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NewsRDF buys Radar for its entertainment skills
RDF Media has bought another indie, paying around£1m for the 65% of Banzai-producer Radar it did not already own.
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NewsBBC pilots dating show for NBC
The BBC is to combine Blind Date with hypnotism for a show it is developing with US network NBC.
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UKTV Gold editor exits amid reshuffle
UKTV Gold channel editor Red Johnston has quit ahead of a senior management reshuffle at the BBC/Flextech joint-venture.
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BBC consults lawyers over NTL merger
The BBC is taking legal advice over warnings by NTL that it may restructure its merger with Telewest in order to retain a stake in UKTV.
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Bectu BBC action threats
Around 3,000 BBC staff are set to take industrial action in January over the corporation's plans to make compulsory redundancies in two key departments.
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BSkyB trades subs detail
BSkyB is trying to get advertisers to spend more money on its channels by offering them detailed information on its subscribers.
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NewsITV keeps budget flat for next year
ITV's programme budget is set to be increased by only£12m next year, less than the rate of inflation, a leading City analyst has predicted.
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NewsC4 set to get the better of BBC2
Channel 4 looks set to outperform BBC2 in terms of audience share for the first time in 11 years and only for the third time in C4's history.
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UKTV G2 boosts sport output with Six Nations highlights
UKTV G2 is stepping up its sport output, commissioning a Six Nations highlights show to complement the BBC's live coverage of the annual rugby tournament.
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Quizmania gets late night slot on ITV1
ITV1 is to trial Quizmania, a participation TV block of programming from TalkbackThames and FremantleMedia, in a late night slot.
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NewsTalent TV reports first profitable year
Test the Nation producer Talent TV has reported full year pretax profits for the first time since floating on AIM in 2002.
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NewsWhiston to head ITV Production
Coronation Street chief John Whiston is to take over the running of ITV's entire in-house production arm.
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NewsNUJ blasts decision to axeITV News Channel
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has blasted ITV chiefs over their decision to axe the news channel saying they were 'disgusted' by the decision.
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NewsITV closes news channel
11.15am: ITV News Channel is to be closed down at the end of January, threatening 70 jobs.
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NewsGhost Squad scares off viewerswith 800,000
The situation for Channel 4's The Ghost Squad went from bad to worse last night as only 800,000 (4%) watched the fifth episode at 10pm.
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NewsYoomedia's Avago heads to cable
10.15am: Yoomedia, the interactive entertainment group has signed a carriage deal with NTL for its betting service Avago.
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NewsBBC's Andrew North relocated to Baghdad
The BBC has appointed Afghanistan correspondent Andrew North to cover Baghdad, as part of a reshuffle of the corporation's overseas reporters.
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NewsCable damaged by oil depot fire
NTL equipment in the Hemel Hempstead area has been damaged by the Buncefield Oil Depot fire and cable services in the surrounding area have been affected.
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NewsEC liberalises TV ad market
The European Commission published its long-awaited Television Without Frontiers directive yesterday, ushering in a more lenient set of advertising rules for commercial broadcasters.
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NewsBBC Radio 4 ends Home Truths
8am: BBC Radio 4 is to axe Home Truths, the long running Saturday morning show made famous by the late John Peel.