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NewsITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date
Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.
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Lazarus redundancy hits MySpace TV plans
MySpace’s UK web TV ambitions look set to be curtailed after the company made its senior director of business development for Europe redundant.
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NewsBBC Radio looks into indie sector commissioning
BBC Radio is conducting an internal review of its relationships with the indie sector, which is to be followed by a separate BBC Trust consultation in the new year.
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NewsIMG Entertainment secures 9/11 doc
IMG Entertainment has secured the worldwide rights to distribute Darlow Smithson’s Channel 4 documentary 9/11: Phone Calls From The Towers, excluding Eire, UK and US.
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NewsParthenon hires Hit’s Shanks for first MD position
Parthenon Entertainment has appointed Hit Entertainment exec Mike Shanks as the company’s first managing director.
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NewsBBCW makes inroads into Europe with output deals
BBC Worldwide has made fresh distribution headway into central and eastern Europe and strengthened its foothold in Scandinavia after concluding five significant output deals.
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NewsEndemol makes Remarkable merger of Brighter and Cheetah
Endemol UK has merged Big Brother producer Brighter Pictures and Deal or No Deal indie Cheetah Television into a single division to be called Remarkable Television.
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NewsC4 confirms Duncan's exit
Channel 4 has confirmed that chief executive Andy Duncan will stand down before the end of the year, ending months of speculation.
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NewsBradshaw attacks BBC Trust
RTS CAMBRIDGE: The BBC Trust is at loggerheads with the government after culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said its role as both “regulator and cheerleader” was unsustainable.
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BBC war reporter Barron dead at 69
BBC war correspondent Brian Barron has died from cancer at the age of 69.
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NewsDee Forbes named Discovery UK MD
Discovery has named Turner exec Dee Forbes as the new managing director and executive vice president of its UK/Ireland business.
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NewsSalary of BBC Wales boss revealed
BBC Wales director Menna Richards is in the £160,000 to £190,000 salary band, according to figures released after a freedom of information request.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2010: Last few days to enter
Just three days remain to submit entries for the 2010 Broadcast Awards, where hopefuls compete to secure their place amongst the industry’s elite.
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NewsPalin slams BBC "interference"
Veteran broadcaster Michael Palin has hit out at the culture of “managerial interference” at the BBC, claiming it no longer allows the sort of creative freedom that led to Monty Python.
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NewsMD steps down as Endemol restructures Asian ops
Endemol’s managing director for South East Asia has stepped down following a restructure of the production giant’s Asian operations.
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NewsFreesat sales jump to 600,000
Freesat, the digital satellite TV service, has announced a 50% jump in sales over the summer months.
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NewsIain Lee to host Absolute comedy show
Absolute Radio is launching a late night comedy show fronted by presenter and comedian Iain Lee.
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NewsRadio 2 salutes Benny Hill
Made in Manchester Productions is to follow up its documentary celebrating the life of Dick Emery with a tribute to Benny Hill as part of BBC Radio 2’s upcoming comedy season.
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NewsOfcom allows BT broadband deals
Competition rules that banned BT from providing discounted landline broadband and television deals have been scrapped by Ofcom.
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NewsDCMS and BBC Trust at war over top-slicing
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has entered a war of research with the BBC Trust – issuing new findings about public opinion on top-slicing that directly counter findings by the BBC’s governing body.