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NewsSharman kicks off GMTV review
ITV director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman has put the search for GMTV’s new director of programmes on hold as part of a widespread review to integrate the breakfast channel with the broadcaster.
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NewsLaverty named Horizon editor
Aidan Laverty will become Horizon editor in the new year, replacing Andrew Cohen.
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NewsIndie trio win BBC football commissions
The BBC has handed contracts to produce its new Football League magazine show to three regional indies.
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NewsNickelodeon triumphs at Children's Baftas
Nickelodeon UK was named channel of the year at the Children’s Baftas last night, beating CBBC and CBeebies to the prize for the first time ever.
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NewsRamsay extends global reach
Gordon Ramsay’s new Channel 4 show, following the celebrity chef’s trip to India, has already stirred up interest with broadcasters around the world.
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NewsRadio 4 seeks ethnic listeners
BBC Radio 4 is to review its programming in a drive to attract more ethnic listeners following criticism that it is ‘too white’.
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Andrew Davies receives lifetime achievement award
Screenwriters Andrew Davies, Peter Moffatt, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin all picked up prizes at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awards last night.
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NewsOff the Fence picks up diamond doc
Off the Fence has picked up the distribution rights to Blink Productions’ forthcoming documentary about the world’s most famous jewel.
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NewsR2 to celebrate pioneering US musician
House of the Rising Sun singer Eric Burdon is to present a series about the life and legacy of seminal US singer Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter for BBC Radio 2.
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NewsBBC apologises for Geoffrey Boycott's on-air swearing
Radio listeners have been given an apology by the BBC following an incident in which cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott was heard swearing on air.
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NewsSky eyes New Year launch for 3D TV
Sky could launch its 3D TV channel as soon as next spring, according to executives.
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NewsPower secures £10m debt deal
Power, the producer of The Day of the Triffids, has struck an innovative £10.8m financing deal partly based on the value of its intellectual property.
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NewsBlessed plays Henry VIII in BBC web comedy
Monkey Kingdom is producing an online comedy series for the BBC starring Brian Blessed as an internet-obsessed Henry VIII.
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NewsBritish TV exports surge close to £1bn
Exports of British TV rose by 25% last year to almost £1bn, fuelled by strong demand from Australia and New Zealand, according to new figures from Pact.
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NewsNorman to start at ITV on 1 January
ITV will start the new year with a new executive chairman, after confirming that Archie Norman would officially start on January 1 earlier today.
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Job fears for regional ITV news staff
The ITV regional journalists who work in areas that will get pilot regional news consortium schemes next year have had no guarantees that their jobs will be safe.
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NewsLiving orders My Ugly Best Friend
Living will transform the life of people who find themselves constantly in the shadow of their aesthetically-pleasing friend in a pilot from ITV Studios.
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BBC4 orders John Lennon drama
Christopher Eccleston is to play John Lennon in a BBC4 drama from Blast! films.
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BBC Radio 5 live to Answer Me This!
BBC Radio 5 live have rewarded Sony Award-nominated podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann by giving them their own national show.
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NewsCBBC accessible newsreader
Young children with physical diffi culties who want to use computers have been given a helping hand with Switch technology.