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Bazalgette to join C4's board.
Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette has been appointed to the board of Channel 4, writes Steve Aston.
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RATINGS - Channel 4 larges it with Celebrity Big Brother.
The week's major news event - the BBC 1 and Channel 4 collaboration Celebrity Big Brother - once again had a dramatic impact on C4's audience share, but wasn't such a top performer for BBC 1, writes Jon Rogers.
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YTTTP TO MAKE HISTORY OF SEX SHOW FOR C4.
Channel 4 commissioning editor for entertainment Sue Murphy has ordered a 3 x 60-minute series from Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions charting the history of sex on TV. The series, which
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DIGITAL BBC 2 TO LAUNCH IN DEVOLVED REGIONS.
Digital versions of BBC 2 will be launched on 30 April in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The move will provide viewers in the nations with access to digital versions of
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I2I PICKS UP FIVE DISCOVERY H&L PROJECTS.
Discovery Home & Leisure has handed five new commissions totalling more than 37 hours to independent production outfit i2i. Top of the list is 15 x 30-minute gardening series Veg Out
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RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 25 FEBRUARY - BBC 2 has a Tuesday night winner with Paul Daniels.
When you consider the amount of effort ITV made to move News at Ten, it is remarkable the network hasn't made a greater attempt to shift its mandatory regional programmes out
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NEW CHAIR FOR BEAT 106.
Former chairman of Border Television James Graham has been appointed chairman of central Scotland radio station Beat 106. The appointment is the latest in a number of changes at the station,
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Taste to order 1,000 hours of new shows.
Taste, the rebranded Carlton Food Network (CFN) service, plans to commission up to 1,000 hours of new programming this year and is bringing in US cash to fund programmes.New channel director
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Barwick admits BBC and ITV World Cup joint-coverage deal is under threat
ITV sport boss expresses fears as Kirch legal argument gathers pace but both broadcasters remain 'committed' to football's biggest tournament
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Working Title in 'exploratory' talks with Tiger Aspect
Bridget Jones and Notting Hill producer understood to be negotiating bid for Rowan Atkinson's part-owned indie
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LWT votes for reality TV supremo
Appoints former factual producer to oversee reality TV projects as soap-based follow up to Popstars prepares for lift-off
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RFU scrums down for TV production
Launch of Twickenham-based TV unit could pave the way for the creation of UK's first rugby channel
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NTL forced to delay enhanced TV
Integration issues with Liberate software chosen to run service hits network and jeopardises target of 1.25m digital subscribers by year end
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BSkyB expands satellite capacity for interactive services
Leases four digital transponders on Eurobird from BT to cope with demand for soon-to-launch new services
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Pressure mounts to cut BBC Governors power
Select committee report recommends that Ofcom should regulate BBC and take over power from media secretary to veto or allow new channels
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Animals shoot themselves for BBC
New 3x 60 minute Natural History Unit series puts animals in charge of the cameras as latest cutting-edge micro-technology comes to primetime
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UK TV deficit rockets by 60 per cent
Government re-emphasises need for special industry taskforce to boost UK TV export earnings as cost of imported shows, such as The West Wing, leapfrogs to£843m
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Hunt takes BBC 6 O'Clock reins from Popescu
Promotion for current One O'Clock News editor sparks major editorial re-shuffle at BBC News
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BBC plans interactive soap
Yentob says FictionLab isdeveloping online show which could migrate to BBC3