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Commissioning - ITV Saturday night show gives the talentless hope.
RDF Media is to produce a new Saturday night entertainment show for ITV in which two of Britain's top music managers will each have to transform a talentless group of friends into a credible band of performers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Commissioning - Commissioner's Q&A - Matt Tombs.
The head of entertainment and drama at UKTV is on the lookout for weekend event ideas for the group's new entertainment channel, UKTV G2, and is proud of the fact that UKTV Gold is not just a repeats outlet.
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Commissioning - Quickfire scores two BBC series.
Former Granada head of history Mark Fielder's new indie, Quickfire Media, has picked up its first
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Commissions - BBC signs Campbell for primetime show.
The BBC has signed TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell to host its new primetime Saturday
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Commissions - Heggessey brings back drama favourites.
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8
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BBC opens archive.
The BBC has launched a website which will allow people to use its archive to make
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Arab broadcaster options BBC series.
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based newscaster set up last year to rival al-Jazeera, has renewed its distribution ties with the BBC, optioning a further 125 hours of content, writes Colin Robertson.
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Animated Poirot to air in Japan.
The classic crime novels of Agatha Christie have been animated for the first time following a
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Commissions - Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs.
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute
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C4 loses news man.
Channel 4 News senior foreign editor Andrew Macdonald is leaving the programme. Since he joined in
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Commissioning - BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics.
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Commissions - C4 pays tribute to influence of Friends.
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about
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NTL and Sky make up.
Cable operator NTL has resolved its dispute with BSkyB over the cost of carrying the satellite
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ITV let off over Lydon.
ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom over John Lydon's four-letter outburst on I'm a Celebrity ...
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Ideal hiring from RDF.
Ideal World has strengthened its factual team with the appointment of RDF series producer/director Patrick Holland.
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Talent group opens.
The Stellar Network, a US-based talent agency, is to launch in the UK. BBC Films head
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MPs slam Ofcom for failure on ITV.
Ofcom is investigating ITV plc's plans to slash 400 jobs from its Central franchise as MPs
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Emap gears up for radio deals.
Emap has handed its managing director of programming, Mark Story, a beefed-up pan-group role as it
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Noddy the cash cow.
Chorion, the owner of children's character Noddy, has said it will buy new assets after reporting
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BBC debate draws solid ratings.
BBC1's Panorama debate over the role of the corporation brought the current affairs programme a respectable 2.4 million (15%), writes Jon Rogers.