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NewsSenior C4i sales exec dies
A senior sales executive at Channel 4 International, whose TV career spanned 30 years, has died shortly after returning from the Mipcom market in Cannes.
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NewsC4 team with Film Council to fund animation
Channel 4 and the UK Film Council have launched a nationwide hunt for the best emerging animation talent.
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News2waytraffic books Silent Library deals
2waytraffic has signed multiple deals on its Japanese entertainment format, Silent Library.
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NewsCelia Taylor quits Virgin Media
Director of programmes for Virgin 1, Bravo, Trouble and Challenge Celia Taylor has quit her post.
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NewsGhost Whisperer spooks rivals
Living's popular US drama import Ghost Whisperer came to the end of its current run with 380,000 (2.62%) at 10pm.
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NewsFiver buys US dance and magazine series
A fashion reality show in the spirit of The Devil Wears Prada and a dance competition fronted by Showgirls star Elizabeth Berkley have been acquired by Five's digital channel Fiver.
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News‘Privatisation will ruin C4' says Johnson
Privatisation would “tear the heart out of Channel 4” and lead to cutbacks in news, current affairs and arts programming, chairman Luke Johnson has warned.
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Five picks up self-funded prison doc
Wild Dream Films has sold a self-funded prison documentary to Five on the back of it airing on NBC last month.
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Share prices still low at media companies
A measure of stability returned to the stock market this week, but good news remained thin on the ground for the companies in the Broadcast Sharewatch.
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NewsBehind the Business: Mick Pilsworth
Motive Television is preparing to take advantage of the opportunities it believes come hand in hand with a downturn.
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NewsZeal sells Miss World show to Kazakhstan
Zeal Entertainment has scored its first-ever sale to Kazakhstan after commercial station NTK picked up the rights to broadcast the Miss World competition.
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Sky Arts nets spoof doc
Sky Arts has acquired the spoof documentary It's Nice Up North for broadcast next month.
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NewsYounger DJs pay off for Radio 1
Investment in young talent is behind BBC Radio 1's surge in 15 to 24-year-old listeners, according to head of programmes Ben Cooper.
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Heart reshuffle creates pool of team leaders
Heart has finalised its network programming structure as it completes the integration of the One Network that parent Global Radio acquired through its GCap Media acquisition.
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NewsOctober Films nets E4 order for Rude Tube
October Films will meet the creators of cult UGC videos in its first commission for E4.
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NewsIndies land BBC regional scheme places
Established indies like True North and Presentable will sit alongside smaller players such as Bristol's Avatar in the first intake of the BBC's XM25 access scheme.
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UKTV History meets Hitler's bodyguards
UKTV History has ordered a follow-up to its series Churchill's Bodyguard that will investigate the men who protected Churchill's WWII adversary, Adolf Hitler.
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NewsHarry Hill makes a strong Saturday comeback to ITV
Harry Hill's TV Burp confirmed its standing as one of the top Saturday early-evening shows when it returned with 6.2 million viewers/27.3% share on ITV last weekend.
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NewsGogglebox wins C4 troubleshooter show
Troubleshooter Sir Gerry Robinson is to switch from trying to fix the NHS to rescuing struggling businesses from collapse in indie Gogglebox's first commission.
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BBC4 orders Capaldi show
The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi is to direct a BBC4 comedy series about a hospital ward for elderly people.