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    Duncan: Ofcom PSP plan would future-proof C4

    2004-11-22T11:08:00Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has said his channel should run Ofcom's proposed Public Service Publisher (PSP) as a way of 'future proofing' itself.

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    Cash boost for Green Bay

    2004-11-22T11:06:22Z

    Cardiff-based indie Green Bay Media has won a£300,000 equity investment which will see seven new jobs created and allow the company to further expand.

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    UBC signs Emap deal

    2004-11-22T10:59:50Z

    Radio group UBC Media Group has cut pre-tax losses and signed a major deal with Emap.

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    C4 launches PSB campaign

    2004-11-22T10:32:57Z

    Channel 4 has launched an on-screen ad campaign aimed at reminding viewers of its public service output.

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    Former Beckham agent to make C4 doc

    2004-11-22T10:00:32Z

    SFX, the management agency that fixed David Beckham's move to real Madrid, is making a documentary for Channel 4 about football's relationship with religion.

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    Lygo and Willis to debate future of C4

    2004-11-19T10:50:12Z

    Channel 4's director of programmes Kevin Lygo will discuss the channel's current performance and future with one of his predecessors, John Willis, on Monday at Broadcast's Commissioning Conference.

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    SRH ends year on financial high

    2004-11-19T10:33:48Z

    Scottish Radio Holdings has reported a strong end to the year but has played down speculation of an imminent takeover from media group Emap.

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    GMTV renews breakfast contract

    2004-11-19T10:06:39Z

    GMTV has renewed its contract with ITV to provide facilities for the breakfast TV station until 2010.

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    Licence fee rises to£126

    2004-11-19T09:50:09Z

    The BBC licence fee is to rise by£5.50 to£126.50 from April, media secretary Tessa Jowell announced yesterday (Thursday).

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    BBC4 adapts 20,000 Streets Under the Sky

    2004-11-19T09:46:09Z

    Author Patrick Hamilton's classic trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is to be adapted by the BBC to mark his centenary.

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    PEER POLL: Manchester

    2004-11-19T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should BBC3 be part of the corporation's move to Manchester?

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    Jumping the shark?

    2004-11-18T11:43:45Z

    The phrase 'jumping the shark' was coined after an excruciating moment on the long-running US sitcom Happy Days when the Fonz, played by Henry Winkler, attempted to literally jump over a shark in a water-skiing contest, an incongruous moment that has come to symbolise the ...

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    No Peroxide opens

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Film and TV composers agency No Peroxide has opened offices on Newman Street. The current roster includes Rob Lord and Mark Tschanz, previously of EMI and Warner Brothers. Television credits include The Big Breakfast ad campaign for Rainey Kelly and the Sky One documentary ...

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    Malik to Red Post

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Kabir Malik has joined Red Post Production from Ascent Media. Malik has been appointed business development manager, having had similar roles at a number of post companies.

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    Talent picked for Japan job

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Indie Talent Television has secured a raft of new international commissions, including a second instalment of Test the Nation in Japan.

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    Sky One gets go-ahead for Hex series two

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has given the green light to a second 13-part series of Shine teen drama Hex for a spring 2005 delivery. The deal comes as the first run of the sci-fi teen drama, co-produced by Sony Pictures, draws to an end on Sunday (21 ...

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    Zenith wins Fourth garden rivals series

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Garden Rivals from Zenith Productions. The 15 x 30-minute episodes, set to air in March, will be produced by Paul Coleman. UKTV Style commissioning executive Chantal Rutherford Browne has also commissioned 10 episodes of ...

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    Peaches Geldof follows in Paula's steps

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Bob Geldof's 15-year-old daughter, Peaches, is to follow in the footsteps of her late mother, Paula Yates, by taking to the small screen. She is fronting a 60-minute documentary for Sky One, Peaches Geldof - Inside the Mind of a Teenager , which will look ...

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    Tanner to Leave Jazz FM in the spring

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Jazz FM managing director Carter Tanner has resigned and will leave the station in March. Tanner, who joined the Guardian Media Group-owned London station in March 2002 from Clear Channel, is believed to be hunting for a more sales-oriented role in the radio sector. Meanwhile, Ofcom is to allow a ...

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    Five picks true north for Macintyre job

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    True North Productions has been commissioned by Five to make a further three one-hour current affairs programmes with Donal MacIntyre, following on from the success of MacIntyre's Big Sting. The new shows, commissioned by senior programme controller Chris Shaw, are being kept under wraps ...