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BBC2 to air Asian arts and culture series
The BBC's Asian Programme Unit (APU) is to launch its first Asian arts, entertainment and culture show since Network East. Desi DNA, which is due to air on BBC2 from next month, will showcase British Asian talent and will be presented by BBC Radio 1's Nihal Arthanyake, BBC Asian Network's ...
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£8m BBC2 arts show
BBC2 controller Jane Root this week confirmed a£8m investment in arts programming including a new 60-minute weekly arts journalism series, The Culture Show , which she billed as the channel's biggest new cultural programme for 10 years. The show will feature arts coverage from around ...
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SRH makes headway in FM104 purchase
Scottish Radio Holdings has been given the green light by the Competition Commission to buy Dublin music station FM104 for nearly£18m, providing it sells its 8.8% stake in Newstalk by the end of the year. It must also pull out of advertising group Independent Radio Sales. The Competition Commission has ...
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Pepper pours£1m into HD kit
London post-production facility Pepper has purchased a Spirit Datacine together with a Da Vinci 2k Plus grading system in an investment representing£1m, writes Farah Jifri.
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NewsITV axe to fall on Nottingham studio
ITV is poised to pull out of Nottingham after deciding to sell its multimillion pound studio complex and move nearly all its operations to Birmingham.
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NewsFive's£5m reality gamble
Five this week unveiled details of its much-vaunted£4.7m entertainment show Back to Reality - the channel's most expensive commission to date.
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NewsMersey gets ready for Redmond exit
Phil Redmond has appointed former Discovery chief Joyce Taylor to the board of his indie, Mersey Television, in preparation for his eventual departure.
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NewsBBC reorders State of Play
State of Play , BBC1's award-winning conspiracy thriller, has been commissioned for a second series.
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Disney faces hostile bid by US cable giant
US cable giant Comcast this week launched a $66bn (£37bn) hostile bid to take over the world's most famous media company, Walt Disney.
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More Carlton casualties
Three more Carlton executives have failed to find jobs in ITV plc, providing further evidence that the merger has become a Granada takeover.
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C4 cooks up Ramsay show
Outspoken Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay is to give advice to struggling restaurants in a new series for Channel 4.
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Objective move for Talkback's Clarke
Talkback Productions head of comedy Phil Clarke has jumped ship to Objective Productions to build a new comedy department.
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Crook in frame for stint at Xfm
Actor MacKenzie Crook, who played the hapless Gareth in BBC comedy The Office , is in talks to present a show on Capital-owned Xfm.
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September Films chief to leave in March
September Films chief operating officer Sally Miles has quit the company after 12 years with no job to go to.
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NewsSky boosts profits and subs
BSkyB has seen its operating profits rocket up 84% to£130m in the six months to 31 December.
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NewsBBC take back Bacon
Richard Bacon, the former Blue Peter presenter sacked by the BBC for taking cocaine, has been welcomed back as talk show host for Radio Five Live.
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NewsRoot calls for end to overnights obsession
BBC2 controller Jane Root last night (Tuesday 10 February) called for an end to broadcasters over-reliance on overnight ratings figures.
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NewsOfcom raps C4 show
Ofcom has forced Channel 4 to scrap comedy show Little Friends after criticising it for using children to make 'inappropriate' sexual references.
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The Third World War: Al-Qaeda (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Chilling words from reporter Peter Taylor last night - at the start of his survey of the progress of the war on te...
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The Third World War: Al-Qaeda (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Peter Taylor's The Third World War: Al-Qaeda was the sort of documentary that makes you check your front door is d...