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NewsBennett: We moved Strictly to serve audiences
The BBC scheduled Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor “exclusively” to serve audiences, BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has claimed.
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NewsBBC eyes up older women
BBC director general Mark Thompson has set BBC News a 12-month deadline to recruit a female presenter over 50, as the corporation battles accusations of ageism.
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ITN lines up Megahertz to build news truck
Systems integrator Megahertz has won the contract to build a new links vehicle for ITN.
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Torchwood writer Moran pens web thriller
Doctor Who and Torchwood writer James Moran is to make his directorial debut with a web-only crime thriller.
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NewsITV takes STV war to courts
Tensions within the ITV network erupted into all-out war this week, with STV and ITV squaring up for a court battle.
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NewsBBC vetoes Armstrong and Miller's 'gipsy' joke
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Armstrong and Miller have agreed to cut the word ‘gipsy’ from a sketch in their forthcoming series after “debate” with BBC executives.
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NewsFive revives Shake! with Disney
Five is to reinstate Shake!, the tween strand it dropped in 2007, after signing a strategic sponsorship deal with Disney.
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NewsPact predicts ITV red tape tangle
Steps to introduce double compliance on ITV shows risk tying up indies in red tape, Pact and franchisee Channel TV have warned.
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NewsFears mount over smaller C4
The prospect of a downsized Channel 4 will hit new talent and regional indies the hardest, outgoing chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.
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NewsEnfield sketch show shunted to BBC2 slot
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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NewsCBeebies to launch in US in BBCW expansion push
BBC Worldwide is gearing up to launch its preschool channel CBeebies in the US, bolstering its growing presence in the North American market.
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NewsPact slams ITV for ‘bullying’ suppliers to waive terms of trade
Pact has hit out at ITV’s tough new negotiating tactics, condemning the letters of intent it is sending to would-be suppliers that demand they waive the terms of trade.
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NewsTurner’s Arnesen lines up animation before exiting
Turner Broadcasting’s European animation studio has won its first-ever commission - but the executive who got it off the ground, Finn Arnesen, is leaving the company.
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NewsFry’s indie plans to film series of Wilde mysteries
Stephen Fry’s indie is planning to turn a set of novels about Oscar Wilde into a TV drama franchise.
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NewsBBC2 backs Gardeners’ World ‘punk rock’ spin-off
BBC2 has greenlit a 6 x 30-minute Gardeners’ World spin-off, fronted by the series’ assistant presenter, Alys Fowler.
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NewsE4 acquires US teen drama Glee
E4 has picked up UK rights to glossy US teen musical drama Glee, from Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.
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NewsUS indie DLT sets up joint venture with NI’s Waddell
DLT Entertainment, the US indie behind My Family, has launched a joint venture with Northern Ireland-based Waddell Media.
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NewsWarwick takes on producing role at Shine format unit
Former ITV entertainment commissioner Paula Warwick has joined Shine Group as part of its new format-sharing unit, Shine Network.
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BBC2 probes tricks of the memory in Eyewitness series
BBC2 will investigate the reliability of eyewitness accounts in a 3 x 60-minute series funded by the Open University.
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ITV Studios makes German version of Loose Women
ITV Studios will remake Loose Women for German broadcaster VOX in its first international format deal for the panel talkshow.