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NewsDuncan joins Grade in attack on Google
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has joined Michael Grade in attacking Google, branding its failure to invest in UK content creation unfair.
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NewsFincham: put your money in ITV
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has told 130 of London's top media agency executives that ITV is the place to spend their money in 2009.
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NewsBBC kicks off XM25 indie scheme
Established indies like True North and Presentable will sit alongside smaller players such as Bristol's Avatar in the first intake of the BBC's XM25 access scheme.
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NewsAcclaimed novel Small Island comes to BBC1
BBC1 is planning a major dramatisation of Andrea Levy's bestselling novel Small Island.
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NewsWatch launch hampered by Virgin package hitch
More than a million Virgin Media customers were unable to view UKTV's Watch for a full week after it went live - undermining its flagship show, Richard & Judy's New Position.
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NewsStart-up indie lands Rastamouse order
Former As If and Suburban Shootout producer Greg Boardman has started an indie and landed a 50-part kids animation for CBeebies called Rastamouse.
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NewsMotive sets up rescue fund
Motive Television has set aside a£1m “lifeboat fund” to rescue indies that have hit cash-flow difficulties because of the economic downturn.
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BBC4 orders Capaldi show
The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi is to direct a BBC4 comedy series about a hospital ward for elderly people.
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NewsGogglebox wins C4 troubleshooter show
Troubleshooter Sir Gerry Robinson is to switch from trying to fix the NHS to rescuing struggling businesses from collapse in indie Gogglebox's first commission.
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NewsHarry Hill makes a strong Saturday comeback to ITV
Harry Hill's TV Burp confirmed its standing as one of the top Saturday early-evening shows when it returned with 6.2 million viewers/27.3% share on ITV last weekend.
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UKTV History meets Hitler's bodyguards
UKTV History has ordered a follow-up to its series Churchill's Bodyguard that will investigate the men who protected Churchill's WWII adversary, Adolf Hitler.
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NewsIndies land BBC regional scheme places
Established indies like True North and Presentable will sit alongside smaller players such as Bristol's Avatar in the first intake of the BBC's XM25 access scheme.
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NewsOctober Films nets E4 order for Rude Tube
October Films will meet the creators of cult UGC videos in its first commission for E4.
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Heart reshuffle creates pool of team leaders
Heart has finalised its network programming structure as it completes the integration of the One Network that parent Global Radio acquired through its GCap Media acquisition.
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NewsYounger DJs pay off for Radio 1
Investment in young talent is behind BBC Radio 1's surge in 15 to 24-year-old listeners, according to head of programmes Ben Cooper.
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Sky Arts nets spoof doc
Sky Arts has acquired the spoof documentary It's Nice Up North for broadcast next month.
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NewsZeal sells Miss World show to Kazakhstan
Zeal Entertainment has scored its first-ever sale to Kazakhstan after commercial station NTK picked up the rights to broadcast the Miss World competition.
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NewsBehind the Business: Mick Pilsworth
Motive Television is preparing to take advantage of the opportunities it believes come hand in hand with a downturn.
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Share prices still low at media companies
A measure of stability returned to the stock market this week, but good news remained thin on the ground for the companies in the Broadcast Sharewatch.
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Five picks up self-funded prison doc
Wild Dream Films has sold a self-funded prison documentary to Five on the back of it airing on NBC last month.