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Sky plans E4-style shows
Sky One is taking steps to fend off rival E4 with plans to commission a number of reality comedy shows in an attempt to beat the Channel 4 entertainment channel at its own game, writes Paul Revoir
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GMTV in push to make digital cash
Breakfast broadcaster GMTV is looking to secure extra cash by reselling items from its morning strands to digital channels and has hired former Meridian director of programmes Richard Simons to oversee the push, writes Steve Aston
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BBC recruits for general factual
The BBC's general factual department is to undergo a radical shake-up in the way it develops new programmes, with the creation of a new 60-strong development team and a£1.5m cash injection after fears that not enough was being commissioned, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Freeview still short of three channels
Time is running out for Crown Castle to fill the three vacant channels on the new DTT platform it is operating with the BBC, after the two companies confirmed the service will launch from the end of October, writes Paul Revoir
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Bullseye show will bare all
Indie Bullseye Television has been commissioned to make a naked Blind Date-style game-show in which contestants will be encouraged to embark on a one-night stand and then be filmed having sex, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsJowell wakes up to indies' discontent
The government has called on one of the original architects of BBC director general Greg Dyke's One BBC project to conduct a review of the UK programme supply market, as it moves to repair its tattered relationship with the independent production community, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsThompson to call for return to C4's 'glory days'
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is expected to issue a clarion call to programme-makers to help return C4 to its glory days as the country's most exciting and innovative channel when he delivers the annual MacTaggart Lecture in Edinburgh on Friday (23 August), write ...
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Number ones party on
Top pop acts from the past five decades are to perform their number one hits in front of an audience of fellow chart toppers in a special BBC 1 programme marking 50 years
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Carlton boosts US clout with tie-ups
Carlton is looking to bolster its presence in the US with a pair of programming deals, including a joint-venture with key NBC supplier The Gurin Company, writes Steve Aston
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BBC pumps cash into autumn offensive
BBC 1 has reached the halfway point in its transformation into a 'more relevant and contemporary' channel, controller Lorraine Heggessey claimed this week as she unveiled a£243m autumn programming slate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Action Time pair to open new UK shop
Former Action Time double act Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane are to relaunch their UK TV careers this autumn with the opening of a new London-based production company, writes David Wood
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STV adds Einstein TV to UK transmission slate
Science channel Einstein TV has handed its UK transmission brief to shopping channel specialist Simply Television (STV), writes Paul Revoir
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NewsSteve Coogan to revive Alan Partridge for BBC 2's autumn line-up
Steve Coogan's comic anti-hero Alan Partridge is finally set to return in his first new series for five years as part of BBC 2's£106m autumn season, launched this week, writes Leigh Holmwood
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R2 producer quits after 20 years
BBC Radio 2 was dealt a blow this week after one of its senior producers announced his decision to quit the corporation after 20 years, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Van den Bussche leaves Endemol
The driving force behind the global success of Endemol UK formats such as Ready Steady Cook, Changing Rooms and Ground Force is leaving the company after essentially working himself out of a job, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Forever Broadcasting writes off XY Network investment
Forever Broadcasting chairman John Josephs admitted this week that providing content for 3G phones was a waste of time, as he announced his company had been forced to wipe£2m off its investment in internet arm XY Network and its parent company Somethin' Else, writes Georgina ...
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Troubled NTL 'powerless' to halt subs drain
NTL has admitted it is powerless to stop the exodus of subscribers from its cable television platform until it emerges from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the end of the fourth quarter, writes Paul Revoir
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R4 controller takes TV role
BBC Radio 4 deputy controller Wendy Pilmer is to move into television for the first time as part of a shake-up of two BBC English regions, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Liddiment goes to war with BBC
Britain's two biggest broadcasters have become embroiled in an embarrassing squabble after outgoing ITV director of channels David Liddiment claimed BBC director general Greg Dyke should not be running the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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All change at the top for music chart radio shows
The UK's two leading music chart radio shows are both set for a shake-up next year as presenters and sponsors pull out, writes Georgina Lipscomb