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NewsOnly 1m interested in starting own country
BBC2's new entertainment show How to Start Your Own Countryfailed to get off the ground last night with a meagre average of 1 million (4.6%).
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NewsRajar: Capital back on top
Capital FM has regained its position as London's most popular commercial station, according to the latest Rajars.
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Sharman poaches
Children's BBC controller Alison Sharman has poached Nickelodeon's interactive expert Joe Godwin to oversee her department's entertainment output. Godwin has spent five years at Nickelodeon, rising to become the channel's vice-president of operations and interactive director, overseeing a revamp of its websites. He will now be tasked with developing a ...
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Wanted: one trick ponies with thick skin
Tap-dancing horses and performing dogs are to be given a shot at stardom in Simon Cowell's latest TV show, Paul O'Grady's Got Talent. The ITV1 pilot, co-produced by Talkback Thames and Cowell's indie, Simcow, is looking for individuals - man or beast - with talent in ...
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Slow start for new Norton show
Graham Norton's new comedy vehicle for BBC1 got off to a sluggish start with only 2.4 million tuning in.
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RDF nets Sudoku
RDF Rights has secured the rights to Sky One show Vorderman's Sudoku Live. The 60-minute show tasks several studio-based teams to complete a Sudoku puzzle live on air, with viewers at home competing interactively. Produced by Hanrahan Media, the show aired on Sky One last month, ...
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TV happiness survey
Edinburgh Television Festival organisers have launched a survey to find out if people working in TV are happy. The Happiness Audit, conducted by YouGov, is canvassing views on work-related issues via www.yougov.com/happinessindex. The results will be revealed at this year's festival, which takes place between 26 and 28 August.
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Hail the revolution
Sky's figures show the PVR onslaught continuing. Now the BBC has jumped in with some much-needed research.
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Hegedus takes Fox TV Studios post
ID Distribution sales director Beata Hegedus is to join LA-based Fox TV Studios' global development team in a new role that will include searching out the best European formats for the US market. Hegedus, who joins Fox TV Studios in September, will focus initially on northern and eastern Europe, but ...
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Scarlet follows triplet pregnancy
Scarlet Television, the indie set up by former Planet Wild managing director Paula Trafford, is making a 60-minute programme for Discovery Home and Health following former lesbian comedian Jackie Clune's triplet pregnancy. 3 x a Babywill feature contributions from celebrity mums Davina McCall, Donna Air and ...
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Emap hires Taylor
Emap Radio has taken on Virgin Radio station manager Steve Taylor to work as creative commercial director across its radio brands. Taylor, who has spent two and a half years as station manager for Virgin, will report to new Emap Radio managing director Dee Ford, but will be based primarily ...
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Sex Traffic writer makes Tsunami doc
Abi Morgan, writer of the Bafta-winning C4 drama Sex Traffic, has teamed up with drama indie Kudos to make a three-hour BBC drama about last year's Asian tsunami disaster, which claimed more than 200,000 lives on Boxing Day 2004. The show is scheduled to air in ...
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DLT hires Rothbart for factual push
DLT Entertainment, the indie behind BBC1 comedies My Familyand As Time Goes By, is moving into non-scripted programmes.
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Tigress set to film genetic disorder doc
Factual specialist Tigress Productions is to make a 50-minute documentary about a rare genetic disorder - Sacral Agnesis - for Discovery Health and Five.
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Discovery takes second Superhomes
Discovery has commissioned UK-based Flashback Television to produce a second series of Superhomesto air on Discovery Travel & Living in the UK this autumn. Now in production, the 15 x 30-minute lifestyle series will go behind the gates of some of the world's most expensive houses ...
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Format focus: Current TV
Former vice-president Al Gore has created a channel, for the people, by the people that's smart, fun and fearless.
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Wall to Wall in child prodigy film
Indie Wall To Wall is to film a set of child prodigies as they grow from childhood to adulthood. Alpha Toddlers, ordered by Channel 4 factual entertainment editor Nav Raman, will follow a group of children who have already been identified as geniuses. The indie will ...
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King chat regret
The BBC has said it regrets an appearance by convicted sex offender Jonathan King as a guest on a morning radio chat show. King appeared on Victoria Derbyshire 's Radio 5 Live show on Tuesday, 26 July and spoke about his crimes and the media furore which ...
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Telewest launches football channels
Telewest Broadband this week launched three new sport channels, timed to coincide with the start of the Bank of Scotland Premier League (SPL) football season. Setanta Sports 2, Celtic TV and Rangers TV will join Setanta Sports 1 on the cable company's digital TV service, providing exclusive live coverage of ...
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Last chance to vote for most powerful
It's your last chance to vote for the most influential people in British television. Voting closes at the end of Friday 5 August for our online poll to find the 50 most powerful. Whether it's Lew Grade, who built the world's most powerful showbusiness network, or Rupert Murdoch, who built ...