All News articles – Page 2903

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    Endemol buys Australia's Southern Star

    2009-01-20T09:37:03Z

    Endemol has expanded its drama catalogue with the acquisition of Australia's largest TV production and distribution company, Southern Star Group.

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    ITV closes Britannia High

    2009-01-19T17:06:19Z

    ITV will not recommission its teen musical drama Britannia High, despite investing heavily in the franchise, after the first season was a ratings flop.

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    ITV suffers ad revenue downgrade

    2009-01-19T13:16:34Z

    ITV's 2009 advertising revenue will fall by as much as 13%, rather than the expected 7% slump, Standard & Poor's has predicted.

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    BBC kicks off director of sport search

    2009-01-19T13:05:20Z

    Interviews to find the new director of BBC Sport are set to begin this week, firing the starting gun on what appears to be a genuinely open competition.

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    C4 and Five clash over merger plan

    2009-01-19T10:25:45Z

    Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has claimed a merger with Five would be 'a tragedy' - but RTL Group boss Gerhard Zeiler has insisted it would help secure the future of public service broadcasting.

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    Setanta to offer football on demand

    2009-01-19T09:55:00Z

    Setanta Sports has launched a VoD service that will make its Premier League matches available for up to a week after they are played.

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    Morph creator Tony Hart dies

    2009-01-19T09:41:03Z

    Tony Hart, one of Britain's best loved children's television presenters and the creator of Morph, has died aged 83.

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    BBC to serve up Murray's matches

    2009-01-16T14:11:42Z

    The BBC has signed a deal to air all of Andy Murray's tennis matches on terrestrial TV during the forthcoming Australian Open.

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    Ofcom hits ITV with regional quota fine

    2009-01-16T13:06:30Z

    Ofcom has fined ITV£220,000 for failing to hit its regional quotas for flagship channel ITV1 in 2006 and 2007.

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    Digital Britain: the key points

    2009-01-16T12:17:00Z

    The main proposals from Stephen Carter’s Digital Britain report, according to the leak in the Financial Times.

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    Sunset + Vine wins Euro Badminton contract

    2009-01-16T12:15:38Z

    Sunset + Vine has won the contract to both produce and distribute the European Badminton Championships for the next two years.

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    Leaked report points to C4 merger

    2009-01-16T11:51:00Z

    Channel 4 is facing the prospect of being merged into a new, bigger broadcaster under plans drawn up for the government's Digital Britain review.

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    BBCW mad for Oasis package

    2009-01-16T10:34:34Z

    BBC Worldwide is offering broadcasters a package of rock group Oasis's TV appearances for the BBC, including their Top of the Pops debut.

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    Dave to get Argumental again

    2009-01-16T10:05:40Z

    Dave has ordered a second series of the John Sergeant-hosted panel show Argumental.

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    Don't cut training, BBC urges industry

    2009-01-16T09:59:57Z

    The BBC's training and development director Caroline Prendergast has urged the industry to continue to invest in educating staff despite the economic downturn.

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    Emmerdale exec producer stands down

    2009-01-16T09:52:19Z

    Emmerdale executive producer Keith Richardson is stepping down after 24 years.

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    3DD signs IFC distribution deal

    2009-01-15T17:03:47Z

    Producer and distributor, 3DD Entertainment has signed an exclusive distribution deal with American cable channel IFC.

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    ITV: CRR changes could 'save' risky drama

    2009-01-15T15:21:25Z

    Risky, expensive dramas like Lost in Austen and the cancelled A Passage To India could have a future at ITV if its CRR “straitjacket” is relaxed, the broadcaster has claimed.

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    4iP launches community projects

    2009-01-15T11:58:40Z

    Projects to help hospital patients and enable deprived communities to launch their own websites are among the first commissions from Channel 4's£50m online PSB fund 4iP.

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    OFT: 'Relax ITV's CRR'

    2009-01-15T11:49:09Z

    The Office of Fair Trading has recommended the relaxation of ITV's Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) undertakings which currently force it to compensate advertisers for falling audiences.