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NewsBiography Channel to become BIO
The Biography Channel is undergoing a major rebranding and ditching its old logo in a bid to emphasise its new programming.
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NewsGlastonbury rights sold to NBD Television
NBD Television, the distribution arm of DCD Media, has acquired the rights to distribute television highlights of this year's Glastonbury Festival.
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NewsStephen Merchant to headline Comedy Forum
The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant will provide the keynote speech at Broadcast's TV Comedy Forum later this month.
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NewsCity uncertain after SMG pulls merger
City analysts have questioned SMG's decision not to go ahead with a proposed merger with UTV and have cast doubt on how the company will survive going forward.
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NewsBBC3 to screen six comedy pilots
BBC3 has commissioned six new comedy pilots including a sketch show presented from a gay perspective and a sitcom about teenage life written by an 18-year-old.
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NewsPEER POLL: Who's the best?
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Who is the best anti-hero on TV - Frank Gallagher or DCI Gene Hunt?
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NewsSimmons leaves Chrysalis for rival GCap
Chrysalis Radio group head of programmes Pete Simmons is to leave the company and join GCap Media as group programme director for content and digital.
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NewsTurner Laing is new Sky entertainment boss
BSkyB has appointed Sophie Turner Laing as its new managing director, entertainment with immediate effect.
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NewsBlog: Save our radio spectrum
Ofcom's plans to auction radio spectrum will be detrimental to the UK entertainment industry, says Martin Seeley of the Association of Motion Picture Sound.
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NewsKiss admits to phone-in blunder
Emap-owned radio network Kiss is the latest media company to become embroiled in a phone-in scandal after admitting that a producer supplied incorrect answers to an on-air quiz.
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NewsNew dramas fail as viewers have other designs
ITV1's Confessions of a Diary Secretaryand Five's Kitchenboth suffered last night at 9pm as Channel 4's Grand Designsreturned with an impressive 5.3 million (24.3%).
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NewsSky vs Virgin - the story so far
Broadcast charts the past month's public dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media.
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NewsNo basic Sky for Virgin customers
BSkyB's basic channels were removed from the Virgin Media platform at 1am this morning meaning over 3 million cable homes will be unable to receive Sky One, Two Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News.
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Signiant in UK
Digital media management outfit Signiant is to open a UK office in Manchester, headed by IT industry veteran David Nortier.
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Xfm Scotland move
GCap Media-owned Xfm Scotland has appointed Alan Gibson as the station's new managing director.
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NewsLife on Mars writers reveal new projects
The co-creators of Life on Marsare developing two new dramas for the BBC and ITV1 under their newly formed indie Monastic Productions.
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Nesbitt returns for Murphy's Law
Undercover cop Tommy Murphy will return to BBC1 in a fifth series of the drama Murphy's Law.
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Playboy on IPTV
Tiscali TV has signed a deal with Playboy TV UK to broadcast a selection of its adult channels, the first time they have been delivered via IPTV in the UK.
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NewsShaps moves swiftly to recommission hits
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has demonstrated his confidence in his current slate by recommissioning three big new shows.
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Skyworks hires
HD aerial filming outfit Skyworks has appointed Massimo Moretti to the newly created position of archive manager. Italian-born Moretti joins from Fremantle archive sales and will be responsible for managing the licensing of Skyworks' HD aerial footage worldwide.