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NewsOfcom names new chairman
Ofcom has appointed its former Consumer Panel chair Colette Bowe as its new chairman.
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NewsOne in five jobs slashed at C4
Almost 200 Channel 4 staff are out of a job this Christmas after the broadcaster accelerated its redundancy programme.
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NewsSmithsonian posts wish list
Smithsonian Channel programming boss David Royle has urged UK producers to bring him HD programming that offers “new ways of looking at the world”.
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NewsRoots handed BBC2 show
Reggae Reggae Sauce creator Levi Roots, who rose to fame on Dragons' Den, is to front his own primetime cooking series on BBC2.
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NewsITV Studios in landmark tie-up with Renegade
ITV Studios factual department has partnered with the indie behind Don't Tell the Bride and The Boys from Baghdad High in a landmark deal to co-develop factual programmes for UK broadcasters.
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NewsIndies fear BBC pressure to cover own legal costs
Documentary makers have raised fears that the BBC is trying to force them to deliver programmes that are fully legally compliant rather than use its in-house lawyers.
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NewsWhizz Kid lands ITV New Year's bash
Elton John, Will Young and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will star in ITV1's New Year's Eve special at the O2 arena.
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NewsDisney appoints channel distribution boss
Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has appointed Kakhaber Abashidze to handle channel distribution across most of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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NewsMy Family heads to Latin America
BBC1 sitcom My Family is to be introduced to Latin America for the first time after DLT Entertainment sold a package of shows into the continent.
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NewsSurvivors still going strong
BBC1's apocalyptic drama Survivors killed off the competition at 9pm last night, drawing 5m viewers (22.2%) as ITV1 struggled.
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NewsITN On partners with FHM
ITN On has partnered with Bauer owned men's website FHM.com to create a raft of new entertainment content and programmes.
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NewsNo Heroics flies onto ITV1
ITV2's first original comedy sitcom, No Heroics, will be repeated on ITV1 in the new year.
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NewsTwofour promotes Greg Barnett
Twofour has promoted executive producer Greg Barnett to the new role of head of entertainment.
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NewsGovernment considers World Service memorial
The government is to consider erecting a memorial to the BBC World Service staff who provided “a beacon of hope, liberty and democracy” to people in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
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NewsBBC slammed over drama launches
The BBC has defended spending almost£164,000 on four drama launches during 2008, a year in which it cut 2,000 jobs.
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NewsTakeaway to split into two indies
Takeaway Media is to split into two new companies after directors Archie Baron and Neil Cameron decided to go their separate ways.
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NewsMorris handed Elstree Studios job
Former Teddington Studios managing director Roger Morris has been appointed as the new MD of Elstree Studios, the home of Big Brother.
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NewsBBC Resources staff win reprieve
BBC Resources staff in Birmingham and Bristol are to escape compulsory redundancy despite the commercial facilities company's plan to cease trading at the two cities.
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BBC2 orders major space drama
The BBC has signed up as a co-pro partner for a major 13-part space drama from the makers of Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.
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NewsFremantle seals first archive deal
Fremantle Media has kicked off a strategy of acquiring rights to archive content by signing a deal with American red carpet film company Celebrity Footage.