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NewsFive spotlights Ant and Dec in showbiz marriage season
After tell-all specials on Noel Edmonds and Richard and Judy, Five is now turning its attention to showbiz pairs Ant and Dec and Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
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Two Way TV to supply ITV Play
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV is looking for a slice of the£20m profits ITV Play is expected to make over the next year after securing a licensing deal to provide the channel with texting services for TV games.
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Saga wins FM slot
Saga has won the new FM radio licence for the north-east of England, beating applications from all the major UK radio groups. Saga FM, which will play easy listening and melodic music, got the nod from regulator Ofcom over 12 other applications. The new station, which will reach a potential ...
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GCap Disney talks
GCap Media is in negotiations with Disney over the future funding of digital radio station Capital Disney, which could see the outlet change hands or close. The station, which is aimed at children aged eight to 14, is available on 10 DAB multiplexes, NTL and Sky. GCap currently fully funds ...
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Hat Trick spin-off
Hat Trick Productions has launched a talent agency for writers, directors and producers called The Writers' Company. Managed by Ligeia Marsh, who joins from The Agency, it has already signed up writers Danny Brown ( Hustle), Asch Ditta ( No ...
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True Movies 2
The Chart Show Group is launching a second True Movies channel following the success of its original real life film offering. True Movies 2 will air complementary movies to its sister channel, which launched this time last year, with titles including David's Motherstarring Kirstie Alley ...
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RDF hires ABC executive to run US arm
RDF Media has poached an executive from major American network ABC to run its US development operation. Greg Goldman, the executive director of alternative series and specials at ABC for the past two years, will run the department's day-to-day activities and oversee RDF's US reality series, which include ...
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Radio 5 Live cuts back 12 staff
BBC Radio 5 Live is to lose a dozen staff - most of them reporters - over the next year as part of director general Mark Thompson's programme of job cuts. The station will lose the 12 workers as part of Thompson's three-year plan to cut 3,780 jobs across the ...
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News 24 to be streamed online in UK
The BBC is planning to stream its News 24 channel over the internet, using special technology to prevent users outside the UK from accessing it. The corporation already offers clips online, but will now offer a 24-hour stream through its website. Head of TV news Peter Horrocks said the service ...
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NewsReal Story Special interests just 1.8m
BBC1's The McCartneys Versus the Fur Tradesuffered from viewer apathy with just 1.8 million (7.6%) at 9pm as the channel fell to its lowest all-hours share since August last year.
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NewsTwo more GCap execs exit
Capital Radio bosses Keith Pringle and Nik Goodman are to leave the station with immediate effect, with owners GCap saying the station needs to recruit people with 'specific skills' to help it win back audience.
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NAB Focus: podcasting - Power of podcast
Portable music players have created unexpected opportunities for content providers.
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NAB Focus: HDV - Is HDV the way ahead for docs?
HDV camcorders are fast becoming a must as a second or field camera on many factual
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Off the record - Beard or No Beard?
OTR came across this picture of a beardless-Noel Edmonds the other day, taken back in 2001
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NewsPEER POLL: Terry Wogan
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Terry Wogan worth£800,000 a year?
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NewsTWI gets into podcasting
8am:TWI has teamed up with two former Sky pundits to launch a new advertiser-funded podcast for golf fans on the iTunes music store.
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NewsNewsround investigates child arsonists
BBC Children's series Newsround has chosen the topic of arson committed by children as the first subject for its new investigative strand.
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NewsJowell: BBC won't get 2.3% licence fee rise
The government is to cut the BBC's controversial demand for a£180-a year-licence fee - and has said for the first time that the corporation will not get the settlement it has asked for.
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NewsOfcom to tighten interactive regulations for Sky
Media regulator Ofcom has called for change in the regulations BSkyB must adhere to with regards to the terms and charges for third party broadcasters on its interactive platform.
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NewsITV1's Vital Signs unsteady with 4.8m
ITV1's Vital Signslost out to BBC1's The Streetwith 4.8 million (20.9%) in a straight head-to-head drama battle at 9pm.