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Five goes live in bid to win kids
Five is venturing into live children's programming on Saturday mornings in a bid to challenge the might of BBC1 and ITV throughout the summer.
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Vir loses ITV job after rejig
Former Carlton producer and diversity advisor Parminder Vir has been made redundant from ITV after a shake-up in the way the company runs its diversity activities.
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Granada sells dramas to US
Granada has struck a co-production deal with US public broadcaster WGBH Boston for more than 26 hours of costume drama, including four episodes of Miss Marple.
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Audi to fund two Le Mans shows
Car manufacturer Audi is fully funding two major shows on the Le Mans motor-racing tournament for ITV and Channel 4.
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McGrath joins Tiger as head of features
Tiger Aspect Productions has appointed former Channel 4 commissioner Jo McGrath as director of features as part of a restructure of its factual department.
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Trevor's World of Sport returns - on radio
Trevor's World of Sport , the BBC1 sitcom controversially dropped from the Friday night comedy zone last September, is to get a new lease of life on BBC Radio 4.
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C4 doubles Big Brother airtime
Channel 4 has increased its commitment to Big Brother by setting aside almost twice as much terrestrial airtime to the flagship reality show as it did last year.
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NewsHorrocks out of BBC4 running
The contest to succeed Roly Keating as controller of BBC4 was thrown wide open this week, after it emerged that BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks had not applied for the job.
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NewsRunners & riders for the top C4 job
The current favourite remains Dawn Airey, Sky Network's managing director.
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NewsDyke to front C4 doc about his time as DG
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is to front a film for Channel 4 charting his four years at the corporation.
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NewsFive merger still on agenda
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson said this week that the departure of chief executive Mark Thompson would not stop the broadcaster pursuing his controversial plan to merge with Five.
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NewsThompson to back BBC Charter plans
Incoming BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to rubberstamp the BBC's Charter renewal submission, which includes plans to move major services to Manchester, by the June deadline, whether or not he has joined the corporation by then.
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Fund for animation
Producers' alliance Pact is calling on the government to set up an indie animation fund to help support the UK's struggling industry. Supported by broadcasters including ITV, Pact is looking for investment of around£50m over a number of years for the fund, which it said could eventually be self-sustaining. The ...
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Fox to launch Fuel
Fox International Channels is launching another of its US channels in the UK. Targeting 13 to 24 year-olds, Fuel will launch in the fourth quarter of this year and show music, entertainment and extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing and BMX. Fox, which launched FX on Sky in January, is ...
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BBC strike threat
Staff at BBC Worldwide are on the verge of strike action following a disagreement over its latest pay offer. BBC Worldwide has offered to pay an inflation-inked 2.6% increase but has turned down union demands for a 5% rise. In response, the National Union of Journalists and broadcast union Bectu ...
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Radio 1 rejigs shows
Dave Pearce has been dropped from his 18.00 drivetime dance show on BBC Radio 1, but will continue to present a Sunday evening show. Meanwhile, DJ Zane Lowe will get a regular early evening slot to showcase new music. Veteran DJ John Peel retains his three weeknight slots but is ...
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Suggs on Virgin
Virgin Radio is giving Madness frontman Suggs his own evening show but has dropped specialist DJ Captain America. Suggs will host a three-hour show, Virgin Party Classics, from 19.00 every Friday. The show will play tracks from the likes of Robbie Williams, the Beatles and Soft Cell. Nick Stewart, who ...
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Thompson relied on reality at C4
The 2002 final of Big Brother was Mark Thompson's greatest ratings success as chief executive of Channel 4.
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Skillset training for first jobbers
Skillset is piloting a£250,000 scheme to help train first jobbers working in post-production.
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MTV wins Leicester Square studio appeal
MTV is back on course to open its£1m-plus studio in Leicester Square after assuring Westminster City Council that the pull