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Challenge ups stakes with poker series
Challenge has acquired PartyPoker.com: The Poker Den, the channel's first live card game series for its new casino strand Players. Made by indie Matchroom in association with website PartyPoker.com, the 12 x 180-minute series will be broadcast from a basement in east ...
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Half of BBC staff set to join strike
Union officials are expecting as many as half the BBC's staff to join its first day of strike action on 23 May.
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ITV to enter ring with boxing bouts
ITV could be set to make boxing coverage a permanent part of its schedule after Saturday's bout between Amir Khan and Mario Kindelan pulled in 6.3 million viewers. The live fight on 14 May was the first boxing match that the channel had broadcast in about 10 years and was ...
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Galloway interview attracts 100 calls
The BBC has received more than 100 complaints about Newsnightpresenter Jeremy Paxman's election night grilling of George Galloway. Paxman opened his questioning of Galloway - who had just ousted Labour's Oona King in the Bethnal Green and Bow vote - by asking 'Mr Galloway, are you ...
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Jazz FM drops ads to take on BBC
Jazz FM is planning to take on the BBC by playing 40-minute advertising-free sweeps when it rebrands as Smooth FM next month. The station ' part of the Guardian Media Group ' will play a mix of soul classics from such artists as Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin when it ...
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BBC training to improve EU coverage
BBC News will give staff better training on the EU to improve its reporting of the subject. In the wake of Lord Wilson's report on the corporation's EU coverage, the department has pledged to provide an online course on the EU for journalists, give fieldwork in Brussels and Strasbourg for ...
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Granada ventures patrols Little Britain
Granada Ventures has won the contract to be worldwide licensing agent for BBC comedy Little Britain, handling merchandise, such as clothing and executive toys. The deal is believed to be worth more than£50m this year alone. The firm will also be responsible for protecting the ...
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TV execs leave for London radio
Two of television's most senior marketers have quit their TV jobs to join the commercial radio battle in London.
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News chiefs warn politicians over 'mind-numbing' election
Newscasters have told politicians to smarten up their acts for the next general election or risk getting less TV exposure.
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Telewest and NTL inch closer to merger
Telewest and NTL moved a step closer to a long-awaited merger, this week after it emerged that Telewest has appointed a financial advisor for negotiations.
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BBC trials 'iTunes for TV'
The BBC is offering viewers the chance to download programmes over the internet with a new initiative it hopes will become 'iTunes for the broadcasting industry'.
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Noack to join September
September Films has poached Tiger Aspect executive producer Dunja Noack to be the company's first head of specialist factual.
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Eurosport cashes in on ATMs
British Eurosport has become the first broadcaster to use cash machines to advertise clips from its shows. The channel has signed a deal to run footage on 54 machines in London Underground stations as part of its Spend Your Summer with British Eurosport advertising campaign. The ads, which use new ...
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TwoFour move
TwoFour Productions has promoted Melanie Leach to director of broadcast, replacing Jill Lourie who has left to pursue other interests. Leach, who has been director of broadcast development for the past three years, will take up her new position with immediate effect, reporting to Charles Wace, managing director of TwoFour. ...
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Pact and Ofcom team up for census
Pact has teamed up with Ofcom to launch an industry-wide annual census in a bid to track the health of the programme production market.
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Skills Day in Bristol
Aardman Animations, Endemol West and TwoFour Productions are coming together for a skills day on 26 May. Senior and entry level staff from the three companies will join staff from South West Screen and Skillset for a tour of Endemol West's Bristol studio, a workshop in reality TV filming, and ...
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NewsWill Celebrity Love Island keep it up?
ITV1's new reality show Celebrity Love Islandgot off to a modest start this week.
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Extreme merges
Extreme Entertainment, the production and distribution arm of Extreme Group, has merged with Spanish-based marketing group Media Action Sports (MAS). The two businesses will continue to work as separate entities with MAS focusing on brand development for mainstream sports while Extreme Entertainment will distribute to broadcasters internationally.
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Rowden rises at Sky
Sky One has promoted Sam Rowden to head of acquisitions and co-productions (factual) as the channel looks to work more with UK and inter-national programme-makers. Formerly head of reality and daytime acquisitions in charge of drama and comedy genres, Rowden will now focus on developing co-production opportunities with British, Canadian, ...