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NewsLBC offers podcasts
Chrysalis-owned speech station LBC 97.3 has launched a paid-for podcasting service offering full-length versions of its flagship shows, including Nick Ferrari and Iain Lee. For£2.50 for one month, rising to£10 for six months, listeners will be able to download shows and access content including vintage and behind-the-scenes material.
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Hughes takes role at C4 entertainment
Freelance producer Nana Hughes has joined Channel 4 as a deputy commissioning editor for entertainment. Hughes, who started this week, reporting to head of entertainment Andrew Newman, has worked on C4 shows 8 out Of 10 Catsand V Graham Norton ...
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Sky One secures award-winning Weeds
Sky One has secured the rights to a second season of Weeds, the dark comedy based around a suburban mum who resorts to selling weed to support her family. The news comes after Mary-Louise Parker picked up a Golden Globe in the best comedy actress ...
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NewsHBO sets sights on UK launch
US broadcaster HBO is considering the launch of a premium channel in the UK as part of a larger overseas strategy covering six new markets.
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NewsPEER POLL: Manchester
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should BBC2 be part of the BBC's move to Manchester?
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NewsSci-Fi hires ex-Sky One editor
Former Sky One commissioning editor Sara Johnson has joined the Sci-Fi Channel in a consultancy role.
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NewsMixed feelings over Sky EPG genre moves
Trouble, the Flextech channel aimed at teenagers, is to be shifted out of the kids' genre on the EPG and into the entertainment genre.
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NewsOfcom to 'partner' BBC over assessing new services
Ofcom will be given a 'partner' role in assessing the market impact of new services launched by the BBC, media secretary Tessa Jowell has said.
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NewsMandabach sitcom goes to BBC
Roseanneproducer Caryn Mandabach has delivered her first sitcom idea to the BBC, as part of the first-look development deal she signed with the corporation in April 2005.
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NewsFox axes Malcolm In The Middle
8am:US broadcaster Fox has pulled the plug on long-running comedy Malcolm in the Middle- a key show for Sky One and BBC2.
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NewsMillionaire Live loses a million
8am:Celador's ill-fated Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?live tour lost its parent companies over£1m.
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NewsNBC pulls the plug on The West Wing
Major US network NBC has pulled the plug on long-running More4 political drama The West Wingbut has commissioned 22 more episodes of its remake of The Office.
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NewsO'Connell kicks off at Virgin Radio
10am:Former Xfm breakfast show host Christian O'Connell kicked off his Virgin Radio show this morning, with his old team firmly in place around him.
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NewsSky News boss backs star signings
Sky News chief Nick Pollard says he has no plans to axe star signings such as Eamonn Holmes and James Rubin, despite poor ratings.
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NewsSky News's whale coverage peaks at 365,000
Interest in the tragic story of the Bottlenose whale in the Thames brought a surge of viewers to the 24 hour news channels with Sky News taking the spoils.
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NewsMore moves at ITV
ITV Productions director of business affairs for factual, entertainment, daytime and international production Jane Turton is the latest to move to ITV's broadcasting arm.
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NewsWeakest Link in anti-Welsh investigation
Police are looking into a complaint about alleged anti-Welsh comments made during a broadcast of BBC2's Weakest Link.
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NewsPrison Break rounds up 1.7m
Five's new high profile US drama import Prison Breakgot off to a solid, if unremarkable, start with 1.7 million (9.4%) at 10pm.
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Would you make a baby to get on TV?
A BBC3 documentary has tested how low reality TV can go by setting up a spoof programme which encouraged complete strangers to conceive a baby together, writes Geoff White.
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Opinion - In my view - Life-changing PVRs?
As PVRs penetrate more homes, the prediction that spot advertising will start to disappear is nonsense, argues Mark White.