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NewsUKTV plants the seeds for gardening TV
UKTV is looking to combine Britain's two biggest loves - gardening and TV - with a new channel called UKTV Gardens.
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NewsFive gets ready to reorder The Farm
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers is in talks with Endemol to commission a second series of reality show The Farm and is hunting for up to two more reality series for 2005.
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BBC safety fears put Saudi plans on hold
The BBC has shelved plans to open a news bureau in Saudi Arabia amid concerns that the region is too unsafe.
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TWG and GMG in radio clash
the Wireless Group (TWG) and the Guardian Media Group (GMG) are to go head-to-head in a bid to launch Manchester's first commercial speech radio station.
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NewsIndies offered£5,000 prize
Indies attending this year's Broadcast Commissioning Conference will get the chance to win£5,000 development money for a programme idea.
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C4 scoops Fox teen drama
Channel 4 is rumoured to be paying around£1.5m for a new supernatural teen drama that could be scheduled in its T4 strand or on E4.
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?Live' comedy returns to C4
Channel 4 is returning to comedy entertainment on Fridays with a new Saturday Night Live-style show fronted by Jimmy Carr, writes Maria Esposito.
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Sky One pays homage to chavs
Chavs, the British tribe characterised by a love of fake Burberry and chunky gold costume jewellery, are to be profiled by controversial columnist Julie Burchill in a Sky One documentary.
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Teachers' TV fills executive line-up
Teachers' TV, the government-backed digital TV service for education professionals, has completed its line-up of top-level executives with a string of appointments.
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UK producers dominate Wildscreen awards
UK produced wildlife programmes dominated last week's Wildscreen Festival Panda awards picking up 13 of the 19 awards.
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NewsIndies spend£31.5m on training
The indie sector spent£31.5m on training in 2003 and the majority of this took place 'on the job', according to a new report.
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NewsDyke nemesis quits BBC governors
BBC governor Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, who former director general Greg Dyke branded a 'posh lady' who helped force him out, is to leave the corporation a year before her tenure is due to end.
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NewsBBC considers film channel
The BBC could launch a channel dedicated to UK film, according to director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsBBC Radio should open archives to rivals says Gardam
The BBC's huge radio archive should be made available to commercial buyers, a government-backed report has said.
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NewsEx-Carlton commercial chief joins TWI
Martin Baker, the former commercial director for Carlton, has resurfaced with a new job at indie TWI.
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NewsGeldof indie sign US production deal
Ten Alps, the indie co-founded by Sir Bob Geldof, has signed a development deal with FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) in a bid to break into the US.
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NewsExpress launches TV shopping channel
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond's first shopping channel is to launch tomorrow (Wednesday), billed as the first outlet to mix commerce with entertainment.
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NewsAirey slams 'formulaic' ITV
Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey has criticised ITV, claiming it is 'misguided' in its strategy of showing less diversity in its programming in a bid to be more commercial.
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NewsBig Brother rapped by Ofcom
Channel 4 has escaped with just a slap on the wrist from regulator Ofcom over the 'fight night' brawl that erupted during this year's Big Brother.
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NewsAmatt quits Sky News
Reporter Rachel Amatt, whose reports from the Beslan school siege were widely praised, is quitting Sky to join Channel 4 News as its North of England correspondent.