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NewsRDF Media takes stake in Baby Channel
Wife Swapindie RDF Media has made another investment - this time in a TV channel.
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NewsC4 set to renew ITN contract
Channel 4 is likely to renew its news contract with ITN after its director of television, Kevin Lygo, said he believed it was the best option for the channel.
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NewsITV in festival firing line
ITV is overreliant on Granada for its programming and needs to look for a greater range of programme suppliers, critics claimed during a session on 50 years of ITV.
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NewsITV nightly news may move (again)
ITV is considering moving its late-evening news once again - to a new 11pm slot.
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A missed opportunity
Lord Birt's MacTaggart lecture failed either to deliver the top-slicing manifesto which had been widely expected or to confound the commentators by coming up with his own big idea.
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Kit companies: on the record
The demise of hire outfit VFG earlier this has year taught those working in the hire business a valuable lesson: if you're not succeeding as a one-stop shop in the face of dwindling TV production budgets, then diversify.
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Courtesy costs nothing
The worrying survey findings for an Edinburgh session on How to be Happy in TV set Stuart Prebble reminiscing
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The on-demand BBC
On-demand is at the core of the digital debate, and may even change what we mean by 'broadcasting'. The BBC must be at the forefront of developments, says director general Mark Thompson
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No substitute for talent
Celebrity presenters will not succeed in drawing listeners to a radio station if they do not also fit the brand, says Graham Bryce.
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ITV's unhappy festival
John Birt's MacTaggart reticence took the heat off the BBC and put ITV firmly in the spotlight at Edinburgh.
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Impossible wins Discovery US order
Impossible Pictures, the company formed by the team behind Walking with Dinosaurs, is making an ambitious documentary series for Discovery Channel US, which will recreate major natural disasters.
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BBC hires de Villiers
The BBC has appointed former Disney executive Etienne de Villiers to oversee its commercial dealings.
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Format focus: Your Place or Mine
In this format couples who can't agree on their ideal home can win a year's worth of mortgage payments if they can find a house they are both happy with, writes Lorna Goodyer
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Pitts to take on 3DD global sales
Distributor 3DD Entertainment has hired Boxscreen director of sales and acquisitions Jayne Pitts to take the new role of director of sales. Reporting to 3DD chief executive Dominic Saville, she is responsible for overseeing global TV and DVD programming sales. She is also charged with securing co-production deals in key ...
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C4 to screen Digital Music Awards
Channel 4 has signed up to broadcast the BT Digital Music Awards next month. The annual event, which features 18 categories ranging from best pop artists through to best use of broadband, take place in London on 18 October. C4 will screen coverage on its main channel as well as ...
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Far East Fremantle role for Spalding
Fremantle Media has promoted Simon Spalding, the chief executive of its licensing arm, to the newly created role of director of operations, Asia Pacific. He takes up the post in November and will be charged with running Fremantle's production businesses in the region, such as Grundy Television in Australia, which ...
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Barry to manage United MTV channels
MTV Networks has promoted Michael Barry to the newly created role of senior vice-president, managing director Music, MTV Networks UK & Ireland in a move that sees all nine VH1 and MTV channels managed together for the first time. Traditionally the three VH1 channels as well as The Music Factory ...
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Paramount buys gruesome clip show
Paramount Comedy has picked up a new clip show dubbed the You've Been Framedfor the Jackass generation. You've Been Maimedis a 20 x 30-minute series from Black Diamond Films - the producer/distributor's first commission - featuring stomach-churning mishaps from around the world. ...
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ITV1 in charity gig coup
ITV1 is to broadcast the Asda Tickled Pink breast cancer awareness event, featuring music acts including Westlife and Sheryl Crow, for its Saturday night schedule.
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Shoebox Zoo to be unleashed once again
BBC kids series Shoebox Zoo has won a second series commission and is being shown on the CBBC Channel before transferring to BBC1. The animation features the voices of Simon Callow, Rik Mayall and Jason Connery and is a co-production between CBBC Scotland, Los Angeles-based producer Blueprint Entertainment and Canadian ...