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NewsBays looses out in Five News job application
Five News reporter James Bays is among several ITN staff who have been told they will not have jobs when BSkyB takes over production of the programme at the end of the year.
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NewsRadio 2 brings in new presenters
Lulu and Dermot O'Leary are among a crop of new presenters that have been drafted into BBC Radio 2 to revamp its weekend line-up.
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NewsEndemol hit by slump in profits
Bumper pay deals for Endemol UK managers have seen profits at the company plummet to under£1m, new accounts from the firm show.
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NewsC4 to launch digital radio station
Channel 4 is set to launch a national digital radio station as part of a£90m fund to invest in new ventures.
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NewsBBC2 Radio 2 goes from strength to strength
BBC Radio 2 has reported yet another set of record-breaking audience figures cementing its dominance of the national market.
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NewsVaughan sheds Capital FM listeners
Shares in Capital Radio took a dramatic dive yesterday after Johnny Vaughan lost nearly 200,000 listeners from the groups flagship breakfast show.
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NewsC4 and Sky battle over news Emmy
Channel 4 News and its rival Sky News have both been nominated for an international Emmy for best news coverage.
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NewsEx-ITN boss joins BBC board
BBC chairman Michael Grade's plan to make the BBC governors more relevant took a step forward yesterday (Thursday) when a leading City lawyer was appointed vice chairman and former ITN editor-in-chief Richard Tait joined the board.
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NewsPEER POLL: Ageism
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the TV industry guilty of ageism?
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Dyke to the rescue?
Hardly a weekend goes by at the moment without one national newspaper or another reporting that ITV chief executive Charles Allen's job is on the line and that Greg Dyke is being lined up to replace him.
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Living TV orders more Queer Eye
Living TV has commissioned a second series of the British version of hit US gay makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - and has also succeeded in selling the show back to America.
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Mahoney moves to C4I from BBC
Channel 4 International (C4I) has poached BBC Worldwide senior commissioning editor Joe Mahoney to take up the new role of head of commercial development.
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Five Saturday slot for duel masters
Five has acquired the latest animé series from the maker of Pokémon after signing a deal with distributor Entertainment Rights. Duel Masters will air in Five's Saturday morning action slot, targeting boys aged seven to 11, from the autumn. The 26 x 30-minute series, spawned by a Japanese comic and ...
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Benny Hill show set for BBC America
BBC America has picked up classic slapstick comedy The Benny Hill Show following a deal with Fremantle International Distribution. The popular Thames Television series made in the 1960s and 1970s will join the channel's schedule from October. In addition, Fremantle has sold the home entertainment ...
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India's star TV in gameshow format deal
Distraction Formats has sold the rights of gameshow Dirty Rotten Cheater to Star TV in India. The format, in which contestants must guess who has been given all the answers, will go into production this autumn. An Italian version, produced by Magnolia, recently premiered on ...
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NBC takes chance on double or nothing
US network NBC has begun pre-production on a reality special, based on a Sky One show, in which a man bets everything he owns on one spin of the roulette wheel. Double or Nothing , made by Target Entertainment in the UK, will follow one ...
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Web premiere for new WB drama series
The WB, Warner Bros' youth channel in the US, is to become the first network to premiere a new drama series online. The first episode of Jack and Bobby will be available to AOL's 3.5 million broadband subscribers for a week later in the summer. ...
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Format focus: Studio 7
Studio 7, which debuted in the US last week on The WB, is a none-too-subtle mixture of Weakest Link-style grilling ...
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Bravo orders to probe bad Brits
Bravo has stocked up on factual content with three series looking at the rougher side of Britain's provincial towns.