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NewsBBC names acting head of radio comedy
Comedy producer and writer Gareth Edwards has been appointed acting head of radio comedy at the BBC, while a permanent replacement is found for Paul Schlesinger.
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NewsC4 revives Comedy Showcase
Media Festival: Channel 4 is to broadcast a second series of comedy pilots under the Comedy Showcase banner next autumn.
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Evolutions adds client viewing room
Evolutions has spent£50,000 on a client viewing room at its Berners Street site.
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News9m see Kilroy-Silk leave ITV1's jungle
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! hit a peak last night of 9m viewers (36.9% share) as former politician Robert Kilroy-Silk was the first to leave the jungle.
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Bright joins Molinare
Former Pepper chief engineer Richard Bright has joined Molinare as head of IT.
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NewsSoho Runners set up to offer temporary help
A new recruitment agency, which started out as a Facebook initiative, has been set up to provide temporary runners to Soho facilities.
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SIS Live plans web events division
Broadcast services supplier SIS Live is to launch a division dedicated to producers interested in distributing events to the internet.
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NewsMedway boosts post file exchange for ITV
ITV has added a Medway file interchange system to the workflow for its new BT-managed Content Store.
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NewsFuture Media set to merge brands
Content processing and re-pur-posing business Future Media Group will bring its three companies under a single brand next year and move them all into the same building.
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NewsRDF Media in£52m buyout
RDF Media, the indie behind shows such as Wife Swap and Faking It, has agreed to a management buyout for£52m.
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NewsRedmond: PSB broadcasters disconnected from real life
Media Festival: Brookside creator Phil Redmond has kickstarted The Media Festival by accusing PSB broadcasters of being disconnected from the cultural life of the UK and insisting they must change or face extinction.
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NewsITV Studios eyes Jackson deal
ITV Studios' next indie investment could be with a familiar face - outgoing ITV director of entertainment and comedy Paul Jackson.
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NewsSTV to pump£1m into production division
STV will pump almost£1m into its STV Productions development division as part of a drive to create global formats, co-productions and advertiser-funded content for a broad range of broadcasters.
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NewsBrook Lapping to make landmark BBC2 Iran doc
BBC2 has commissioned a landmark documentary series on Iran and its relationship with the Western world from the producer of Death of Yugoslavia and Israel and The Arabs.
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Rivals square off for Broadcast Awards
Entertainment juggernauts Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor will face off in the 2009 Broadcast Awards.
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NewsCutting Edge to delve into Ipswich Murders
Channel 4 is to explore the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich two years ago in an extended edition of Cutting Edge.
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NewsJob cuts bite at in-house ITV drama department
Several senior ITV Studios drama executives have left the in-house producer as the impact of ITV's job cuts begins to bite.
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BBC1 series plans to expose UK's rogue workmen
BBC1 will name and shame cowboy workmen across the country as part of a major Rogue Traders-style daytime series.
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ITV1 follows Fat Teens in Love at summer camp
A group of obese teenagers who find love and confidence at summer camp will star in an upcoming documentary for ITV1.
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NewsFincham: indies should forget terms of trade
Indies need to be prepared to ignore the terms of trade when negotiating with ITV during the financial downturn, Peter Fincham has warned.