All News articles – Page 3059

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    ITV1 score 14.6m for Uefa final

    2008-05-22T12:03:20Z

    An incredible peak audience of 14.6 million viewers tuned in to ITV1 last night to watch Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Uefa Champions League Final.

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    Hazlitt and Eyre quit GCap

    2008-05-22T10:59:35Z

    GCap Media chief executive Fru Hazlitt and chairman Richard Eyre will both leave the company when its sale to Global Radio completes on 6 June.

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    Lovejoy to front web entertainment channel

    2008-05-22T08:24:15Z

    Former Soccer AM front man Tim Lovejoy is to launch his own daily entertainment web channel next month in a joint- venture with Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment.

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    Edinburgh named UK's VoD capital

    2008-05-21T17:50:22Z

    Edinburgh is the online video on demand capital of the UK, according to Ofcom's latest Communications Market: Nations and Regions report.

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    RDF chief: Fincham's ITV will do business with us

    2008-05-21T17:44:32Z

    RDF boss David Frank has been personally assured by ITV director of television Peter Fincham that the broadcaster is “open for business” with the super-indie.

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    ITV job cuts in Manchester and Leeds

    2008-05-21T17:35:17Z

    ITV is planning to make 89 staff redundant from its offices in Manchester and Leeds, it is understood.

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    Five hit by more high-level departures

    2008-05-21T17:33:11Z

    Ben Gale's turbulent start at Five is set to continue with the loss of two senior programming executives just days into his tenure.

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    Tetris gameshow for Fox

    2008-05-21T17:27:35Z

    Fox US has ordered 13 x 60-minute episodes of Fremantle's “Human Tetris” gameshow Hole in the Wall.

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    Class jokers for college

    2008-05-21T17:24:48Z

    The BBC's first intake for its Comedy College will include all-female group Trippplicate, which is developing a project for BBC3, stand-up John Warburton, who is working on a sketch show for Baby Cow, and twins Rob and Neil Gibbons, who have projects in development with Baby Cow, Hat Trick and ...

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    Ofcom threatens ITV with action over regions

    2008-05-21T17:21:39Z

    Ofcom is set to take action against ITV for failing to hit its out-of-London production value quota for two years running.

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    Tinopolis in talks to buy US sports giant

    2008-05-21T17:19:22Z

    Welsh super-indie Tinopolis is aiming to double in size with the take-over of the biggest independent sports producer in the US, worth£40m.

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    Bullseye aim for Lee Collins

    2008-05-21T17:18:12Z

    Tiger Aspect is to track comedian Justin Lee Collins' attempt to become a professional darts player for Sky One.

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    Live music for ITV2

    2008-05-21T17:15:27Z

    Paul Weller, The Charlatans and The Zutons are among the acts set to perform in a series of gigs at the indigO2 venue for ITV2.

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    Call Girl wins third series

    2008-05-21T17:12:08Z

    ITV2 has ordered a third series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl before the second run has aired.

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    BBC3 challenges tycoons to prosper

    2008-05-21T17:09:56Z

    BBC3 will challenge 12 successful entrepreneurs to prove their business skills in some of the world's most demanding cities.

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    Hollyoaks Music Show lands 20-part C4 run

    2008-05-21T17:05:18Z

    C4 has ordered up to 20 episodes of a Hollyoaks-branded music spin-off following a one-off special that aired at Easter

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    Endemol UK launches unit to develop ad-funded programmes

    2008-05-21T16:53:42Z

    Endemol UK has set up a dedicated brand partnerships division as part of plans to extend its ad-funded programming into quizzes and cookery shows.

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    Stevens moves from Living to Paramount

    2008-05-21T16:52:36Z

    Paramount Comedy has hired Virgin Media TV's Amanda Stevens as its new head of acquisitions.

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    Talkback ventures into web comedy

    2008-05-21T16:50:46Z

    Talkback Thames will make its first foray into web comedy after signing comic troupe Navelgazing in the latest of its talent deals.

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    Burnham rejects calls for PRTS criminal inquiry

    2008-05-21T16:49:29Z

    Culture secretary Andy Burnham has ducked a challenge by Lib-Dem media spokesman Don Foster to get the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the premium-rate telephone TV scandals.