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NewsOfcom:£235m gap in PSB by 2012
A£235m black hole in PSB funding is set to emerge by 2012, Ofcom has warned.
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NewsITV poised to bring back The Krypton Factor
ITV is on the brink of reviving “television's toughest quiz show”, The Krypton Factor, after 13 years. It is understood the commercial broadcaster is close to ordering a new series of the show from ITV Productions within weeks.
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NewsEntwistle to ‘stay put'
George Entwistle has vowed to stay put as controller of BBC Knowledge and has ruled out going for a channel controller job.
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NewsTranter in£1m web pledge
BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter has handed a parting gift to the UK's new media producers - earmarking£1.3m for online drama projects.
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NewsBBC Worldwide to mount US assault
Jane Tranter's move to LA next year will kick off a renewed attack on the US comedy and drama market by BBC Worldwide, after it failed to get a single scripted series on air this season.
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NewsBBCW appoints new head of UK sales
Christina Muller, territory manager for emerging markets at BBC Worldwide (BBCW) has been appointed acting head of UK sales.
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NewsBBC Vision: Jane Tranter, outgoing controller of fiction
Top of the BBC's wish list is a few more laughs, according to Jane Tranter. These could manifest themselves in comedy drama, “dramedy”, or as touches of levity in decidedly solemn pieces.
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NewsBBC Vision: George Entwistle, controller of knowledge
Evenings on BBC1 are a tough spot for factual, and controller of knowledge commissioning George Entwistle is looking for a pre-watershed series that will do for the channel what the “kinetic adventure” shows Amazon or Tribe have done for BBC2.
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NewsBBC Vision: Lucy Lumsden, controller of comedy
Lucy Lumsden wants about half of the BBC's sitcoms to be filmed in front of a studio audience - but currently only one in five of the ideas she receives fit the bill, so her headline plea is for more audience shows.
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NewsBBC Vision: Elaine Bedell, controller of entertainment
It is not long since Elaine Bedell commissioned physical gameshows Hole in the Wall and Total Wipeout for Saturday night on BBC1 but there is still room for one more, she says.
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NewsBBC Vision: Liam Keelan, controller of daytime
Weekday mornings on BBC1 are about current affairs, presented in an accessible, tangible way that makes viewers feel empowered.
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NewsBBC Vision: Anne Gilchrist, controller of CBBC
Anne Gilchrist has taken the BBC's “fewer, bigger, better” mantra to heart and wants to find key brands that CBBC can go “hell for leather” with on all platforms.
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NewsBBC Vision: Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies
Michael Carrington is on the hunt for new content for web-savvy two-to four-year-olds.
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NewsBBC schedules its intentions
The BBC is feeling the credit crunch in more ways than one. Besides the staff cuts, the steadily tightening production purse strings, and the corporation's slew of economics scoops, the BBC is reshaping its schedules to relieve some of the wider economic gloom facing audiences.
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NewsBBC Vision's commissioning wishlist
As the credit crunch bites, the BBC is calling for more feel-good TV. With budgets stretched and its audience fragmented, all genres must be bold and inclusive.
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NewsOfcom: Halve ITV regional 'non-news' content
Ofcom has called for ITV to halve the amount of 'non-news' programmes it makes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and to cut its off-peak regional programmes by almost a third from next year.
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NewsITV share price soars
ITV's share price soared more that 8% this morning, after Ofcom's revealed it would back reductions in the commercial broadcaster's PSB commitments.
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NewsOfcom: ITV wants reduced indie quota
ITV wanted Ofcom to help it lobby the government to reduce the 25% quota of ITV1 programming that it has to source from indies, it has emerged.
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NewsAnother re-brand for Capital
Capital Radio has undergone its fifth re-brand in under three years and is now known as 95.8 Capital FM - 'London's Number 1 Hit Music Station'.
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NewsLost in Austen ends with 3.1m
Lost in Austen, ITV1's sideways take on the period costume drama, ended its run with 3.1m viewers (13.6% share) in the face of tough competition from BBC1.