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Granada makes group promotions
Granada has made two senior management promotions in an attempt to create greater cohesion between its various franchises, writes Steve Aston.
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TOY STORY LEADS BBC'S XMAS
BBC 1 and ITV appeared to be in possession of the same festive ratings recipe book after they both revealed plans to run celebrity versions of their hit gameshows this Christmas,
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Sambrook takes on news decline
Broadcast news is at a crossroads and must address the decline in TV news viewing by those under the age of 45, according to BBC director of news Richard Sambrook.Speaking at
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MTV CARRIAGE DEAL
Telewest has struck an 11th hour carriage deal with MTV for its line-up of music channels following tense negotiations over cost. The cable company is understood to have successfully negotiated a
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NewsParamount programming boss joins Baby Cow
Sarah Mahoney, Paramount Comedy Channel's head of programming and development, is to leave the company and take up a post with Baby Cow, the indie that makes Saxondale.
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BBC 3 TRIES AGAIN
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport is expected to publish details of the BBC's revised proposal for digital channel BBC 3 this week. Original plans for BBC 3 were rejected
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UK STRANDS FOR SKY
Sky One has unveiled two new original UK strands as part of its US import-dominated winter programming line-up. Close Up, which features footballers such as David Beckham, and Behaving Badly, which
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Pressure is on for switch-off
Pressure is mounting on the government to set a firm deadline for the switch-off of analogue television services, after the Conservatives claimed the lack of a specific date was causing confusion among consumers, writes David Rose.
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HISTORY PLAN
Documentary specialist The History Channel is moving into drama in a bid to tap into the growing appetite for broader history programming, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the rights
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RATINGS - John Deed is no sure thing against Millionaire
BBC 1's Judge John Deed failed to maintain its audience against a rescheduled ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 SURVIVOR MESSAGE
Channel 4 has lined up one of the survivors of the World Trade Centre disaster to deliver its alternative Christmas message. Genelle Guzman, who was the last person to be rescued
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NewsC4 pulls Shipwrecked repeat
Channel 4 has decided not to repeat an episode of Shipwreckedin which a contestant made racist remarks to ensure the safety of the people taking part in the show.
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YO-YO CONTENT TALKS
Interactive television company Static 2358 is in talks with content owners over ways to exploit the interactivity offered on its second digital channel Yo-Yo, which launched this week. Static is talking
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CAT TAKES KIDS BAFTA
Cat Deeley, presenter of CITV's SM:TV Live beat her co-hosts Ant and Dec to the best presenter prize at the sixth children's Bafta awards on Sunday night (2 December). Meanwhile, CITV
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ACCUSED SCOOPS AWARD
BBC producer Aidan Laverty and presenter Fergal Keane won the TV Story of the Year award at last week's Foreign Press Association (FPA) awards for their BBC 1 Panorama programme The
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LOSSES AT UBC MEDIA
Radio group UBC Media increased its turnover by 70 per cent year-on-year, yet still inflated its losses, according to its latest results. Turnover rose to£4.09m for the six months to
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NewsITV hires Jo Clinton-Davis
ITV has confirmed UKTV executive Jo Clinton-Davis is to take-up the newly created role of controller of popular factual commissioning.
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NEW SHORT FILM PRIZE
The Jerwood First Film Shorts Prize, which offers funding and script development training to 16 winners, was launched this week. Scripts must be no longer than 30 minutes and the deadline
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Tax breaks to drive broadband uptake
The government will finally sit down with industry body the Digital Content Forum (DCF) this week to thrash out the details of its tax breaks for broadband content scheme.The meeting, between
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C5 and Sky cut their text loss
Channel 5 and BSkyB have dumped their loss-making text service Sky5Text after admitting it was running at a loss and had no medium-term prospects, writes Georgina Lipscomb.