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Rapido prepares to make its film debut
Rapido is preparing for its first major push into films and is working on two TV film proposals and one for cinema.Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has commissioned the
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BBC 1 buys DLT show
Indie DLT Entertainment UK is making a new pre-watershed comedy for BBC 1 starring Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wannamaker, writes Tara Conlan.
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C5 chiefs order docs and cops
Channel 5 has announced a raft of new commissions from controller of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw and features and arts chief Michael Attwell, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Football scores with ITV and BBC viewers
ITV scored highly in the ratings game on Saturday (20 May) as the FA Cup final and the Stars in their Eyes Live Final attracted large crowds, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Company to adapt White Teeth drama
Company Pictures is developing an adaptation of 24-year-old Zadie Smith's debut novel White Teeth for the BBC, writes Ashley Davies.
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Reprieve for The Money Programme
BBC News financial current affairs strand The Money Programme has won a reprieve, but will relaunch in a new midweek slot from the autumn backed by a bigger budget, writes Tara Conlan.
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NewsDai4Films hunts new comics for BBC Wales
Dai4Films is to film untapped comic talent in clubs across Wales in Funny Business, a new four-parter for BBC Wales.
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Health channel in pipeline
A former BSkyB programme executive is launching an interactive women's lifestyle channel called Channel Health with plans to fill at least a quarter of its airtime with original productions, writes Simon Ellery.
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GMTV wins OK!TV show from Carlton
Carlton TV has lost its OK!TV commission, with GMTV expected to pick up the contract.OK! magazine publisher Richard Desmond has asked GMTV to check the next series of the show for
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Indie duo take Foreign Office deal
Two independent broadcast specialists have won the Foreign Office contracts to run British Satellite News (BSN) and London Radio Service (LRS), writes Steve Clarke.
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Lion gets to Entertain You again
Lion Television's BBC2 daytime variety show Let Me Entertain Youhas been commissioned for a second series.
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Euronews selects C5 deputy Adams
ITN channel Euronews has appointed Channel 5 news deputy editor Mark Adams as its new Lyons-based editorial director, writes Colin Robertson.
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NEW THIS MORNING EDITOR
Granada is looking to recruit a new editor for This Morning following editor Sharon Powers' decision to quit the show at the end of its current run. Powers, who has no
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LANE QUITS PRINCESS
Kelly Lane, assistant managing director of Princess Productions' recently launched talent agency Princess Talent, has left the company less than three months after joining. Lane, who joined the new start-up from
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R4: 'NO RADICAL CHANGES'
Helen Boaden, the new controller of BBC Radio 4, reassured MPs this week that there would be no radical changes in the pattern of R4 broadcasting.MPs have become jittery after last
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WIRELESS GROUP TO FLOAT
The Wireless Group is to float on the stock exchange this Thursday (25 May). Shares will be priced at 190p to raise£40 million for acquisitions, valuing the group at£183
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WAP INTERACTIVE TV PLANS
Radio indie Somethin' Else has signed a deal with Ericsson to develop a platform for use by broadcasters wanting to deliver interactive content to both WAP-enabled mobile phones and the internet.The
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TF1 AND CANAL+ OUT ESPN
TF1 and Canal+ have bought out ESPN shares in sports channels Eurosport International and Eurosport France. The international service is now jointly owned by the two with TF1 holding 50.5 per