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C4: no guarantees on programming budget
The worsening advertising market could force Channel 4 to cut its 2009 programming budget further after it emerged that the broadcaster had already shaved off an extra£25m at the start of this year.
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Summer Films' Morris and Dark part company
Summer Films co-founder Southan Morris is leaving the indie, ending his long-standing business relationship with Susie Dark.
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Musical prodigies in C4 recital
A renowned teenage classical composer will recruit the best musical prodigies from around the world to perform his latest concerto for a Channel 4 series.
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Burnham: no to placement
ITV has branded media secretary Andy Burnham's decision not to allow product placement in UK-made TV shows “perverse”.
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Bigwigs join DCD to form Scottish indie
DCD Media has created a new indie by teaming up with six senior figures from the Scottish production community.
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Film-makers to explore pop culture icons for BBC3
The Oscar-winning film-maker behind When We Were Kings is to investigate the Britney Spears phenomenon for BBC3.
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KidsCo makes first order with kids' craft show
A young “art whizz” will teach kids how to make objects in international children's channel KidsCo's first original commission.
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Crackit show for C4 fixes botched cosmetic surgery
Victims of botched cosmetic surgery are to get the chance to have their faces and bodies repaired in a campaigning Channel 4 series from Crackit Productions.
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RDF's Presentable secures 35 hours of orders
Presentable, RDF Media Group's Cardiff-based subsidiary has won 35 hours of commissions and recommissions, including a Gabby Logan-fronted sports show for BBC Wales.
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C4 disability drama to poke fun at reality TV
Channel 4 has commissioned a mockumentary about six disabled characters spending a Shipwrecked-style year on a desert island.
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Whittingdale: Product ban is 'very foolish'
Shadow media secretary John Whittingdale has blasted media secretary Andy Burnham over the continued ban on product placement, branding the decision 'very foolish'.
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Zeppotron to bring literature to Learning Zone
Katy Brand and June Sarpong have signed up to introduce viewers to classic literature in Zeppotron's first foray into educational programming for BBC Learning Zone.
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Hat Trick brings science and comedy to BBC4
Hat Trick is making a science-meets-comedy panel show for BBC4.
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STV and UTV to air more local content
ITV franchise holders STV and UTV have voiced concerns that the commercial broadcaster has lost its regional focus and have revealed plans to play more of their own programmes in peaktime.
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BBC2 lands first fruit of James May's Plum deal
James May will build a Plasticine garden at the Chelsea Flower Show - part of the first commission from an exclusive deal the presenter has signed with Plum Pictures.
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Brydon to host BBC1 quiz
Rob Brydon is to take over as host of BBC1 panel game Would I Lie To You? when it returns for a third series.
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ITV names Niall Sloane controller of sport
Former BBC head of football and Formula One Niall Sloane has been named as the new controller of sport at rival ITV.
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Leopard Films sells ITV1 Quentin Crisp drama to US
Leopard Films has sold its ITV1 drama An Englishman in New York to the US gay and lesbian network Logo.
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BBC1 and Discovery take bird's eye migratory view
Wildlife specialist John Downer Productions is producing a landmark documentary series for BBC1 and Discovery Channel that will show migration through the eyes of birds.
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Pact: Product ban will deprive industry of£72m
Pact chief executive John McVay has criticised media secretary Andy Burnham's decision to continue the ban on product placement in the UK, saying it will deprive the television industry of a£72m cash injection.