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NewsPEER POLL: Green paper
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the green paper bring fundamental change to the BBC?
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NewsBBC axes 1,730 staff
BBC director general Mark Thompson has taken the axe to 1,730 backroom staff - the biggest single round of redundancies in BBC history.
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NewsThe Bill stops 6.6m
ITV1's normally robust The Billtook a knock in the ratings with a peak of 6.6 million (29%) at the start as BBC1's Comic Relief Does Fame Academycontinued to attract viewers.
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Paramount nabs South Park from Sky One
Paramount Comedy has taken the multichannel rights to the next series of cult animation South Parkfrom Sky One. The channel has bought the rights to series eight from parent company MTV Networks, as part of an ongoing strategy to obtain sole rights to US comedies. The ...
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Trouble for Missy
Flextech channel Trouble has bought exclusive rights to US reality series The Road to Stardomwith Missy Elliott from CBS/Paramount. Featuring a guest appearance from Madonna, the 10 x 60-minute show, which is airing in the US on UPN, follows 13 aspiring young singers and rappers on ...
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Zeppotron makes panel show
Channel 4 has ordered a late-night topical panel show from Endemol-owned indie Zeppotron, the company behind Chris Morris's latest comedy series Nathan Barley.
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Oasis lands series
Oasis Television has won the contract to post Natural Born Dealersfor Leopard Films, off the back of a£200,000 investment in a Pogle grading system. The Soho company will do full post on the 22 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air this summer. Oasis Television ...
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Resolution hirings
Resolution has appointed facility manager Tatiana Cook and bookings co-ordinator Will Emms, who both join from West London post facility Crow Television. Cook will head Resolution's Shoreditch facility, following the departure of Rick Horne. Managing director Mike Saunders said that 'it was a real coup to hire them'. Resolution is ...
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Strongroom hire
Strongroom Post has appointed Luke Colson from fellow audio facility Wild Tracks as post-production manager. Colson will join business development manager Rob Kelly and will be post-producing Bounty Hunters, a 15 x 30-minute series for Bravo produced by Bullseye TV.
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Fox orders long-life series from Zig Zag
Indie Zig Zag has scored a commission from US network Fox for its health and lifestyle makeover format Who Wants to Live Forever?.
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Stayt quits Five
Five Newspresenter Charlie Stayt has quit after nine years with no job to go to. Stayt, who has been at the channel since the launch of Five Newsin 1997, had been presenting some of the flagship evening bulletins as well as the lunchtime news until Sky ...
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Heart drops Jacko
Heart FM has pulled Michael Jackson songs from its breakfast and drivetime slots, in a bid to avoid upsetting families during the singer's trial for child abuse. The station said it still planned to play the singer's music during other slots in its schedule but would not include them at ...
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ITV orders 'kerbside hospital' drama
ITV has commissioned a major new hospital drama series about the specialist emergency doctors sent to life-threatening accidents.
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NHK picks up docs
Channel 4 International has sold a package of six documentaries to Japanese broadcaster NHK. The network has picked up Pioneer Productions' Krakatoaand The Wave That Shook the World, HBO title Death in Gaza, Extreme Oilfrom Invision Productions, ...
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SMG faces dive in Virgin Radio profits
SMG is set to report a plunge in profits at Virgin Radio when it reveals its annual results this Thursday (10 March), increasing pressure on the Glasgow-based company to entertain Waheed Alli's bid for the station.
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Sky One delves into Ukrainian poisoning
Sky One has commissioned Talkback Thames to make a documentary on last year's poisoning of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko. Poisoned, a 60-minute show to air next month, will examine Yuschenko's deterioration and attempt to put it into context by looking at how poison has been ...
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Indies in hot pursuit of Corrie producer
Coronation Streetproducer Tony Wood is being courted by two of the UK's leading production companies, Talkback Thames and Shed Productions. Thames is understood to be considering Wood as a replacement for its departing drama head Paul Marquess, whereas Shed is keen to bolster its executive team as it gears up ...
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Fremantle snaps up Planet Cook
Pop Idoldistributor Fremantle Media is moving into children's formats and has picked up BBC series Planet Cookas its first property.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Daniela Neumann
The controller of commissioned programmes for ITV2 and ITV3 and editor, factual programmes ITV1 is always on the lookout for spin-off ideas for major ITV1 dramas
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At It does comedy marathon for UKTV
UKTV Gold has commissioned At It Productions to make five hours of programming to tie into a month-long comedy event. The Golden Rules of Comedywill be hosted by comedian Jo Brand and feature interviews with comedians and celebrities. UKTV commissioning executive Diana Howie ordered the show, ...