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Ofcom to act if quality of regional ITV suffers
Ofcom has told MPs it will act if further studio closures threaten ITV's ability to deliver high-quality regional programmes.
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5 Live nabs O'Connell
Former Xfm breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell is to take over from Johnny Vaughan as the host of BBC Radio 5 Live sports debate show Fighting Talk. O'Connell, who picked up the Sony Award for best DJ last week, will start on 14 August when ...
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422 goes Wild with Bill Oddie
Bristol-based 422 South has completed a branded graphics package for Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie for the BBC. A bird emblem was set in different natural environments using a hand-drawn logo by Howard Moses, who also created hand-made models for the sequence, including ice ...
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C4 reality formats travel down under
Channel 4 International has secured deals with New Zealand channels TVNZ and ABC. TVNZ has a 20-hour package, including 8 x 50-minute series Regency House Party from Wall to Wall and 4 x 50-minute series Brat Camp from Twenty Twenty ...
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C4 set to trace contemporary jazz path
Somethin' Else is to travel throughout the US and Europe for a Channel 4 documentary on contemporary jazz. The 90-minute documentary, It's a Jazz Thing , will be broadcast in November. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will present the programme and talk to leading figures in jazz ...
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Endemol makes BB 4Broadband footage
Channel 4 has commissioned Endemol UK to make a series of behind the scenes Big Brother documentaries specifically for its 4Broadband service. Subscribers will also be able to view back stage footage of the Big Brother house and the studio/gallery ...
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C4 news steals Five editor for top job
Channel 4 has poached Five News managing editor Gay Flashman to become the new managing editor of its news service. She replaces Guy Ker who is leaving after five years to become chief operating officer at ITV News. Channel 4 News has also recruited BBC current affairs series producer and ...
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Australia to remake BBC1 lottery show
BBC1 lottery show In It to Win It , made by indie 12 Yard Productions and hosted by Dale Winton, is to be remade for Australia. The format of the show has been optioned to Fremantle-owned company Crackerjack , which ...
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20,000 tune in to hit Top-up target
Top-Up TV, the new pay-TV service for Freeview viewers, has signed up 20,000 subscribers since its launch two months ago, the company has said, adding that it was on target to meet its break-even target of 250,000 subscribers within two years. Top-Up offers channels such as E4 and Cartoon Network ...
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NewsDigital switchover moves step closer
The government is to take its first tentative step towards analogue switch-off with a trial scheme in Wales to give away free set-top boxes to households.
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NewsBBC4 on hunt for new boss
BBC director of television Jana Bennett said she intends to move fast to appoint a new controller for BBC4 following last week's confirmation that Roly Keating will succeed Jane Root at BBC2.
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NewsGrade keeps 14,000 shares in TV studio
New BBC chairman Michael Grade has retained over 14,000 shares in a second company that owns studios used by the BBC.
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NewsC4 wins bidding war for Richard & Judy
Channel 4 has re-signed daytime favourites Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for another three years, despite renewed interest from their old bosses at ITV.
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Animals explore sex for C4
Channel 4 is to air an ambitious three-part musical that aims to tell the story of the evolution
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ITV off-peak unit to challenge BBC
ITV is to overhaul the way it commissions its daytime programming by creating a dedicated off-peak unit to oversee non-prime-time commissioning, in a bid to claw back the ratings gap with the BBC.
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MoD to draft new war rules
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to consult the major news broadcasters on creating specific rules for the protection of journalists in conflicts following intense lobbying over the deaths of 38 news staff in Iraq.
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Far-right tries to 'hijack' C4 social documentary
Channel 4's multicultural remit seems to have backfired this week after the British National Party 'hijacked' a documentary, which includes a section in which Asian men groom young white girls for sexual abuse.
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Grammer pilot lures Fox
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is hoping to follow up the success of his long-running series with a British-made comedy for Fox.
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Boxers fight for Five TV fame
Young boxers struggling to gain recognition are to be put under the spotlight for a new Five show in the mould of Jamie's Kitchen.
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RDF to test neighbours
RDF Media is to move five contrasting households to a purpose-built settlement on the south-west coast of England in an attempt to create the perfect community.