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Buyout of 422 Manchester complete
The management of post facility 422 Manchester have this week completed a buyout of the company, just over a year after it was bought by the Barcud Derwen Group, writes Sam Espensen.
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C4 seals Carr exclusive
Comedian Jimmy Carr has signed a one-year exclusive deal with Channel 4 that will see him fronting a new gameshow as well as developing his own projects. Carr, who won a Royal Television Society award for best newcomer this year, will host Distraction, made by ...
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C4 plans bold news strand
Channel 4's new head of news and current affairs, Dorothy Byrne, has made her first key decision, launching a major new UK-focused current affairs strand that she claimed will fly in the face of the politically correct and 'say the unsayable'.
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C4 orders Medici series
Lion Television has picked up a brace of history orders from Channel 4, including a four-part series on the Medici, writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC4 orders five-parter on music greats
BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a series of music documentaries from the BBC's in-house music entertainment department. The 5 x 60-minute pieces, to be executive produced by Mark Cooper, will look at stars such as John Martyn, John Mayall and Gil Scott Heron and will air from December until ...
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BBC2 greenlights The Long Firm
Novelist Jake Arnott's gritty portrayal of 1960s east London gangland is to be brought to the small screen in a major four-part drama for BBC2 as part of controller Jane Root's push to refresh the genre on her channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC2 revisits country house life
BBC2 controller Jane Root has ordered a fourth series of Country House, which chronicles life on British historic estates, from Tiger Aspect. The 6 x 50-minute docu-soap, co-commissioned by Celia Taylor, will this time be set at the Earl of Normanton's Somerley estate, which hosts pop concerts, radio shows and ...
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C4I coughs up£2m for indie projects
Channel 4 International (C4I) is to set up a£2m development fund to develop international and commercial projects with the UK independent production sector. The fund, which is being overseen by C4I managing director Paul Sowerbutts, will be used to exclusively finance programme and concept development and discussions are already at ...
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BBC2 boost for Sumners
Manchester post facility Sumners has been commissioned by BBC Manchester to do all the post work on Britain's Best Sitcom, one of the largest BBC projects of next year.
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New C4 100 greatest
Channel 4 has commissioned another instalment of its 100 Greateststrand, charting the top 100 sexy moments. Made by indie Shine Entertainment, the 180-minute show will ask viewers to chose their favourite erotic scenes from TV and film via the C4 website in order to compile ...
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R1 to clean up breakfast slot
BBC Radio 1 has pledged to banish swearing and sexual innuendo from its breakfast show after announcing that DJ Sara Cox will be replaced by drivetime host Chris Moyles early next year, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsGranada execs grab top jobs in new ITV
Senior Granada executives are set to take the top programming jobs in the newly merged ITV business, after the£4bn deal was given the go-ahead this week, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsMerged ITV to retain PSB ethos
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard this week said that the network's independence was 'sacrosanct' and it would not be influenced in commissioning decisions by a merged ITV Production business, writes Conor Dignam.
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NewsDyke to champion minorities in TV
BBC director general Greg Dyke, who once famously branded the BBC a 'hideously white' organisation, has been named the television industry's new race champion, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsTelewest entertains Flextech sale
Beleaguered cable company Telewest is understood to be looking to offload its Flextech content division for£750m, according to City sources, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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C4 show will train viewers to guard celebs
Members of the public are to be put through a programme of SAS-style training to see if they have what it takes to become a top celebrity bodyguard in a new Channel 4 reality series, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Regions fear post-merger cutbacks
The ITV merger has sparked fears among Carlton and Granada's regional broadcasters that their in-house production operations may be scaled back and commissions farmed out to independents, writes Paul Revoir.
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McHugh departs C4 entertainment
Channel 4 head of entertainment John McHugh has quit the channel and is tipped to be replaced by Five controller of entertainment Andrew Newman, writes Paul Revoir.
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Bird quits Turner
Andy bird, president of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) International, has quit the company after nine years with no job to go to, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Broadcasters rally to protect their advertising clout
Channel 4, Five and Sky are set to hold talks within the next few weeks to discuss consolidating their sales arms in a bid to fend off a single ITV sales point, writes Michael Rosser.