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Ent Rights promotions
Basil Brush owner Entertainment Rights has promoted Chloe van den Berg to executive director of international.
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NewsOfcom tightens rules on participation TV
Ofcom has unveiled proposals to toughen regulations for participation TV shows following the premium-rate phone-in scandals that were uncovered in 2007.
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Capital losing out to Heart in breakfast slot
Capital Radio's Johnny Vaughan is being beaten in the battle of the London breakfast wars by Heart 106.2 rivals Jono Coleman and Harriet Scott, according to unofficial listening figures.
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NewsKilroy TV co shuts
Former talkshow host Robert Kilroy-Silk is to shut down his television production company following the cancellation of his series and his election to the European Parliament. The Kilroy Television Company will be wound up by the end of July after BBC1 axed daytime show Kilroy ...
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C4's séance cleared
Ofcom has rejected 244 complaints against Channel 4's controversial Derren Brown Séance , saying the programme did not breach its programme code. The show, which C4 said it also received 400 complaints about, became one of the most complained about programmes ever when it aired ...
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ITV1 wins in daytime
ITV1 won its first daytime ratings battle with BBC1 in four years last Wednesday (23 June). Between 09.25 and 18.00 ITV1 secured a share of 19.6% compared to BBC1's 18.9%. The commercial broadcaster performed particularly well in the morning, achieving a 31.3% share over BBC1's 21.4%. BBC1's audience was down ...
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Wooding to Mentorn
Mentorn has poached the executive producer of the BBC's Million Pound Property Experiment , Paul Wooding, to join its Oxford team. Wooding, whose credits also include SAS Survival Secrets and Right Car Wrong Car , ...
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Ex-Virgin DJ lauded
Axed Virgin Radio DJ Daryl Denham has picked up a gold award at the New York Festivals Radio Programming Awards. The former drivetime DJ, who presented a weekend show before being dropped, beat competition from around the world to win best comedy/humour personality for a network show. The UK performed ...
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Henman brings hope and ratings
The big summer of sport is continuing to attract viewers with Tim Henman's Wimbledon fourth round match gaining the highest audience of the tournament so far.
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UKTV to recruit first head of acquisitions
UKTV is to appoint its first head of programme acquisitions in a bid to pre-empt a potential shortfall in BBC shows made by independent producers, who may now opt not to place their secondary rights with BBC Worldwide.
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NUJ attacks Sky over Five News jobs
The 60 ITN staff working on Five News have been told they must reapply for their jobs or be made redundant when the contract moves to Sky at the end of the year.
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Airey promotes Oelze
ITV has handed its top German executive the responsibility of setting up production operations in Europe and emerging markets.
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Positive promises
The BBC this week launched its Charter review 'manifesto', Building Public Value , with the sort of presentation and promises one might expect from a political party seeking re-election after a particularly difficult term in office. There was something distinctly New Labour about the way ...
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Phipps switches to Sky News from ITV
ITV Evening News programme editor Nick Phipps has been poached by Sky News to executive produce its flagship Live at 5 strand. Phipps will replace outgoing Live at 5 editor Mark Calvert, who has been appointed editor of Five News, which Sky will produce from ...
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Moving Picture company likely to be sold
ITV is to dispose of a large number of its non-core assets in a bid to make further savings from its merger process. Post-production house The Moving Picture Company, which provided effects for the recent Troy blockbuster, is close to being sold off. The company ...
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Endemol pools global creative talent
Endemol has set up a global creative team, which will bring together the company's top creative and commercial executives from around the world, to develop ideas and business opportunities. Endemol's executive director of programming and licensing, Mike Morley, who will now also be executive director of creativity, will lead the ...
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Ulster TV and ITV end row over sales
Ulster Television (UTV) has settled its dispute with ITV plc over claims that the merged company is selling on hit shows to ITV2 too cheaply. The Northern Irish broadcaster, which pays towards shows on ITV1 but has no stake in ITV2, had complained that the digital channel was not paying ...
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New Casualty series to be 48 episodes
The BBC is to again extend the length of its long-running Saturday-night hospital series Casualty - this time by another two episodes. The new 48-edition run will launch on 11 September with a two-episode weekend special starring former EastEnders actress ...
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Ratings8.2m see Portugal reach the Euro 2004 final
Interest in the Euro 2004 football tournament hasn't lost its appeal for viewers with the first semi-final averaging 8.2 million (37.6%).
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NewsPEER POLL: Charter renewal
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the BBC's proposals for Charter renewal ensure the continuation of the licence fee?