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Endemol UK takes stake in US reality show
UK arm of Big Brother rights holder will sell Treasure Island format and may bid for UK production rights itself
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Heggessey in as Salmon nets sport
The BBC is expected to announce within days that Lorraine Heggessey will become BBC 1 controller, following Peter Salmon's surprise decision to become BBC director of sport.Salmon's move ends months of
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Thompson announces retirement
BBC head of children's commissioning Roy Thompson has decided to retire from the corporation at the end of the year, writes Tara Conlan.
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Granada splits factual brief
Granada Television has restructured its factual department and created two separate controller roles for current affairs and documentaries, writes Colin Robertson.
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Sky and Fox clash over kids move
A row is brewing between BSkyB and sister channel Fox Kids following Sky One's decision to make an aggressive move into children's programming, writes Simon Ellery.
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Brown gets control of 4Learning
Channel 4 deputy director of programmes Karen Brown is giving up direct responsibility for most of her commissioning departments, after being offered a more dedicated job in charge of 4Learning, writes Ashley Davies.
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UDEN PREPARES SEX FIVE-PARTER FOR LIVING
TV indie Uden Associates has been commissioned by Flextech's Living Channel to produce a 5 x 60-minute series Women Talk Sex (working title). Commissioned by Flextech vice-president, channel programming Lisa Opie,
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T4 TO TRANSMIT 100TH EDITION FROM BIG BROTHER HOUSE
Channel 4 Sunday morning youth strand T4 is to broadcast its 100th edition live from the east London Big Brother house this Sunday (17.9.00). During the show, items from the Bazal
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C4 orders late-night dramas
Attaboy TV is producing a new 5 x 30-minute drama/factual crossover project for Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, night-time Zizi Durrance, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITV Murders BBC's Children on Sunday
ITV's decision to pull two-part thriller Where There's Smoke on Sunday night (10 September) proved to be a wise move, as replacement Midsomer Murders beat new BBC 1 drama Other People's Children, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Pressure mounts on ITV's new autumn schedule
ITV's hopes of hitting its self-imposed peaktime target by the end of the year all but evaporated this week, following news that it now needs to achieve an unprecedented 43 per cent share for the rest of the year, writes Colin Robertson.
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Neal christens new indie
Outgoing Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal's new indie will be christened Box TV Productions, and is developing three new dramas with leading writers for the channel, writes Ashley Davies.
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Beat 106 md goes to Scottish Media Group
Beat 106 managing director Bobby Hain is leaving the Scottish radio station to become Scottish Media Group (SMG) business development director of its radio division, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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VOTE ON GRANADA/UNITED
Granada Media and United News & Media this week confirmed that they would be holding their respective extraordinary general meetings (EGM) regarding the proposed merger of their television assets on Wednesday
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UK GOLD BEATS SKY ONE
UK Gold claims that its viewing share for weekdays in August has beaten Sky One's for the first time. The channel said that during the month it has secured a weekday
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JAILBREAK DOUBLES SHARE
Channel 5's new prison-based gameshow Jailbreak clocked up 1.04 million viewers (4.9 per cent share) on its first night (Tuesday 12 September) at 19.00. This is double the average share C5
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UBC IN JOINT-VENTURE
UBC Media Group is making its second move as a digital radio operator by creating joint-venture company UBC Digital to provide content for digital data services. It will join radio consortium