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NewsTennant plans comedy and glossy factual for ITV3
ITV3 controller Emma Tennant is looking to expand her channel remit to include formatted factual programming and comedy.
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NewsBudget blowout heaps pressure on BBC news
The BBC has exceeded its foreign news budget by nearly£1m and is considering closing some of its foreign bureaux to make ends meet.
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NewsSaturday night's not all right for C4
Channel 4 had a disastrous performance last Saturday as it suffered its worst all-hours share since at least the start of 1994, with 3.7%.Even including the figures for its C4+1 option it could only manage a share of 4%.
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NewsEnd BBCW first-look deal, producers tell MPs
BBC Worldwide is “systematically underpaying” the BBC for distribution rights, Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen has told MPs.
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NewsTapeless: Paul Merton in India
Tiger Aspect's second exploration of foreign culture in the company of Paul Merton returned to the digital workflow first devised by the producer with hire firm Procam and facility Evolutions.
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Industry pleads for product placement
Commercial broadcasters have spelled out the benefits of product placement in their submissions to the government's inquiry into whether to relax rules on the practice.
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Milkshake pets to star in spin-off series
Five's Milkshake! pre-school strand's pets are to star in their own spin-off series.
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NewsTapeless: Big Cat Live
Described by the BBC as its “most ambitious ever live international wildlife event”, this transmission over eight days in October from Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve took metadata management to new levels.
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NewsJLC to master new challenges for Sky One
Justin Lee Collins will attempt to master ballroom dancing, wrestling and West End musicals in his latest series for Sky One.
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NewsTapeless: Wallander
Choosing£6m detective drama Wallander as the BBC's first project shot using the Red One was a brave step.
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NewsDigital focus: Dead Set
The initial numbers for E4's Big Brother zombie apocalypse Dead Set were good, but the drama, stripped across the week at 10pm, proved unable to sustain its early promise.
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NewsTapeless: On Thin Ice
Twofour Productions will track presenters Ben Fogle and James Cracknell attempting the 450-mile Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race for BBC2's 5 x 60-minute ob-doc airing next year.
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NewsFive calls for topical docs for peak slot
Five plans to put fast-turnaround topical documentaries into midweek primetime under Dawn Airey, kicking off with programmes covering Madonna's divorce and the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand phone scandal.
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NewsBritdoc to take new shape through partnerships
Channel 4-backed documentary conference Britdoc has been axed as a standalone event after three years in favour of a strategic partnership with other festivals.
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Virgin shoots up after restructuring its debt
It was a good week for companies in the Broadcast Sharewatch and a good week for listed companies in general: the FTSE 100 gained 18.16% in value.
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NewsER may have to sell crown jewel brands
Entertainment Rights, the owner of Postman Pat and Rupert Bear, has warned it may have to sell off key characters to stay afloat and that job losses are “inevitable”.
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New licence in Cambridge
Ofcom plans to extend the Cambridge analogue commercial radio licence currently broadcasting as Star Radio, which expires on 22 March 2010.
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Wheatly goes to Jazz FM
The Local Radio Company executive chairman Richard Wheatly is to step down to take on the same role at its relaunched Jazz FM station.
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New head for Radio Centre
Camelot chief executive Dianne Thompson is to become the non-executive chairman of the Radio Centre from 1 January, replacing Paul Brown who is stepping down after more than 30 years in the commercial radio business.
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More 4 to air Pia Getty's China arts doc
An hour-long documentary on Chinese modern art from Pia Getty Films has been bought by More 4.