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Discovery wants more Bear
Discovery Channel has ordered another 13 x 60-minute series of adventure series Bear Grylls from indie Diverse.
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Omaar to front three-part Dispatches
Rageh Omaar is to explore Britain's attitudes towards immigration in a three-part Dispatches special for Channel 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell's “rivers of blood” speech.
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NewsCelebs host ‘top 50' list shows series for Sky One
Sky One has commissioned five different indies to make a season of TV and celebrity-themed “top 50” list shows, each of which will be hosted by a famous face.
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GCap shares rise on better Global offer
GCap Media is up 2.05% to 199.25p after a revised bid of 225p from Global Radio, upping last week's offer of 202p and an earlier bid of 190p. The latest, final offer prompted Standard Life, a 7.5% stakeholder in GCap, to recommend that the company begin talks with a view ...
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NewsMotive launches new indie with Voodoo duo
Motive Television is kick-starting a new indie joint-venture called Rumble TV with a£400,000 cash injection.
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NewsFebruary joy for Five
Five's revamp to its schedule with the introduction of Neighbours and its new-look for its news bulletins have provided a boost to the channel in both peaktime and across the whole day.
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BBCW in Red first-look drama deal
Red Production Company, the Manchester indie behind Queer As Folk, has signed a first-look deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsAsian growth sees BBC mull China Showcase
BBC Worldwide is mulling the launch of a BBC Showcase event in China in line with plans to expand its Asian presence.
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NewsITV scores with Champions League
ITV's live coverage of key Champions League matches on both terrestrial and multichannel proved popular with ITV1's match peaking at 8pm with 6m viewers (24.8%).
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NewsRTL earnings rise again
German media group RTL has reported a 5% increase in adjusted earnings and has pledged to expand UK-based production arm Fremantle Media.
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NewsBBC3 orders disabled model hunt
BBC3 will attempt to launch a disabled woman as a mainstream fashion model in a new twist on an established format.
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NewsTV critics 5 March '08
'He looks like a toff character actor from the hard-drinking 1950s.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsITV sells Liverpool FC stake
ITV has sold its 50% stake in Liverpool FC's club website TV channel to the Liverpool Football and Athletic Grounds Limited for£15.75m.
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NewsMaverick launches science channel
Maverick Television has teamed up with the University of Warwick to launch an online science TV channel.
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NewsITV calls for Mumbai sitcom
ITV1 has ordered a full series of Sanjeev Bhaskar call centre comedy Mumbai Calling for the autumn following a one-off pilot last year.
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NewsITV profits fall
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has announced a 35% fall in annual profits following his first full year in charge but said “the turnaround plan is on track'.
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Jazz FM returns to capital
GMG Radio will relaunch Jazz FM in London and the north-west as a DAB-only digital station.
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NewsFags & Mags returns to R4
BBC Radio 4 has recommissioned The Comedy Unit to make a second series of its Glasgow-based cornershop sitcom Fags, Mags & Bags.
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Unique wins variety of R4 commissions
Radio indie Unique has won a raft of orders for BBC Radio 4, including a series to mark the bicentenary of the Peninsula War.
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NewsAd flight from radio to web 'has settled'
The first full year of growth in commercial radio revenues since 2004 is proof that the shift of advertising to the internet has finally settled, senior industry figures have claimed.