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BABY COW FOR THE BBC
Baby Cow, the indie set up by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, has signed another two-year first look deal with the BBC. Following on from the success of shows such as
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E4 OPERATION MOVED
Channel 4 has repositioned its digital youth channel E4 as a standalone operation separate from Film Four and has appointed C4 deputy managing director of pay-TV Dan Brooke as general manager.
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WATERSHED DEFENDED
A joint document from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), the BBC and the Broadcasting Standards Commission has backed the use of a watershed time as a mean of protecting children from
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SPORTSWORLD GROWS
Sportsworld Media Group, which shares the rights to the Popstars format within the UK with LWT, has reported a profits rise of 219 per cent to£11.5m for the year ending
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C4 TO PLUG VIA TEXT
Channel 4 has turned to text messaging in a bid to promote six of its forthcoming factual series. Viewers who sign up for the service, which will be advertised in the
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ITC MULLS PROMOTION
The ITC has published a second consultation paper on cross-promotion which contains a revised set of proposed rules, following the feedback it received from its first paper from the industry.
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Appointment strengthens C4 daytime
Channel 4 is beefing up its daytime department with the appointment of Optomen Television's Ben Adler as deputy commissioning editor for daytime, factual programmes, writes Penny Hughes.
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Universal TV boss joins Fremantle
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has appointed Universal Studios Television distribution managing director, Europe David Ellender to the new post of managing director, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Jowell hints at Ofcom rethink
The Government looks set to backtrack on its original plan of leaving the BBC outside the control of Ofcom after media secretary Tessa Jowell admitted this week that there were 'at
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MISS WORLD IN REVIVAL DRIVE
Endemol Entertainment UK's commercial arm Gem is joining forces with international broadcasters and telecommunications companies around the world in a bid to revamp the Miss World contest as an interactive event,
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Carlton boosts franchise ties
Carlton has moved to further increase collaboration between its HTV and Westcountry franchises after handing Westcountry director of programmes Jane McCloskey a new dual programming role, writes Steve Aston.
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RATINGS - C4's Freddie Starr's doc eats BBC's Armadillo
Both Channel 4 and BBC 2 pulled in larger audiences than BBC 1's Armadillo this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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JAZZ FM MAKES PROFIT
Jazz FM this week shrugged off the advertising slowdown affecting many of its commercial radio competitors to report its first ever pre-tax profits since it launched in 1990. The company, which
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SPLIT SCREENS AT SKY
Sky Sports is to employ its 'split screen' format on Sky Sports Extra to show the England v Greece and Germany v Finland football clashes at the same time on Saturday
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BBC WINS GOLF RIGHTS
The BBC has secured an exclusive three-year deal with the organisers of the US Masters Golf tournament to show live coverage until 2004. The BBC will screen 14 hours of play
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HOSPITAL WINS BBC BOSS
BBC Worldwide managing director of internet and interactive Drew Kaza is leaving the corporation to join The Hospital Group, a new production facility for music, the arts and film-makers on the
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SIMPLY LAUNCHES THREE
The group behind the failed consumer financial service Simply Money launched three new shopping services this week to add to the existing 24-hour service Simply Shopping. Retail broadcaster Simply Television has
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RADIO DEAL FOR SKY
Sky News Radio has struck a deal to supply news to 30 stations around the UK including TalkSport, Chrysalis stations Heart and Galaxy and other The Wireless Group stations.
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Elliott appeals against ITV cuts
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has appealed to ITV shareholders to safeguard the network's programming budget in the face of the looming recession and the downturn in advertising.Speaking at a
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Barb to rejig audience measurement
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) is on course to replace its TV audience measurement system with a new one from 1 January, writes Barbara Marshall.