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NewsC4 in comedy reshuffle
Channel 4 has restructured its comedy department, promoting Andrew Newman to oversee its output alongside his existing entertainment brief.
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NewsPEER POLL: ITV's sports presenters
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Gabby Logan better than Steve Rider at presenting ITV's World Cup matches?
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NewsOpinion - Comment - Nationwide reborn?
With Nationwide set to return in the summer, John Mair, who worked onthe programme from 1981 to 1983, recalls the glory days and catches upwith anchor Michael Barratt.
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Off the record - Where will former Television Corporation chiefexecutive re-appear?
People keep asking the question - where will former TelevisionCorporation chief executive Peter Salmon re-appear. ...
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Analysis - Can C4 take them on?
Broadcast's report last week revealing Channel 4's plans to launch arival to Radio 4's Today sparked a debate about how well the programmeserves its audience. So could a competitor really succeed, asks LucyRouse.
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NewsSky News introduces three new roles
Sky News has made three promotions in the wake of the channel's cull of 17 jobs and return to a rolling news format.
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NewsShaps reveals cuts and costs savings
ITV director of television Simon Shaps yesterday spelled out the network's programming strategy and how the announcement of£100m in savings will impact on schedules and commissioning.
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NewsBBC Books sale puts jobs at risk
Publisher Random House has acquired a majority stake in BBC Books, whose titles include Rick Stein's French Odysseyand David Attenborough's Life in the Undergrowth, in a move expected to put jobs at risk.
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NewsBBC1's New Street Law ends with 3.2m
BBC1's legal drama series New Street Lawended its eight-part run last night, attracting only 3.2 million (15.3%).
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NewsWorld Cup Watch: Dutch and Argentinian goalless draw brings 9.5m to ITV1
Despite the lack of goals the World Cup match between the Netherlands and Argentina brought ITV1 a peak audience of 9.5 million (44%) at 8.40pm.
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NewsRead Andy Duncan's speech in full
Maximising public value in the 'now' media worldThe New Statesman media lecture, 21 June 2006
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Talkback takes on troublesome teens
Five has commissioned Talkback Thames to follow up its factual series Families Behaving Badlywith a series called The Teen Tamer. The 6 x 60-minute series will see teen behaviour expert Lorrine Marer tackle unruly youngsters whose problems include truancy, bullying, ...
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Swan song for TOTP
The BBC has brought the final curtain down on Top of the Pops, the world's longest-running weekly music show, after 42 years on the air. The show underwent a relaunch in November 2003, but that did not stop a decline in viewer numbers, which had ...
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Wall Street meets The Office for Storyville
The BBC's Storyvillestrand has co-funded its first series, a documentary billed as a cross between Wall Streetand The Office.
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Henry reveals plans for itv.com
ITV Consumer chief executive Jeff Henry has said itv.com will enable viewers to access previews, catch-ups, video-on-demand services and potentially exclusive online content within 18 months. Delivering the keynote speech at Broadcast Live's Delivery Day conference on Wednesday (21 June), Henry also revealed plans for a 'dramatic makeover' of ITV's ...
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Gearhouse new role
Broadcast kit hire and sales company Gearhouse Broadcast has become a value added reseller for testing and monitoring provider Tektronix, having been selected to sell and support Tektronix's baseband video test and monitoring products to clients within the M25. Tektronix product lines provided include WFM7100 multiformat waveform monitors and the ...
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Vividas in HD 'first'
Video streaming technology specialist Vividas has added HD output to its Vivcast encoding suite, which it claims allows live and pre-recorded HD video content to be streamed over the internet for the first time.
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New Planet Rock DJ
GCAP Media's Planet Rock has signed up hard rock icon Alice Cooper as its new breakfast DJ from the beginning of next month. Cooper will take the microphone from 6am to 9am on weekdays with a best of show on Sundays from 10am to 1pm.
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ITV strikes new media rights deal with Pact
Independent producers will be handed half of the profits from phone services on shows they make for ITV, as part of a deal between the broadcaster and producers' alliance Pact.
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London Post rebrands as Concrete
Soho-based facility London Post is to rebrand as Concrete in a bid to reposition itself in the market.