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Galaxy airs TFI spin-off on Saturdays
The Chrysalis-owned Galaxy network of dance stations is to broadcast a Saturday lunchtime spin-off of Channel 4's TFI Friday in a joint-venture with C4 and the Ginger Media Group (GMG), writes
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Glover quits Nat Geo for Yahoo!
National Geographic Channel managing director Jerry Glover quit on Thursday (16 September) to join global internet outfit Yahoo!Star TV director of network services and ex-head of Sky News John O'Loan has
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Keating to head up BBC digital output
UKTV head of programming Roly Keating has been appointed to the newly created post of BBC controller of digital channels, overseeing all the corporation's non-news licence fee-funded and pay-TV services.A founder
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New management in at LBC and News Direct
ITN has installed a new editorial management team at LBC 1152AM and News Direct 97.3 FM as part of its revamp of the stations begun earlier this year, writes John Plunkett.Former
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Smith to outline switch-off criteria
Media Secretary Chris Smith will outline the criteria broadcasters must meet for the analogue switch-off when he speaks to industry leaders at the Cambridge Convention of the Royal Television Society (RTS)
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YOUNG HAILS SOAPS
BBC Broadcast head of drama series Mal Young has commissioned a 10-minute soap, The Avenue, for his Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention on Thursday (16
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NewsWorld Cup rugby scuppers BBC1's Eventing
ITV1's continuing coverage of the rugby union World Cup forged ahead of BBC1 on Saturday afternoon as the corporation's Three-Day Eventing coverage only managed 682,000 viewers at 1pm. [ALL]
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ROWLINSON STEPS UP
BBC Sport head of development John Rowlinson has been appointed deputy controller, TV sport.Rowlinson's brief will include assisting controller Mike Miller, as well as taking direct responsibility for the department's international
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DIGITAL ONE LAUNCH DATE
National commercial digital radio multiplex Digital One has announced that it will officially launch on 15 November, simulcasting the three existing national commercial services Classic FM, Talk Radio and Virgin. The
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ITN IN ON DIGITAL TALKS
ITN has had preliminary discussions with digital terrestrial broadcaster On Digital about possible carriage for its planned 24-hour news channel.ITN is understood to be planning to launch the channel around the
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LOW INTEREST IN PAY-TV
Only about 55 per cent of households are interested in signing up to pay-TV, far below the level at which the Government would find it acceptable to switch off analogue, according
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Zenith challenges News at Ten move
Zenith Media, one of the UK's biggest advertising agencies, has concluded that moving News at Ten was unnecessary for ITV to achieve its ambition this year of winning 39 per cent
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ITV SCHEDULING KEEPS HEAT ON BBC 1
ITV is set to increase the pressure on BBC 1 over the next few weeks with a series of aggressive scheduling stunts, according to the latest Zenith On TV report, writes
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Children's classic Bill and Ben is to be revived in a£2 million, 26 x 10-minute updated version for BBC Worldwide and BBC 1, writes Tim Dams. Featuring the original flowerpot
Children's classic Bill and Ben is to be revived in a£2 million, 26 x 10-minute updated version for BBC Worldwide and BBC 1, writes Tim Dams. Featuring the original flowerpot
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Hit Wildlife puts up£1.5m for co-pros
Hit Entertainment's natural history arm, Hit Wildlife, has committed $2.5 million (£1.5 million) to co-productions with indies, bringing its total investment in independent production this year to $6 million (£3.7 million),
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NewsInquiry delay into Sky's ITV stake
The UK Competition Commission has moved back the deadline for the completion of its inquiry into BSkyB's 17.9% stake in ITV until early 2008 because of the 'complex' nature of the inquiry. [ALL]
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ITV to air TV news-style Christmas
Indies Just Television and CTVC are producing an ITV Christmas show chronicling the birth of Jesus in the style of a TV news bulletin, writes Wale Azeez.Provisionally titled Dateline Bethlehem, the
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Sky holds off on sports decision
BSkyB has stalled on a decision to supply Sky Sports 2 to rival digital operator On Digital, despite a positive ruling from the Independent Television Commission last week, writes John Plunkett.The
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MOYLES AND MILLS FAVOURITES FOR BALL HOT SEAT
BBC Radio 1 DJs Chris Moyles and Scott Mills are the favourites to take over from Zoe Ball, who has announced she is to leave the R1 breakfast show next March.
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TREMAYNE NAMED VICE-PRESIDENT OF GRANADA FACTUALS
Granada Television controller of factual programmes Charles Tremayne has been appointed vice-president of Granada Factuals, the recently created joint-venture between Granada Media and the New York Times. Tremayne, a former World