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ITV peak targets to go.
ITV This Week ditched its policy of setting peaktime audience targets and unveiled a package of measures aimed at maintaining its lead in mainstream and multichannel TV, writes Colin Robertson.
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Union 175 JV hires drama head.
Union 175, the Union Pictures and West 175 Media joint-venture TV production outfit, has hired Claire Hirsch as its head of TV drama, writes David Wood. Hirsch, whose producer credits include
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ITC FINDS FOR MILLIONAIRE AFTER COMPLAINTS.
Celador Productions, producer of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has been cleared by the Independent Television Commission of any wrongdoing over the first episode to produce a£1m winner. The
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REGULATORS CLEAR AOL TIME WARNER MERGER.
The AOL Time Warner merger was cleared by US regulators last week, paving the way for the creation of the largest media firm in the world. As a result, Time Warner
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ALL CHANGE IN CLASSIC FM SENIOR LINE-UP.
GWR-owned Classic FM has announced a number of senior management changes following last month's GWR restructure which saw Classic FM managing director Roger Lewis appointed chairman of the GWR commercial board
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YORKSHIRE CONSORTIUM BIDS FOR FM LICENCE.
Yorkshire Radio Enterprises, a consortium backed by the UK's largest regional newspaper group Newsquest and chaired by former chairman of York-based Minster Sound radio group Martyn Rose, last week launched its
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RAJAR TO HOLD AUDIENCE RESEARCH EVENT.
The Radio Joint Audience Research body (Rajar) is to host a conference about the future of radio audience research. The conference has been prompted by the increasing number of both radio
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GMTV may cease to be independent.
The next managing director of GMTV may well be the company's last, as speculation mounts that the breakfast broadcaster may cease to be a separate ITV franchise after the forthcoming communications
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Cregeen to oversee Trafalgar Road.
United and LWT Productions controller of drama Michele Buck is gearing up for a major recruitment drive for her expanded drama department and has already appointed former Eldorado chief Peter Cregeen to oversee the company's new ITV soap commission, write
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BBC director of news up for grabs as Hall leaves.
The post of BBC director of news was advertised internally this week, following confirmation that Tony Hall is to become the new executive director of the Royal Opera House (ROH) after weeks of speculation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Itel's Millichip joins Flextech.
Former Itel executive Jane Millichip is to join Flextech Television as a commissioning editor for women's channel Living, writes Lucy Rouse.Former journalist Millichip takes up the new post on 5 February
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US IS FIRST OVERSEAS WEAKEST LINK SALE BBC.
Worldwide has sold The Weakest Link format to NBC in the United States. The deal, negotiated by BBC Worldwide director of programming and operations Colin Jarvis, is the first international sale
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YORKSHIRE TO MAKE HAROLD SHIPMAN DRAMA.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has commissioned Yorkshire Television and Chameleon Television to produce a 120-minute factual drama telling the story of mass-murderer Harold Shipman. Prescription for Murder will star
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BBC DISCUSSING GROWN-UP BLUE PETER.
The BBC is in discussions with former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves about creating a version of the children's show aimed at the generation who watched Blue Peter when it was
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LATIN DANCING TO GET FIVE-PART DOCUMENTARY.
Case TV is making a documentary about Latin American dancing for National Geographic's global network. Revolutionary Rhythms is directed by Luis Espana and produced by Case TV joint managing director Sue
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ROGER BOLTON TO MAKE EAST END SERIES.
Roger Bolton Productions has been commissioned by Carlton Television to produce a 6 x 30-minute regional series looking at the history of London's East End. The series, which will feature, among
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LONDON LIVE SIGNS UP COMICS FOR MORNINGS.
BBC London Live managing editor David Robey is cranking up the station's weekend schedule and has signed comedians Mel and Sue to present the Saturday morning show. Meanwhile, comedian Simon Day
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EastEnders to air four times a week.
The BBC has finally confirmed plans to increase ratings banker EastEnders from three to four episodes a week.As exclusively predicted in Broadcast, the BBC is to up the number of weekly
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C4 planning celebrity Big Brother.
Channel 4 is in talks with Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis and Endemol Entertainment UK production arm Bazal about broadcasting a celebrity version of Big Brother for Comic Relief in March, writes Ashley Davies.
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UK distributors flock to Natpe.
Sixty-four British distributors are set to attend the 38th Natpe programming convention, which starts in Las Vegas on Monday (22 January), writes Jane Marlow.