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BBC3 to air Graham Norton's US show
BBC3 has acquired Graham Norton's US chat show in a move that will keep the camp comic exclusively on the BBC.
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S4C prepares to go digital
Welsh channel S4C is to bolster its art, current affairs and children's output in preparation for its switch to a digital-only Welsh language service.
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Kilgarriff brief is extended
The head of Turner Broadcasting's kids channels, Richard Kilgarriff, has been given responsibility for all the company's UK entertainment channels.
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Ofcom imposes subtitle rules
Minority channels including Sky One and E4 are to be forced to provide subtitling and audio description for the first time.
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C4 ties up Ramsay
Channel 4 has locked Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay into an exclusive three-year UK deal. The deal, which will run until July 2007, gives C4 exclusive rights for all of Ramsay's UK television output. Over the next three years, Ramsay will star in a range of shows produced by indie Optomen ...
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Zig Zag hires crick
Zig Zag has hired its first head of development, poaching Ed Crick from the BBC's factual entertainment department. Crick, whose credits include My Family and Autism , joins immediately reporting to Zig Zag managing director Danny Fenton. His arrival coincides with the 70-strong indie's move ...
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BBC disabled target
The BBC has set a target of 4% of its 28,000 jobs to be staffed by people with disabilities by 2007. Around 2.7% of BBC staff currently identify themselves as having a disability compared to 10.1% of the population as a whole. The new target sits alongside improved targets for ...
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UBC reports sales up
UBC Media, the group developing Channel 4's first radio venture, has reported a 78% rise in sales at its commercial division in the first quarter. The commercial unit, which produces and sells news bulletins to radio stations around the country, accounted for 40% of group revenues last year.
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Zeppotron's new MD
Endemol UK subsidiary Zeppotron has appointed Annabel Jones as its new managing director. She fills the role vacated by Paul Gilheany eight months ago. Jones was previously Endemol's head of business development and will not be replaced.
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The digital clock ticks on
Despite the government's move to a more realistic digital switchover date, unanswered questions remain.
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Ofcom fines porn channel£50,000
Ofcom has imposed its first fine on a broadcaster. Satellite channel XplicitXXX, owned by the Digital Television Production Company, was ordered to pay£50,000 for broadcasting unencrypted hardcore sex between 8.30pm and 10pm on 8 April this year by mistake.
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Pact and Equity agree actors' pay deal
Producers' alliance Pact and actors' union Equity have agreed a new television deal which will halve the amount broadcasters have to pay actors for repeats between 4pm and 6pm and 10.30pm and 11pm. In addition, broadcasters will now make a further saving of 4.5% on repeat fees if the repeat ...
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Bectu calls off BBC Technology strike
Broadcasting union Bectu has been forced to call off this weekend's planned strike over the sale of BBC Technology after receiving a renewed offer from its proposed buyer Siemens. The strike was due to take place for two days from Friday (30 July). Another two-day strike from 13 August, which ...
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ITN to vote on rights for news staff
ITN will this Friday vote on new terms for staff hoping to move to BSkyB when it takes over the Five News contract at the end of the year and could strike if they are rejected. The NUJ and Bectu have been locked in talks with ITN and Five since ...
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NewsDigital switchover set to cost£1bn
Broadcasters have told media secretary Tessa Jowell that the cost of digital switchover could be as high as£1bn.
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NewsPact warns ITV over terms of trade
Pact chief executive John McVay fired a warning shot at ITV this week, saying he was very near to making a formal complaint to Ofcom if the broadcaster does not begin new terms of trade discussions with independent producers very soon.
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NewsBBC halts£6m film as Equity cries foul
A£6m BBC project to create a big-screen movie made entirely by amateurs is facing the axe amid criticism from actors' union Equity that it would deprive professional actors of work.
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NewsFive show puts celebs in 19th-century farm
Five's new reality show from Big Brother producer Endemol will challenge celebrities to fend for themselves on a 19th-century farm.
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Pact pushes for better radio deal
Producers' alliance Pact is lobbying the BBC in an attempt to secure improved terms of trade for its members that make radio programmes.