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LBC reshuffles line-up
LBC 97.3 FM has rejigged its schedule for 2008 with a new drivetime team and weekday afternoon host. Jeni Barnett, who presented the station's Sunday afternoon food and drink show, has taken over Alison Bell's weekday slot from 1pm to 4pm.
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US chatshow kings return
American chatshow hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno have returned to air for the first time in two months despite the ongoing writers' strike, which shows no signs of being resolved.
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4 Kids seals Dino deals
US children's content distributor 4 Kids Entertainment has agreed a number of deals in the UK and Europe for its new animated series Dinosaur King.
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UK Law and Order planned
ITV is in talks to bring a UK version of US crime series Law and Order to the channel.
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Greece plans local version of Coupling
Hartswood Films' hit BBC comedy series Coupling is to be remade in Greece.
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NewsMinotaur name to disappear
The Minotaur brand is to be dropped as part of a major restructure following Target Entertainment's acquisition of the distributor last July.
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NewsDarlow Smithson in McCann doc talks
Darlow Smithson has had “a preliminary meeting” with representatives of Gerry and Kate McCann about making an observational documentary on the ongoing search for their missing daughter Madeleine.
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NewsPressure rises at GCap
Harsh economic conditions and a tough advertising market could make GCap Media shareholders push for a quick sale of the business, said radio industry insiders.
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NewsFive in Fiat sponsorship deal
Five has become the first broadcaster to take advantage of relaxed Ofcom rules surrounding sponsorship of terrestrial channels by signing a deal for Fiat to sponsor an entire evening of programmes.
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NewsITV beefs up web team
ITV has bolstered its broadband management team by hiring IMG's director of new media production in a commissioning role.
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NewsChicken Run picks up 3.4m for C4
Channel 4 food programme Hugh's Chicken Run got off to a flying start last night with a sizeable 3.4m viewers (13.8%) tuning in at 9pm.
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NewsOutrageous Wasters on way to US
ID Distribution is taking Betty's Outrageous Wasters to the US.
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NewsChina orders a Takeaway
China is to get its own version of Ant and Dec's popular ITV1 entertainment show Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsSMG appoints first new media boss
STV and Virgin Radio owner SMG has appointed former Scotsman web boss Alistair Brown as its first head of new media.
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NewsTV Critics 8 January '08
“Makes you think of something itchy, scratchy, painful, thoroughly unwelcome”. Read on for more cutting criticism of last night's TV.
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NewsNews Corp re-enters German TV market
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has acquired a near 15 percent stake in Germany's largest pay-TV broadcaster, Premiere, for£214m.
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NewsGolden Globes show cancelled
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has cancelled its full-length awards banquet and telecast on January 13 because of the writers' strike.
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NewsCarter gets Downing St role
Former Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has been appointed to the new post of chief of strategy and principal advisor to the Prime Minister
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NewsTalk to Trisha on City Talk
TV chat show host Trisha Goddard is to join Emap's£1m Liverpool speech station City Talk, which launches at the end of the month.
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NewsBBC apologises for Bhutto interview edit
The BBC has apologised for editing an interview on its website with Benazir Bhutto after it deleted her astonishing claim that Osama Bin Laden had been murdered.