides a further
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DAYTIME TV GOES ACTIVE
Granada Broadband and Carlton Active have teamed up to produce an enhanced TV service for ITV 1's troubled daytime strand This Morning. Digital TV viewers will be able use their remote
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TWO JOIN BFI BOARD
S4C chairman Elan Closs Stephens and documentary film-maker John Akomfrah have been appointed to the British Film Institute board. They join a 15-strong board chaired by writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell