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NewsSpun Gold profiles Britain's rudest comic
Spun Gold, the indie set up by former Carlton factual entertainment controller Nick Bullen, has been commissioned to make an access documentary about blue comic Roy Chubby Brown for Channel 4. The documentary, called Roy Chubby Brown: Britain's Rudest Comedian, will look at the performer's ...
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Mobile TV figures add up, trial finds
Mobile phone users are prepared to spend over 20 minutes a day watching TV on their phones, according to the first set of results from the Oxford mobile TV trial.
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Twofour backs Hideous indie
Twofour Productions has backed a new start-up indie called Hideous Productions.
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Ten Alps pays£1m for indie
Ten Alps, the indie backed by Sir Bob Geldof, this week paid around£1m for indie Hart Ryan Productions in a move to further expand its factual output.
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Visual Voodoo triple
ITN-owned indie Visual Voodoo has made three senior appointments, including poaching indie Making Time's founder and creative director, Ben Devlin. Devlin, a former producer of So Graham Norton, will become deputy head of programmes at Visual Voodoo, whose credits include ...
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LBC offers podcasts
Chrysalis-owned speech station LBC 97.3 has launched a paid-for podcasting service offering full-length versions of its flagship shows, including Nick Ferrari and Iain Lee. For£2.50 for one month, rising to£10 for six months, listeners will be able to download shows and access content including vintage and behind-the-scenes material.
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Hughes takes role at C4 entertainment
Freelance producer Nana Hughes has joined Channel 4 as a deputy commissioning editor for entertainment. Hughes, who started this week, reporting to head of entertainment Andrew Newman, has worked on C4 shows 8 out Of 10 Catsand V Graham Norton ...
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Sky One secures award-winning Weeds
Sky One has secured the rights to a second season of Weeds, the dark comedy based around a suburban mum who resorts to selling weed to support her family. The news comes after Mary-Louise Parker picked up a Golden Globe in the best comedy actress ...
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Profile: Liam Keelan - ITV's new daytime signing
ITV's new head of daytime, Liam Keelan, faces the task of finding fresh talent for the lunch and teatime slots and filling the hole where O'Grady used to be.
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Tantrums and tiaras
Following Paul O'Grady's shock defection from ITV to Channel 4 last week, Paul Revoir offers a list of top 10 tips for keeping your star talent content with their lot and not in any hurry to jump ship to a rival.
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NewsSalmon quits after Tinopolis takeover
TV Corporation chief executive Peter Salmon has decided to quit following the takeover of the company by Welsh indie Tinopolis.
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NewsJackson to target stars
Paul Jackson, ITV's new director of comedy and entertainment, is to launch a comedy talent offensive when he joins the network next month - with major BBC stars such as Jonathan Ross said to be on the hit list.
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Sky could offer broadband PPV
BSkyB is considering offering its content to non-subscribers through pay-per-view platforms such as the soon-to-launch Google Video Store.
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NewsHoliday Showdown returns with just 2.8m
The return of Holiday Showdownlast night brought little cheer to ITV1 with the first outing drawing only 2.8 million (12.2%) at 9pm, fewer than Channel 4 or BBC1.
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NewsITV eyes up CanWest's stake in TV3
ITV is being tipped to buy CanWest's 45% stake in Irish broadcaster TV3, which the Canadian company is hoping to offload for around£68.5m.
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NewsIndies line up for Five cricket tender
8am:Five has put the production contract for its England cricket test highlights deal out to tender to the indie sector, with Sunset + Vine and TWI believed to be the frontrunners.
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NewsMobile TV catches on
Mobile phone users are prepared to spend over 20 minutes a day watching TV on their phones, according to the first set of results from the Oxford Mobile TV trial.
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NewsITV sells O21 for£4.5m
ITV has sold its outside broadcast arm, 021 Television, to Gravity Media Group (GMG) for£4.5m.
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NewsGolden Globe success for C4 imports
Channel 4 imports Desperate Housewivesand Lostrepeated their Emmy success at last night's Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles.
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NewsVirgin Mobile poised to accept NTL offer
Virgin Mobile is set to open its books to NTL, after majority shareholder Sir Richard Branson agreed to take a reduced price for his shares in the potential£930m deal.