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GMG buys into web developer
GMG Endemol Entertainment has bought part ownership of Zeppatron, a fledgling online comedy content developer operated by members of the production team behind The Eleven O'Clock Show, writes Adrian Pennington.
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BBC considers pay-to-view
BBC director general Greg Dyke is considering plans to distribute BBC sport output via pay-per-view and rethink what rights the corporation buys as part of a strategy to increase commercial revenue, write Tara Conlan and John Lewis.
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Tusa attacks Dyke on BBC lack of art
Former World Service chief John Tusa has launched a scathing attack on BBC director-general Greg Dyke and his director of television Mark Thompson, describing them as 'the Rodney and Del Boy
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C4 Brooke is promoted to pay-TV deputy
Channel 4 head of marketing and development, pay-TV Dan Brooke has been promoted to the new position of deputy managing director of digital and pay-TV, writes Ashley Davies.
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BSkyB has made its remote recorder service available online, allowing viewers to set recordings from their computers wherever they are. Viewers can set their Sky+ or Sky HD boxes to record from the website www.sky.com/remoterecord. Using the free service, visitors can view Sky's seven-day TV ...
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ITV is tipped to take on Planet 24 hit Survive
ITV is poised to sign up UK terrestrial rights to Planet 24's worldwide hit Survive! (Survivor! in the US), writes Colin Robertson.
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E4 hires scheduler
Channel 4 has hired UK Horizons schedule manager Frank Lampen to plan E4, its digital entertainment channel set for launch at the end of the year. He reports to E4 head
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TVC snaps up Mentorn
The Television Corporation (TVC) has triggered its option to buy the remaining 50 per cent of The Mentorn Group. The price for the remainder of Mentorn, up to a ceiling of
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C4 races bid in dispute
Channel 4 has denied reports that it has raised its offer for the broadcasting rights for the Racecourse Association to£350m, together with the BBC, BSkyB and NTL subsidiary Premium TV.C4
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Tremayne heads to US
Granada TV is seeking a new controller of factual programmes following Charles Tremayne's promotion to a permanent role at Granada Factual USA.Tremayne will become senior VP of the Granada offshoot, based
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£64M for World Service
The BBC World Service was boosted this week by what it said was a 'good settlement' in the public spending round announced by chancellor Gordon Brown. It is to receive an
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New controller for beat
Beat 106 has named Andrew Jeffries as its new programme controller following Capital Radio's acquisition of the Scottish outfit last week. Jeffries, previously Southern FM programme controller, took up his new
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Deputy for lifestyle
BBC Birmingham lifestyle and features has poached Anglia executive producer, talk Sally-Anne Howard to become deputy editor, reporting to head of lifestyle and features Kate Marsh.
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Granada Media in Meridian-plus bid
Granada Media is unlikely to be satisfied with the addition of just the Meridian franchise to its ITV portfolio, senior sources within the company suggested this week.The new Granada Media, headed
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United/Meridian crisis talks
United News & Media executives were this week locked in crisis talks with Meridian senior staff, after the future of United's south-coast ITV franchise was thrown into doubt, writes Colin Robertson.
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Current on Virgin
The UK version of Al Gore's Current TV will launch on Virgin Media on 12 March, the same day it goes live on the BSkyB platform. Current TV will form part of Virgin Media's L and XL packages.
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RTL poised to offer£5bn for United as it eyes C5 share
RTL, which incorporates Pearson TV, is considering a£5bn bid for United News & Media in an attempt to buy United's minority stake in Channel 5, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ISBA baulks over ad limit
Advertisers are unhappy with the decision to allow more ITV consolidation, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITC raps ITV for foul language in fly-on-wall series
The ITC has upheld complaints from 29 viewers about the use of the word 'wanker' in the Salesman from Hell series on ITV. The word was used three times in one
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West country operations link up for careers day
The BBC, HTV West, The Guardian, Skillnet South West and the University of Bristol Careers Advisory Service have joined together to plan the second South-West Careers Information Day. The event, on