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ITV unveils plan to boost peak share
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has promised more drama events, factual entertainment and live football as part of a plan to hit its adjusted 38.5 per cent peaktime share target
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Indies prepare new R2 shows
BBC Radio 2 has ordered a raft of new music shows from indies, including Say It Loud, a 6 x 60-minute series on funk from Somethin' Else, writes John Plunkett.
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C4 lines up sex one-off
Channel 4 has commissioned indie Maverick TV to make a one-off sex advice show, agony.uk, using viewers' questions from a specially launched C4 website, writes John Plunkett.
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Turner Laing's brief grows
BBC Broadcast controller of programme acquisition Sophie Turner Laing has been handed an expanded role at the directorate, taking on extra responsibility for business affairs, writes Tim Dams.
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New R4 team as Boyle exits
BBC Radio 4 revealed details of its new management team this week as network controller James Boyle announced he will take early retirement in March, writes John Punkett.
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BBC HEAD OF RADIO NEWS PUTS BACK RESTRUCTURE
BBC News head of radio news Steve Mitchell has told staff he wants more time to consider the structure of his department. Last week, head of television news Roger Mosey announced
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VSI SELLS CONTRACT FOR PRODUCING FOOTBALL CHANNEL
Visionsport International (VSI) has sold its contract to produce the Boro TV service for Middlesbrough football club to Wembley-based facilities outfit Gearhouse Broadcast. One of VSI's joint directors, Steve Katz, has
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MANCHESTER'S CENTURY 105 CROWNS KING AS NEW MD
Border Radio-owned Century 105 in Manchester has poached Steve King from Emap-owned Aire FM in Leeds to be its new managing director. King (right), who was managing director of Aire FM
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NET USERS FAVOUR SELF-REGULATION OVER WATCHDOGS
New research from the Independent Television Commission shows that the public would prefer self-regulation of their internet use rather than relying on an independent agency watchdog or internet service providers.Using a
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CHANNEL EAST READIES LAUNCH FOR ASIAN COMMUNITY
Channel East, a new TV channel aimed at 18 to 40-year-old British Asians, launches on Sky Digital on Wednesday (26 January). The channel, which will show about two-thirds of its output
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CWC AND GAMEPLAY STRIKE RETAIL INTERNET DEAL
Internet gaming outfit Gameplay has signed a deal with Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) to put its online retail services on the cable outfit's digital interactive TV service. Gameplay, which will
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CURRAN QUITS GEITF TO HOOK UP WITH WALL TO WALL
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) is looking for a deputy director after the resignation of Susanne Curran. She will join Wall to Wall Television as associate producer in the
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FLASHBACK WINS FUNDS FOR WEB-BASED RESEARCH SYSTEM
Flashback Television has won funding from the Lumiere Project to develop a web-based television research asset management system called ResearchSpace.The system will create online databases containing all research material for TV
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ELEVEN O'CLOCK SHOW RAPPED FOR ARMENIAN GAGS
Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show (left) has been rapped across the knuckles by the Independent Television Commission for a series of sketches and jokes about the slaughter of the Armenian
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SONY RADIO JUDGES INCLUDE RAEBURN AND DALLAGIO
The deadline for nominations for this year's Sony Radio Awards closes on Tuesday (25 January). Among the judges for this year's awards are former Talk Radio broadcaster Anna Raeburn, England rugby
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DOC-MAKER WATSON TAKES ON UNIVERSITY ROLE
Veteran documentary producer/director Paul Watson, who last year left Granada Television to join United Productions, is to take up the post of visiting fellow at Salford University. Watson will work with
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ITC OPENS CONSULTATION INTO CARLTON/UNITED MERGER
The Independent Television Commission has opened its consultation into the proposed merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media.It is calling for comment about whether the merger would be against
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CORRECTION
Broadcast would like to point out that the graphic detailing ITV's service commitments published as part of last week's feature on public service TV only related to networked programming and did
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SMG ponders bids after Ginger deal
Scottish Media Group (SMG) is looking to make further acquisitions following last week's£225 million takeover of Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group (GMG) - including a possible bid for a rival
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C4 to offer new horror run
Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal is going ahead with a second run of horror strand Shockers, but this time he is looking for low-budget ideas with a Blair Witch Project flavour, writes Ashley Davies.