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Farm Group posts Love for Ealin
The Farm Group has completed post on The Great Love Swindle for Ealing Studios. In the six-part series four self-proclaimed expert daters compete to get a woman to say 'I love you'; However, the women are actresses briefed to make their lives hell. The titles ...
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E4 tunes up new idents in-house
E4 Creative Services has created a set of 10 continuity idents for the channel. The idents feature a group of five lounge-lizard musicians clad in E4-purple-coloured retro velvet suits playing muzak in a variety of different locations, including an aircraft hangar and the balcony of a council flat. The original ...
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BBC1 to restage Trafalgar battle
One of history's most decisive sea confrontations, the battle of Trafalgar, is to be dramatised as part of a raft of major BBC1 factual commissions.
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Kerrang!'s launch leader steps down
The managing director of West Midlands rock station Kerrang! 105.2, Lynne Wood, has quit with no job to go to.
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NewsAirey questions C4/Five tie-up
Former Five chief executive Dawn Airey has spoken out against a possible merger of her former employer with Channel 4, suggesting the deal does not make sense.
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Lawrence joins Sky One as exec producer
Former World of Wonder head of development Jacquie Lawrence has joined Sky One as an executive producer on a three-month contract.
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Carr pilot for C4
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman is piloting a topical panel show, which will be hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr. The show, entitled 8 out of 10 Cats , is a non-broadcast pilot, which will be produced by indie Endemol.
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BBC1 grabs BBC3 hit
The second series of hit BBC3 comedy Little Britain is to air on BBC1 after it finishes its run on the digital channel. The first series was repeated on BBC2, but BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey snapped it up after it built a cult following. The new series, which will again ...
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Olympics are no trial for viewers
The spectacular opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics was a triumph for BBC1 on Friday night (13 August), with more than 10 million tuning in.
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GWR boosts bid with ?rock school'
Radio group GWR is proposing a new rock station for Edinburgh and would set up a 'school of rock' for young musicians if given the go-ahead.
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First job for Total Eclipse
TOTAL Eclipse Television, the new indie set up by former Carlton controller of children's David Mercer, has won its first commission, with a Christmas show for the BBC.
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Miles starts distributor
Former September Films chief operating officer Sally Miles, who left the indie six months ago, has set up her own distribution company, supported by venture capitalists Ingenious Media.
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C4 unlocks racing revenue with Sky deal
Channel 4 has opened up a new revenue stream after asking Sky Bet to provide an interactive gambling service for its horse-racing coverage.
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The case for a new deal
It was with gritted teeth that Celador gave away a million this week. Not because of another cheating contestant but because it failed to disguise its greed in court.
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NewsNAB Show Focus: Editor's pick
Technology editor Will Strauss picks the ten products and technologies not to miss at NAB this year.
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NewsUS shows and docs for Fiver launch
Five has unveiled a fresh slate of acquired and original shows for the new schedule of Fiver, the new name for digital channel Five Life that will come into being on 28 April.
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Sky FD's£1m hello
BSkyB's new finance chief, Jeremy Darroch, has been handed a golden hello package of shares worth£1.18m. The entitlement is part of Sky's incentive scheme and the benefits will not vest until summer 2007. Crucially, they are linked to a number of performance factors including subscriber acquisition and an increase ...
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ITV appoints two
ITV has bolstered the management team on its digital channels with two appointments. Paramount Comedy Channel planning and research manager Adam Collings has joined as programme strategy manager for ITV channels, working across ITV2 and ITV3. ITV content research group manager Mark Sammon has been made schedule strategy manager, ITV ...
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Homechoice add-on
Homechoice, the broadband television platform, has signed a deal with BSkyB for its sports and movie channels to join its platform for the first time. Homechoice, which at the moment is only available in London, had 3,500 subscribers at the last count in April. In the deal, Sky Sports ...
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BBC News 24 ahead
BBC News 24 has pulled ahead of Sky News in 15-minute weekly reach for eight out of the past 10 weeks, new Barb figures showed. Figures for the week ending 15 August - the latest available - put News 24 at 1.99 million and Sky News at 1.97 million viewers. ...