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BBC appoints news chief to lead Broadcast sale
The BBC has appointed BBC news chief operating officer Peter Phillips to oversee the summer sale of BBC Broadcast, squashing trade union Bectu's hopes of keeping Broadcast's 1,000 staff at the corporation.
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Sky One to screen air crash docu-drama
Sky One has bought a drama-documentary that will investigate one of the biggest aeroplane disasters in history. Crash of the Centuryinvestigates the collision of two planes in Tenerife in 1977, in which 583 people died. The 90-minute piece is being made by Canadian production company Cineflix ...
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Bravo to air next series of Alias in UK
Bravo has retained exclusive rights to Alias, taking the spy drama show into its fourth season. The 22 x 60-minute series sees the return of Jennifer Garner as CIA agent Sydney Bristow, and will air in the UK on the Flextech-owned channel from April.
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Telewest, Nickelodeon agree new deal
Nickelodeon has ended its stand-off with cable provider Telewest after agreeing new carriage terms for its four channels. The deal sees Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Nick Replay and Nicktoons available to all Telewest subscribers until the end of March, after which Nicktoons will be part of the second-tier Essential package and ...
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Adams Trainor titles Arctic job
Adams Trainor has designed the branding and titles for CBBC's Serious Arcticfollowing award-winning expeditions to the jungle and desert. The series takes eight young teens into the Arctic to take part in a global warming research project. Designers Paul Trainor and Miles Christensen composited live action ...
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Abraham moves to top job in US
Discovery Networks UK general manager David Abraham has been appointed to run TLC in the US in a bid to turn round the struggling channel.
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C4 to air British Asian Music Awards
Channel 4 has acquired the broadcast rights for the British Asian Music Awards, which take place in London next month. On the shortlist is Nitin Sawhney for best performer. The show will be produced by indie Zeal TV and will feature performances from British Asian artists. The hour-long show was ...
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C4 hunts big ideas
Channel 4 has set aside a further£10m to help pay for ambitious programme ideas over the next year. Chief executive Andy Duncan said he and director of television Kevin Lygo would allocate the cash to a few 'really big ideas' each year rather than a swathe of smaller projects. These ...
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Enteraction buys into a 3G future
Enteraction TV, the company that runs Thomas Cook TV and the new London TV channel, -has bought interactive specialist Red Fig in a deal worth an estimated£3m.
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ArenaP3 gets a gap year job
ArenaP3 has completed post-production on the BBC documentary series Grown Up Gappers. The 8 x 40-minute programmes follow the lives of eight people who step off the treadmill of daily routine to explore the world as travellers. Colourist Blair Wallace graded the series on Pogle Platinum ...
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Pett pilots female comedy for BBC3
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's indie Pett Productions is making a female-led comedy show for BBC3. TittyBangBang, devised by Mortimer and Pett co-owner Lisa Clark, is a 30-minute comedy sketch pilot with a cast of new female comic talent. Jill Parker, who recently worked on Steve ...
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Musicians Channel goes 24 hours a day
The Musicians Channel, the digital channel dedicated to music education, has moved to a 24-hour service on Sky Digital. The new hours will include new content such as footage of live festivals, new unsigned acts, studio shows and 'character-driven factual programmes' every Sunday night. The channel has ...
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Tiger's 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 picked up by UPN
Tiger Aspect's comedy drama 20 Things To Do Before You're 30has been picked up for adaptation by US cable network UPN.
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Target scores ITV2 double order
Target Entertainment has won its first commission for ITV2 with an order for two 60-minute films, Hollywood Rumoursand Bad Boys and Hell Raisers, for the Celebrities Exposedstrand this spring. The first show uncovers Hollywood scandals while the second ...
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ITV sells prop hire firm for£8.2m
ITV has sold its prop hire business Superhire Limited for£8.2m as part of its drive to dispose of non-core assets. The sale, made to privately owned company Space Holdings Ltd and which includes a substantial freehold property deal, will be used to reduce ITV's borrowings. ITV has raised£268m from non-core ...
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Five to fill 11pm slot with co-pros
Five has lined up 40 hours of co-productions including a new strand of adult documentaries for a late-night slot.
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Heggessey leaves BBC1 shipshape
BBC1 has seen a general upsurge in its ratings fortunes since Lorraine Heggessey was appointed controller of the channel in September 2000.
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More than news
As news provider ITN celebrates 50 years in the business, David Wood talks to chief executive Mark Wood about that tricky ITV contract and the new markets opening up around archive material and mobile phones
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Life on the other side
What happens when you swap the security of a commissioner's role for a job on the other side of the desk, pitching proposals as an independent? Peter Keighron finds out what's in store for Lorraine Heggessey
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Dear Stephen...
Last week Ofcom published its Phase 3 report into the future of public service television, including recommendations on regional production, Channel 4's funding and the proposed public service publisher. Four representatives from across the industry put their responses to chief executive Stephen Carter.