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BBC 4 not ratings-driven.
BBC 4 is 'defiantly not a ratings-driven channel', according to controller Roly Keating speaking at the Production Show last week, write Lucy Rouse and Peter Keighron
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JML TV SHOP TO LAUNCH.
A new 24-hour shopping channel, based in Nottingham, is set to launch in the autumn backed
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ITV unveils new regional spend.
ITV this week confirmed a£25m increase to its programming budget at the same time as
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HIT EYES UP GULLANE.
Bob the Builder producer Hit Entertainment has confirmed it is in preliminary talks with rival kids
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EMAP DIVISION FIGURES.
Emap Performance suffered an 11 per cent fall in profit during the financial year ending 31
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Discovery moves to replace Taylor.
Discovery Networks International has named Robin Paxton as its new managing director for Europe, Africa and the Middle-East, writes Paul Revoir
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GWR denies merger talks.
GWR has dismissed reports that it is in talks with Capital Radio over a merger of the two companies, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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CARLTON PROFITS FALL.
Carlton will lose almost #100m by closing ITV Digital, according to interim results released on Tuesday
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RTL CHIEF HEADS TV BODY.
RTL chief executive Didier Bellens has been appointed president of the Association of Commercial Television, a
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BBC PAYOUT TO ORYX BOSS.
The BBC has paid out a five-figure sum to Kamal Khalfan, the director of Omani diamond
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GRIERSON AWARDS OPEN.
The Grierson Awards has called for entries for this year's documentary film and TV competition. Entries
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RDF scouts for talent with new arm.
RDF Media is following in the footsteps of Avalon, Princess Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions by launching a talent management arm this week, writes Penny Hughes
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Dyke says 'no' to ads on BBC.
BBC director general Greg Dyke has dismissed any argument for the BBC taking some form of advertising as 'dead' and said the chances of it happening in the near future are 'nil', writes Leigh Holmwood
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HEALTH GOES 24 HOURS.
The Discovery Health Channel will begin broadcasting 24 hours a day from Saturday (1 June) on
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MORE ART AT 19.00 ON C5.
Channel 5 has commissioned a raft of programmes for its 19.00 slot including 3 x 30-minute
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Doubt hangs over League rights.
Rights to broadcast Nationwide League football matches may be sold off game by game following the collapse of ITV Digital, according to a media lawyer, writes Paul Revoir
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Comedy indie moves into films.
Independent CHX Productions is to expand into the film industry after releasing details of its first cinematic ventures, writes Paul Revoir
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Drama highlights New Labour and new Coltrane.
BBC 1 and ITV1 unveiled separate plans for high-profile dramas this week that will see Robbie Coltrane return to the commercial network and New Labour come under scrutiny from the corporation, write Leigh Holmwood and Steve Aston
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LIVING TV BUYS WILL & GRACE.
Living TV has signed a deal with MGM to buy the entire run of US sitcom
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Oxford wins order for low budget series.
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), a subsidiary of producer/distributor Southern Star, has secured its first major order since moving into high-volume, low-budget programming with a 6 x 30-minute series for the National Geographic Channel (NGC), writes Leigh