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ER confirms takeover talks
Troubled kids company Entertainment Rights is in takeover talks, the company confirmed over the Christmas period.
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Folder Media renames Fun Radio
Folder Media has renamed its children's digital radio station Fun Radio as Fun Kids as a part of its rebranding process.
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Brass joins Endemol
Former Fremantle US chief operating officer and ex-head of TV at 19 Entertainment Martha Brass has joined Endemol as deputy chief operating officer.
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NewsMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Broadcast would like to wish all its readers a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Online news coverage on www.broadcastnow.co.uk will begin again on Monday 5 January and the first issue of the magazine will be published on Thursday 15 January.
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NewsBBC staff air Sachsgate frustrations
Around three times the usual number of BBC staff turned out for a routine editorial policy meeting this month, to vent their frustration about the Ross-Brand debacle.
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NewsNew distribution division at Simply Media
Simply Media has set up a new division to help indies distribute their content on platforms away from TV channels.
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NewsC4 names legal head
Channel 4 has promoted deputy head of legal and compliance Prash Naik to head of his department following the departure of Jan Tomalin.
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NewsPressure on BBC to overhaul Strictly voting
A Liberal Democrat peer has heaped pressure on the BBC to make the Strictly Come Dancing voting system more transparent and prevent a repeat of this year's “debacle”.
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NewsKangaroo kicks off competition battle
Project Kangaroo has begun the battle for clearance by the Competition Commission, suggesting its partners compete with one another to sell catch-up content to third parties to help ease competition fears.
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NewsNoel's Christmas Presents delivers for Sky 1
Sky 1's returning Noel's Christmas Presents grabbed more than 1.4m viewers (7.4% share) in multichannel homes at 6pm last night.
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NewsBBC1/ITV1 boosted by Xmas dramas
Christmas dramas boosted BBC1 and ITV1 yesterday with Lark Rise to Candleford and Clash of the Santas doing well for the channels respectively.
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NewsBBC reveals more Holmes details
Atonement actor Benedict Cumberbatch is to star as Sherlock Holmes with The Office actor Martin Freeman as his Watson in a new BBC adaptation of the classic detective stories.
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NewsBritannia High bows out with a whimper
ITV1's Britannia High ended with a whimper on Saturday, with twice as many people watching a Dad's Army repeat on BBC2 as watched the talent show drama's live final.
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NewsStrictly final watched by 50% of all viewers
Victory for Holby City star Tom Chambers helped the final of Strictly Come Dancing peak at 12.6m viewers - more than half of all people watching TV at the time - but the show remains dogged by last week's voting problems.
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NewsBBCW slashes£60m off 2Entertain offer
BBC Worldwide has slashed its£100m offer to buy Woolworths out of their DVD publishing joint venture, 2Entertain, to just£40m.
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NewsGavin and Stacey writers plan third series
Hit BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey will return for a third series according to co-writers James Corden and Ruth Jones.
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NewsMTV UK to cut 80 jobs
MTV UK is to axe up to 80 jobs in line with cost cutting measures imposed by parent company Viacom.
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NewsStaff numbers plunge at Eyeworks UK
Eyeworks UK, formerly At It Productions, has dramatically slimmed down its team following the loss of the Channel 4 contract to produce T4.
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NewsShed to open Glasgow office
Shed Media is to open an office in the new Digital Media Quarter (DMQ) at Glasgow's Pacific Quay.
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NewsGovt urged to set digital radio deadline
The government should set a date for Britain's migration from analogue to digital radio, the Digital Radio Working Group has concluded.