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NewsPEER POLL: Licence fee
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC get a licence fee settlement 2.3% above inflation?
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NewsGCap: job cuts will not top 100
GCap Media has assured trade union Bectu it will not make more than 100 people redundant.
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NewsTinopolis bids for TV Corp
3.30pm: Welsh indie Tinopolis has made a takeover bid for TV Corp, the troubled indie run by former BBC sport chief Peter Salmon.
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NewsSky plots move into broadband
11.45am: BSkyB is said to be planning a£1bn move into the broadband telephony market with one of its possible acquisition targets being IPTV service Homechoice.
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News11.2m see England victory
11.30am: BBC1's coverage of England's 2-1 victory against Poland was a crowd pleaser with the audience peaking at 11.2 million (45%) for 30-minutes from 9pm.
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BBC considers bond issue
The BBC is considering issuing a bond to help it pay for pensioners and disabled people to switch to digital television.
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Vallely steps in
BBC2 channel executive Dominic Vallely has made a temporary move to become executive editor for entertainment commissioning and will deal with the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and Strictly Dance Fever, as well as The Apprentice. The shows were being overseen by Fenia Vardanis, who left the job in September to ...
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Sky Match is on top
Sky One's entertainment show The Match - Live is the most watched non-sports multichannel programme so far this year.
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Wood leaves the street for Mersey TV
Coronation Street producer Tony Wood has confirmed he is joining Mersey Television as creative director. The former ITV head of continuing series, who spent two years running the broadcaster's flagship soap, is set to take up the newly created post in the new year. Based at the group's Liverpool production ...
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QuizNation set for Scandinavian launch
Optimistic Entertainment is to launch its QuizNation participation channel on the Viasat DTH platform throughout Scandinavia. Viewers in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway will see content from the UK channel but will be able to participate in the live quizzes and games using local telephone numbers. The presenter-led entertainment channel ...
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Trouble targets older kids with Later strand
Flextech youth channel Trouble is launching a new identity and late night programming strand in a bid to attract older viewers.
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Quick moves at ITV
ITV has appointed head of programme strategy communication Sally Quick to become the new editor of night-time and branded content. Based at Gray's Inn Road and reporting to controller of off-peak Steven Andrew, she will commission shows for late night as well as ad-funded programmes for across the schedule. She ...
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Latin Pop Idol next
Talent show Pop Idol is heading to Latin America. This is the 30th territory the format has been sold to. Indie Fremantle Media has partnered with Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of Latin America's leading cable entertainment channels, to make Latin American Idol (working title). The show will begin airing ...
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Turquoise hiring
Branding and marketing consultancy Turquoise has recruited Conran Design Group's Nick Coomber as its senior production designer to spearhead its corporate identity production department. The newly created position sees Coomber work alongside Turquoise's creative directors Gareth Mapp and Scott Manning. Recent Turquoise branding campaigns have included work for NTL, BBC ...
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Real life goes to hospital for Living TV
Living TV has commissioned Real Life Media to make Hospital Live, following on from the previous five-day production of Baby Hospital Live last year. The 5 x 180-minute show will be presented by Carol Smillie and Most Haunted Live's Dr David Bull from South Yorkshire's Rotherham Hospital, in a week-long ...
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Roll To Record goes up for sale
Reality TV specialist Roll To Record has become the latest OB outfit to put itself on the market with its management team citing personal reasons rather than financial difficulties as reasons for selling up.
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Malaysian soccer star to join Fulham
Fulham Football Club has signed up to be involved in the Malaysian version of the Screentime Partners-distributed series Soccer Stars. The London club will provide a 12-month academy placement for the winner of the show, which has also been produced in Portugal and the Middle East. The 13-episode Malaysian series ...
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Zeal wins rights to Sky's football icon
Zeal Television has secured the international format and programme series rights to Sky One's Football Icon. The 8 x 60-minute North One reality series, which will begin screening later this month, is a search for the best unsigned 17-year-old soccer player in the country, who will receive a contract with ...
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Five and Nick Jr re-order Peppa Pig
Contender Entertainment's Peppa Pig has been recommissioned for a further 52 episodes by Five and Nick Jr. The animated pre-school series, which recently launched in the US on Cartoon Network, follows a mischievous pig and her family during everyday adventures. Production will begin immediately with delivery of the first 26 ...