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Musicians Channel goes 24 hours a day
The Musicians Channel, the digital channel dedicated to music education, has moved to a 24-hour service on Sky Digital. The new hours will include new content such as footage of live festivals, new unsigned acts, studio shows and 'character-driven factual programmes' every Sunday night. The channel has ...
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ITV sells prop hire firm for£8.2m
ITV has sold its prop hire business Superhire Limited for£8.2m as part of its drive to dispose of non-core assets. The sale, made to privately owned company Space Holdings Ltd and which includes a substantial freehold property deal, will be used to reduce ITV's borrowings. ITV has raised£268m from non-core ...
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Telewest, Nickelodeon agree new deal
Nickelodeon has ended its stand-off with cable provider Telewest after agreeing new carriage terms for its four channels. The deal sees Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Nick Replay and Nicktoons available to all Telewest subscribers until the end of March, after which Nicktoons will be part of the second-tier Essential package and ...
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Scott to build different TV business
Former Yorkshire TV controller of factual programmes Helen Scott has joined Newcastle-based indie Different. Scott, who has been freelance since being made redundant from YTV in 2003, has been signed up to help the company grow its fledgling TV business. Different was set up as an advertising and design agency ...
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Abraham moves to top job in US
Discovery Networks UK general manager David Abraham has been appointed to run TLC in the US in a bid to turn round the struggling channel.
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Brits set to blossom at Rose D'Or
British productions have been dealt a strong hand of nominations for this year's Rose D'Or Festival.
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Emap Performance boss contender for Virgin job
Shaun Gregory, Emap Performance's managing director of national brands, has emerged as a frontrunner to replace John Pearson as chief executive of Virgin Radio.
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Commercial TV giants join up for Thinkbox
The major players in UK commercial TV this week unveiled a£1.5m initiative to win over more advertisers and see off competition from radio, the internet and direct mail for marketing budgets.
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C4 to air British Asian Music Awards
Channel 4 has acquired the broadcast rights for the British Asian Music Awards, which take place in London next month. On the shortlist is Nitin Sawhney for best performer. The show will be produced by indie Zeal TV and will feature performances from British Asian artists. The hour-long show was ...
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Shennan brought in to Asian Network
Bob Shennan, controller of BBC Radio Five Live, has been handed responsibility for the digital station Asian Network, following recommendations that the channel should strengthen its news coverage. Vijay Sharma, manager of Asian Network, will continue to oversee daily operations but Shennan will represent the station at controller meetings.
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Worldwide takes BBC food to mid east
BBC Worldwide has signed a carriage deal to take its culinary channel BBC Food to the Middle East. Dubai-based pay-TV platform Showtime will now add the service to its line-up, which is currently available to more than 300,000 subscribers in over 20 territories in the region. BBC Food was launched ...
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Bannister leaves Five Live late show
Matthew Bannister has quit his late-night show on Radio Five Live to spend more time with his children following the death of his wife. The former controller of BBC Radio 1 had been on compassionate leave since the end of last year to support his terminally ill wife, who died ...
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NTL subscribers to get Racing UK
Horseracing channel Racing UK is to be offered to NTL cable subscribers from today (17 February). The channel has signed a deal with NTL to give its 1.4 million viewers access to the channel for£20 a month. The service, which launched in October and shows races from courses including Cheltenham ...
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NBC reality show boxer kills himself
A contestant on NBC's upcoming reality boxing show The Contenderhas committed suicide.
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Heggessey leaves BBC1 shipshape
BBC1 has seen a general upsurge in its ratings fortunes since Lorraine Heggessey was appointed controller of the channel in September 2000.
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C4 hunts big ideas
Channel 4 has set aside a further£10m to help pay for ambitious programme ideas over the next year. Chief executive Andy Duncan said he and director of television Kevin Lygo would allocate the cash to a few 'really big ideas' each year rather than a swathe of smaller projects. These ...
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Switch-off debate
Sky Networks chief executive Dawn Airey, former Five chief David Elstein, film-maker Roger Graef and former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett have been signed up by the Media Society for a debate on analogue switch-off. They will discuss whether the switchover will be easy for broadcasters or ' lead ...
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Meek to chair ERG
Ofcom senior partner for competition and content Kip Meek has been appointed chairman of the European Regulators Group (ERG), the independent body comprising the heads of national communications regulators from 31 European Union countries. He will take up the role in January 2006, and will continue in his Ofcom role.
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US pilots Manchild
BBC2 comedy Manchildis to be remade for US channel Showtime. The Viacom-owned channel has commissioned a pilot of the show, which follows four male friends in their 40s, from Sony Pictures Television. Nick Fisher, the creator of the UK show, is working on the US script. ...
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Lion to make landmark Singapore doc
Lion Television has won a commission to produce a multi-million-pound documentary series about the history of Singapore for the Discovery Networks Asia. Lion City: The Story of Singaporewill track the city's transformation into a metropolis over nearly 200 years. The 3 x 60-minute series, set for ...