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Squires vows Central will keep pitching
ITV Central managing director Ian Squires has claimed the regional franchise will continue to pitch for network productions, despite halving its workforce and closing Nottingham Studios.
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Freeview hits 4 million
Digital terrestrial platform Freeview is now in 4 million households as sales of set-top boxes show no sign of slowing.
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Hadlow to give BBC4 star quality
New BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow is looking to bring on a series of high-profile faces to the channel to raise its profile.
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Granada on lookout for the next Trisha
Granada has drawn up a wish list of replacement hosts for Trisha Goddard, as talks over the talkshow star's new contract reached crisis point this week.
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ITV1 ratings slide to its worst ever
ITV1 may have attracted a mammoth 20 million viewers for its coverage of England v France on Sunday night but its Saturday schedule delivered its worst ever ratings performance - a share of just 16.1%.
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NewsBravo chiefs plot Gazza FC
Paul Gascoigne, the troubled former England football ace, is being lined up to run an amateur Sunday league football team for Flextech channel Bravo.
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NewsRajar warns of cost of new ratings system
Radio groups may have to dig deeper into their coffers to fund electronic measurement of radio audiences, after Rajar estimated it would cost up to£25m to operate.
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NewsC4 shakes up indie rights deals
The BBC, Channel 4 and Five will take an unexpected 15% cut of all secondary rights revenue from indie shows they have commissioned once the new terms of trade are signed off in coming weeks.
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NewsDigital rivals hit out at BBC
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasting Group (SCBG), the trade body representing the multichannel sector, has hit out at the BBC's digital channels, claiming they are failing to meet their statutory requirements.
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NewsCITV boss handed ITV off-peak brief
ITV has moved to address its daytime ratings crisis by drafting in kids chief Steven Andrew to run its new off-peak department.
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BBC2 adds twist to anthropology
A former special forces soldier is to live with some of the world's most remote tribes for a BBC2 series in one of a brace of new shows from BBC senior commissioning executive Richard Klein.
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Bomber Ace takes flight for C4
channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make a follow-up to Spitfire Ace with a series in which relatives of second world war veterans are put through their paces manning a Lancaster bomber, writes Glen Mutel.
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O'Leary indie unleashes Parent Trap on BBC3
Dermot O'leary's indie Murfia is making a show for BBC3 in which young people are followed around by their parents at work, in the pub and on dates, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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C4 commissions band aid documentary
Channel 4 editor, religion Aaquil Ahmed has ordered a 90-minute documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? - the UK's largest selling single ever, which raised over£100m for famine relief. The film, produced by indie Class Films, features interviews with key participants including ...
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My hero back in autumn for fifth run
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a fifth series of comedy My Hero from indie Big Bear Films. Production on the 10 x 30-minute run, which will again star Ardal O'Hanlon as a secret superhero, has just begun, with broadcast due in the autumn. It is directed by John Stroud, ...
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Topical TV makes over lives for UKTV
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute life makeover series for UK Style called Who Do You Think You Are? from Topical TV. The series, which air every weekday from 14 July, will be hosted by presenter Paul Roseby, Big Brother psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott ...
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CBBC recommissions little red tractor
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has ordered a third series of pre-school animation Little Red Tractor. The 26 x 10-minute run, a co-production between Entertainment Rights and The Little Entertainment Company, follows the adventures of a tractor and its owner, Stan. It is due to air on CBeebies and BBC2 at ...
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class films spotlights tour de france
Indie Class Films is to make a series of short films for Channel 4 about the famous French cycle race, the Tour de France. The five-minute documentaries will air directly after Channel 4 News in late July, and will be timed to coincide with the climax of this year's Tour ...
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Kanjee appointed as Evolutions md
Simon Kanjee has ended 18 months of speculation by joining independent post house Evolutions as managing director.
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Outsider takes top job at UK Post
UK Post has appointed industry outsider Gaynor Davenport as the chief executive for the newly created trade body for the£1.4bn post industry, writes Rick Dacey.