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NewsSpringer case thrown out
The BBC has claimed a victory for free speech after the High Court refused a judicial review for a Christian group complaining about Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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NewsSpringwatch recommissioned
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has given the thumbs up for another three-week run of the channel's natural history extravaganza Springwatch with Bill Oddienext year.
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NewsPEER POLL: Coronation Street
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should ITV1 use Coronation Streetto prop up Celebrity Love Island?
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BBC Broadcast buys BBC TV listings guide
Soon-to-be-sold BBC Broadcast has bought BBC Worldwide's£4.8m electronic TV programme listings business, writesRick Dacey.
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NewsITV1 and C4's reality shows draw with 3.9m
The battle between ITV1 and Channel 4 for reality TV viewers raged on yesterday with both Celebrity Love Islandand Big Brotherat 10pm drawing with 3.9 million viewers.
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Ofcom lays out vision for nations' future
Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, Scotland and Ireland in order to safeguard indigenous language broadcasting in the nations.
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Mozart to Sweden
Brighton-based producer Seventh Art has pre-sold its Five arts series In Search of Mozartto over 20 broadcasters including Sweden's SVT, the Netherlands' AVRO and Belgium's RTBF. The programme is due to premiere on Five early next year and will also be released theatrically worldwide. The company ...
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Rudgard to move
Soho post house Golden Square has signed up Lord of the RingsFlame and Fire artist Tim Rudgard. Rudgard previously worked at Red Post for five years and at Oktobor Post in New Zealand, where he was involved in the Lord of the ...
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McQueen quits
Film-maker Angus McQueen is leaving indie October Films to pursue his own projects. McQueen, whose credits include Channel 4's documentary Cocaine, has been part of October's creative team as an executive producer for five years. He will continue to work on projects he already has in ...
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Xfm tunes in to Mancunian vibe
Xfm's new Manchester station will be almost 100% locally produced and the station is already in talks with a series of Manchester personalities about becoming presenters, including former The Wordfrontman Terry Christian.
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Kemistry wins MTV
Design and branding company Kemistry has won the contract to rebrand MTV3 in Finland. Kemistry will be responsible for producing the entire on-air package, covering idents, news programme graphics and website interfaces. The channel will relaunch in the autumn. Creative head Graham McCallum, who branded the original launch of MTV3 ...
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Tennis link to India
TWI is beaming this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championship to mobile handsets around the world. Mobile phones users in the UK, Spain, Malaysia and, for the first time, India will be able to watch coverage of the grass court tournament on the move. TWI's mobile ...
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ITV's Perseverance quiz heads to Holland
ITV gameshow Perseveranceis to air in Holland next month after local channel RTL4 picked up the format rights from Target Entertainment.
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Pact pay guidelines
Pact has moved to address concerns that freelancers are not being given proper holiday pay by issuing new guidelines for members calling on them to make a separate payment for holiday at the end of a designated contract. Pact has also suggested that any description of payment should be written ...
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Flashback wins US History orders
Indie Flashback TV has further cemented its relationship with US broadcaster A&E, landing $3m (£1.67m) worth of new business for the History Channel.
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House flies for Five
House, Five's latest US drama import, got off to a fine start for the channel with a peak audience of 2.2 million (14%) at 10.55pm. The first 60-minute episode of the series starring Hugh Laurie as a maverick doctor working in a New Jersey hospital, averaged 1.8 million (10%), a ...
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Funds for films
London's digital film festival, Pulse, has opened up£80,000 of funding to film-makers working in the digital medium. The funding will be spread among a maximum of 10 short films. Pulse was launched by Film London, in association with the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund in 2002, to help produce ...
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World poaches producer for factual push
World Productions, the indie run by drama veteran Tony Garnett, is moving into factual programming and has poached former BBC producer Petra Burgin to spearhead the push.
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Monkey Dust writer gets the message
The writer behind Radio 4 comedy programme Radio 9has been given his first TV series commission by BBC3. Johnny Daukes, who also contributed to BBC3 animation sketch show Monkey Dust, is to write The Message, created around a spoof channel ...
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Geldof indie in dramatic turnaround
Bob Geldof's indie, Ten Alps, has closed down its loss-making animation arm, Red Welly, and has signalled a fresh drive into drama.