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BBC revamps its learning division.
The BBC has appointed its first creative director for learning as part of a revamp of its educational output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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US calls on BBC for ideas.
American Network CBS is looking to make a US version of the hit BBC1 drama Being April, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsBSkyB to sell ITV stake?
BSkyB could be forced to sell its stake in ITV after the Competition Commission ruled it was 'against public interest'.
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RDF adds two agents to talent division.
RDF Media has doubled the size of its talent management team with the appointments of agents Michael Joyce and Craig Latto from Silver Fox Artist Management, writes Glen Mutel.
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Unique loses Radio 2 show.
Unique Productions is to lose another lucrative contract when its BBC Radio 2 show with Richard Allinson is axed, writes Michael Rosser.
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NTL and Sky make up.
Cable operator NTL has resolved its dispute with BSkyB over the cost of carrying the satellite
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Noddy the cash cow.
Chorion, the owner of children's character Noddy, has said it will buy new assets after reporting
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C4 loses news man.
Channel 4 News senior foreign editor Andrew Macdonald is leaving the programme. Since he joined in
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BBC opens archive.
The BBC has launched a website which will allow people to use its archive to make
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Commissioning - Quickfire scores two BBC series.
Former Granada head of history Mark Fielder's new indie, Quickfire Media, has picked up its first
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Commissioning - BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics.
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Commissioning - ITV Saturday night show gives the talentless hope.
RDF Media is to produce a new Saturday night entertainment show for ITV in which two of Britain's top music managers will each have to transform a talentless group of friends into a credible band of performers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Commissioning - Commissioner's Q&A - Matt Tombs.
The head of entertainment and drama at UKTV is on the lookout for weekend event ideas for the group's new entertainment channel, UKTV G2, and is proud of the fact that UKTV Gold is not just a repeats outlet.
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Commissions - Heggessey brings back drama favourites.
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8
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Commissions - C4 pays tribute to influence of Friends.
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about
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Commissions - Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs.
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute
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Commissions - BBC signs Campbell for primetime show.
The BBC has signed TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell to host its new primetime Saturday
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Animated Poirot to air in Japan.
The classic crime novels of Agatha Christie have been animated for the first time following a
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Arab broadcaster options BBC series.
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based newscaster set up last year to rival al-Jazeera, has renewed its distribution ties with the BBC, optioning a further 125 hours of content, writes Colin Robertson.
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Format Focus: The making of the ? Show.
An improvised Finnish comedy, which has echoes of The Larry Sanders Show, The Office and Monty Python, sounds as if it would be irresistible to a UK audience, writes Michael Rosser.