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The pop culture champion
After pioneering nostalgia shows at the BBC, Alan Brown is shaking off the licence fee shackles for Talkback Thames and populist programme-making.
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Thompson's PR problem
The price of the BBC's shift in management style from Greg Dyke to Mark Thompson is staff discontent. ...
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A Modest Revolution
Axing the BBC governors may sound dramatic but the government's green paper falls far short of radical reform.
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Telefónica to float part of its stake in Endemol
Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica is looking to float a minority stake in its wholly owned production arm Endemol on a European stock market.
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Frow: life lesson shows are losing appeal
Lifestyle shows that attempt to tell people how to run their lives are losing their appeal, according to Ben Frow, the former Channel 4 commissioner behind hits including How Clean is Your House?
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DLT hires Black for drama push
DLT Entertainment, the indie behind BBC sitcom My Family, has hired Carson Black, the former producer of ITV cop drama The Bill, to spearhead a move into drama.
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BBC hires Davie
The BBC has appointed Tim Davie, vice-president, marketing and franchise at PepsiCo Europe, as its new director of marketing, communications and audiences. Davie will join the BBC executive board in the next few months, replacing Andy Duncan who quit to run Channel 4. One of his first tasks will be ...
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Shoefield moves on
Former Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programming Gary Shoefield has joined Who Wants to be a Millionaire?owner Celador. Shoefield, who was made redundant from the multichannel broadcaster a fortnight ago following its takeover by ITV, is now working as a consultant at the indie's distributor Celador ...
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C4's sexy short rap
Channel 4 has been rapped by Ofcom for airing an animated film with sexual content before the watershed. Regulator Ofcom decided that the C4 short, His Passionate Bride, was inappropriate for its 7.55pm time slot last November as it contained 'clear indications of sexual acts'. The ...
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Digital radio boost
Sales of digital radios have overtaken those of traditional sets for the first time, according to new figures. In January, electrical goods chain Dixons saw digital set sales outstrip analogue radios by two to one. Demand is expected to rise by more than 50% over the next year. There were ...
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S4C shuts down commercial arm
S4C International is to be closed and its business put out to tender following the closure of the Welsh broadcaster's commercial division, S4C Masnachol (commercial).
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Strictly? format to net BBC over£20m
Strictly Come Dancingis set to net over£20m for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, the corporation said this week.
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MipTV launch for Wimps to Warriors
Distraction Formats is teaming with Tiger Aspect to make its format Wimps to Warriorsa global hit. The five-part show, which sends eight men off to a camp where they endure challenges to become 'real men', airs on Sky One later this year. Distraction Formats will launch ...
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RDFR gets Michael Jackson doc rights
RDF Rights has acquired the distribution rights to Tiger Aspect's documentary Michael Jackson's Boys. The hour-long film examines the influences that have made Jackson the way he is today, how he befriended the families of boys and the repercussions. The programme has already been sold to ...
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C4 to co-produce King Tut's curse
Channel 4 has signed on as a co-production partner for National Geographic Television International's new event special, King Tut's Curse. In the 90-minute documentary, which is currently being co-produced by France 5, explorers, scientists and Egyptologists analyse the tomb of King Tutankhamen to establish how he ...
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History Channel buys US reservists doc
Extreme Entertainment has made its first UK sale of Discovery Times' factual series Off to Warto the History Channel. The documentary series has been edited down into a 90-minute special by US production company DCTV specifically for the channel. The programme, which will air on the ...
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Format focus: Crash Test Mommy
People who don't have children are thrown in at the deep end looking after other people's kids in this Canadian reality format.
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Bailiffs return in BBC1 factual slate
BBC1 has commissioned seven factual series, including a drama-doc about what would happen if Britain was beset by a meteor-ological disaster.
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Tigress turns lost pooches into working dogs
Specialist factual indie Tigress Productions is training three abandoned dogs to competition standard sheepherders in the hope of finding them new homes.
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C4 spotlights sport of eating
Twofour Productions is making a documentary about the bizarre 'sport' of competitive eating for Channel 4.