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TWG ups DRG stake
The Wireless Group is to increase its stake in DRG, owner of the London III digital multiplex, to 33.58%. The company is talking to Matsushita Electric Europe about acquiring its 10% interest. TWG also has an 80.5% stake in the London II licence, held by SwitchDigital.
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Early Doors to return for second series
Royle Family writer Craig Cash's acclaimed BBC2 comedy series Early Doors has been commissioned for a second run, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Liquid assets to run to another series
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a further run of Liquid Assets. The new 6 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air in late spring, will be expanded to look at the finances of movie stars as well as pop singers. Among those slated to be examined are the ...
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Peep show to pop up again later in year
Objective Productions' Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show has been commissioned for a second series. The show, written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, will return later this year. Ordered by C4 commissioning editor Iain Morris it will be executive produced by Andrew O'Connor.
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Talent TV tests kids' loyalties for CBBC
Indie Talent TV is making a CBBC factual entertainment series in which kids' friendships are put to the test. The 15 x 30-minute Best of Friends , commissioned by CBBC head of entertainment Anne Gilchrist, will feature teams of five friends aged between 10 and ...
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Kitchen detective on way to discovery
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has ordered Kitchen Detective , a 10 x 30-minutes series from Twofour Productions, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation. The show sees a top nutritionist giving advice about diets. Katie Taylor is producer and Steve Grizell is executive producer.
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Foregone conclusions
We are promised a radical review of PSB, but there are signs that the status quo will largely survive the process.
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Mcdonald gets ITV news editorial role
Newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald has been made associate editor of ITV1's new News at 10.30 , which is to launch early next month. ITV News editor David Mannion said the appointment 'enshrines and recognises the major editorial contributions made by Trevor on a daily basis'. ...
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Shareholders give blessing to ITV merger
Carlton and Granada shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger of ITV at separate extraordinary general meetings this week. The two companies now only need formal court approval later this month for the merger to come into being. Granada chairman and new ITV chief executive Charles Allen used the opportunity to announce ...
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Jowell: no plans to ban junk food ads
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has ruled out implementing a ban on junk food advertising to children. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention this week, Jowell said she was looking to collaborate 'with the fast food industry in pursuit of a better way of working' rather than impose a ban. According ...
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BBC digital curriculum open for pitches
Indies have officially been invited to pitch for commissions for the BBC's controversial£150m digital curriculum project. The BBC lodged a notice on Tuesday (13 January) with Ojec, the European website which lists business opportunities with public bodies. The BBC has pledged to commission out half the£90m content budget for the ...
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NewsBBC's Kilroy ban puts jobs at risk
Jobs will be threatened at Robert Kilroy-Silk's indie if the BBC's investigation into the presenter's controversial comments about Arabs drags on.
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NewsBBC restricts reporters
The BBC is to rein in the amount of comment and speculation in its news output in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry.
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NewsBSkyB to terror-proof transmission service
BSkyB is building a state of the art emergency back-up centre in Hampshire amid fears that its Osterley HQ could be exposed to an environmental disaster or a terrorist attack.
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Setanta puts off Freeview launch
Irish broadcaster Setanta has postponed plans to launch a digital free-to-air sports channel on Freeview.
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Tory panel split over BBC
A former BBC high flier drafted in by David Elstein to advise the Tory party on the BBC's role and funding has quit the advisory committee in a disagreement over plans to call for the corporation to be paid for by subscription.
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Indie fixer leaves Channel 4
The chief architect of Channel 4's indie code of practice, Andrew Brann, has stepped down only a week after the broadcaster's submission was rubber-stamped by Ofcom.
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Celebrities enter Hell's Kitchen
ITV has signed highly-strung chef Gordon Ramsay to star in a new live entertainment show in which he hires a group of celebrities to help him run a restaurant, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC3 gives Vaughan another shot
Johnny Vaughan, whose BBC3 chat show was dropped last year, is to return to the digital channel with a new live entertainment show.
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Pedersen to join All3Media
Carlton International sales managing director Louise Pedersen is joining the distribution arm of All3Media - formerly Chrysalis TV Group.