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Tompkinson to probe power of brass for R2
Brassed Off star Stephen Tompkinson will present a four-part programme about the UK's love affair with brass instruments and bands for BBC Radio 2.
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News4Digital launch may be put back to 2009
The launch of the 4Digital Group multiplex could well slip into next year, Broadcast understands.
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NewsFremantle strikes deal for Sally Head distribution
Fremantle Media Enterprises has secured a three-year, first-look, development and distribution deal with Sally Head Productions, the indie behind BBC4's Fanny Hill.
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NewsTarget sells Kudos shows as SRI takes on Plus One
Kudos Film and Television's Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper have been sold to a raft of broadcasters by Target Entertainment, while Shine Reveille International has secured the international rights to the indie's new Channel 4 comedy Plus One.
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NewsOfcom rejects Smooth request
Ofcom has rejected a format request from GMG Radio that would remove an obligation to play 45 hours of jazz music on Smooth Radio in London and the North-West.
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Gladiators charity specials
Sky One will air three 60-minute Gladiators specials in the autumn after the 15-week series ends.
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LA move for Soundtrack
ITV London has ordered a third series of Soundtrack to My Life from Hamma & Glamma, which will be shot in the US in a bid to attract international talent.
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NewsHotbed opens London office
Birmingham indie Hotbed Media has expanded its business and opened a London office to exploit the capital's dominant position for commissions.
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NewsBBC3 re-orders Two Pints
BBC3 has recommissioned Susan Nickson's long-running sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Grownups for additional series.
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Writer Cole to present serial killer series
ITV3 has hired British crime writer Martina Cole to examine the stories of female serial killers in a series for indie Free@Last TV.
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BBC fills daytime slots with Reef shows
The BBC has commissioned two major daytime shows from Reef Television, as well as another series of Angela Rippon's Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting.
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NewsC4 follows economist in world trading doc
Channel 4 is reacting to recession gloom with a series about a City boy who travels the world trading in local goods.
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NewsEnt Rights boss under pressure as bid fails
Entertainment Rights chief executive Nick Phillips must work the company's brands harder to raise the share price after takeover talks ground to a halt earlier this week, analysts have said.
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NewsTV critics 23 April '08
'... wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee television'. Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsITV1 in a League of its own
ITV1's live coverage of Liverpool's tie against Chelsea in the semi final of the Champions League was a huge hit last night with the match from 7.45pm averaging 9.5m viewers (38%).
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NewsDigital channels help C4 break even
Channel 4 broke even in 2007 despite spending more on content than ever before - but it has warned it will move into the red this year under its current funding model.
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NewsCommercial impacts rising
Commercial television impacts have risen by 7% year-on-year over the first quarter of the year, according to the latest findings by the industry's marketing body Thinkbox.
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NewsBaz: Divert public funds online
Public funds should be diverted into a new public service web platform and search engine rather than allocated to specific broadcasters, according to Peter Bazalgette.
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NewsQuantel Dino unleashed
Quantel used NAB to unveil Dino, a new collaborative workflow for sharing content between broadcast centres that is being described as 'email for television production.'
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NewsNAB Show Focus: Converters, editors and signal generators
A round-up of some of the new engineering and systems innovations introduced at NAB last week by TV One, Crystal Vision, Omnitek, Hamlet and more.