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NewsIn my view - RIP ToTP, ok?
Nostalgia may have kept Top of the Pops going long after its time waspast, says one of its producer/directors, Chris Cowey, but it was stillgreat fun.
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Ratings - Could ITV's pursuit of youth be its downfall?
What's ITV1 to do about 16 to 34-year-olds? Can't get a decentaudience when it makes programmes for them, can't ge...
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NewsOfcom proposes big money spectrum charge
Ofcom is looking to impose a spectrum charge that would see terrestrial broadcasters paying millions of pounds in fees from 2014.
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NewsBBC sexes up Dracula for Christmas
The BBC has commissioned Granada to make a movie based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, which insiders say will be 'riddled with syphilis and sex'.
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NewsBBC1's Stephen Lawrence doc gets 3.9m
BBC1's documentary on the unsolved murder of Stephen Lawrence gave the corporation a winning 3.9 million (20%) viewers at 9pm last night.
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Ofcom survey
An Ofcom survey into current affairs programmes has found people watched more of the genre last year than they did five years ago. Bucking the suspicion that current affairs is on the wane, Ofcom found UK viewers watched an average 17 hours last year - four hours more than they ...
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Uncle posts Norton talent quest
Uncle is doing the post for BBC events' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?. Graham Norton presents the new entertainment show following Andrew Lloyd Webber's quest to find a new leading lady for The Sound of Music, with ...
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Mills to On Sight
HD dubbing and hire facility On Sight has recruited Richard Mills to join as chief engineer. Mills, who has 25 years' industry experience, was previously at Visions for 12 years as chief engineer and director of operations. He spent the past six years as manager of Molinare Studios and Transmission, ...
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My Network shelves Love Island plans
The struggling LoveIslandformat has been dealt another blow with US broadcaster My Network TV ditching plans for an American version. The new Fox-owned terrestrial channel, which launches in September, had been developing the show with Granada America. It would have featured six American celebrities and ...
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Target licenses Harry games
Target Entertainment has secured new licensing agreements for CCI Entertainment's pre-school show Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, which airs on Five in the UK. One deal is with Falcon Games for jigsaw puzzles, card and cardboard games, while the other with David Halsall ...
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Frank sees red for Waddell Media
Frank has created the title sequence for Waddell Media's When Sports Stars See Red, a two-hour programme which looks at what makes sports stars get angry and go ballistic.
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UKTV snaps up US Food
UKTV and US lifestyle broadcaster Scripps Networks have signed an acquisitions deal for food-related programming.
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The Farm merges Squash into Uncle
The Farm Group's DVD arm, Squash, is moving out of its Soho premises and merging with Farm subsidiary Uncle in west London.
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ITV ties down Schofield for This Morning
ITV has agreed an exclusive two-year deal with presenter Phillip Schofield that will see him continue to host popular daytime series This Morning. The new deal will also see the former children's TV presenter front a new series of Dancing ...
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Time Warner chief honoured by Mipcom
The chairman and chief executive of US media giant Time Warner, Richard Parsons, has been named TV personality of the year by Mipcom. He will be honoured in an industry event at the TV festival in Cannes on 11 October. Time Warner's businesses include cable network HBO, CNN owner Turner ...
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New jvc cameras
JVC has launched new versions of its ProHD 100 series. The new GY-HD110 and 111 camcorders have features including simultaneous use of both eyepiece viewfinder and tri-mode LCD display, the option of switching the viewfinder to black and white display and a selectable mirror mode on a vertically flipped LCD ...
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VTR buys Clear
Prime Focus-owned VTR plc has completed its acquisition of visual effects house Clear for£300,000 in cash and around 2 million VTR shares. The move comes after Broadcast revealed the company's plans to take over the boutique last month ( Broadcast, ...
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Sky online boost
Sky has taken full control of web publishing company mykindaplace as part of the satellite group's strategy to expand its online presence and better serve teenage and over-45 audiences.