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NewsTop Up eyes E4 replacement
Top Up TV has drawn up a short-list of channels to replace E4 on its premium Freeview offering, with comedy channel Paramount said to be the preferred choice.
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NewsBBC2 to turn bad dressers into style icons
Frumpy members of the public are to be forced to dress as dominatrixes, geishas and bunny girls for a BBC2 makeover series.
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NewsC4 show to create new girl band
Fame Academyproducer Initial has teamed up with Polydor, the record label behind Eminem and Girls Aloud, to make an ambitious Channel 4 series following an all-girl pop group's attempts to crack the mainstream.
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NewsBBC strikers out in force
For BBC music copyrighter Luke Keen, BBC director general Mark Thompson's announcement that 3,780 jobs were set to go had an irritating feeling of djà vu.
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NewsUnion gives ground over BBC layoffs
Bectu has softened its demand that the BBC rule out compulsory redundancies as the two parties head for crunch talks with industrial arbitrator Acas.
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Lighting the way for post
Mentors can reinvigorate stagnating careers as well as encourage early development, hence the launch of the Broadcast/Skillset Win a Mentor Scheme. Broadcast
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When TV is no longer TV
Where will all this talk of making television into entertainment brands lead us?
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Hunt for the popular touch
After experiencing first-hand the 'drivel' shown during daytime, Jay Hunt brings conviction to the role of BBC daytime controller - and a willingness to experiment
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Ending the paper chase
Leafleting aside, screen agencies play a key role in encouraging regional TV production as the line between TV and film becomes increasingly blurred, writes Chris Moll
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Why I axed Celeb Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling wasn't pulled because it didn't beat Doctor Who, but because it missed its target audience, insists Nigel Pickard
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Goodbye to celeb TV?
Do the lacklustre ratings for celebrity reality shows mean the genre has bitten the dust - or is it just a case of finding the right format and celebrities we've actually heard of?
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Time for conciliation
The unions are showing signs of compromise, now it's the turn of the BBC to be more open.
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Enteraction unveils quiz channel venture
Enteraction TV, the company behind Thomas Cook TV and London TV, is launching a channel dedicated to live quiz shows, games and puzzles.
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BBC on top form at RTS sports awards
Gary Lineker was named sports presenter of the year at the Royal Television Society sports awards this week, on a night the BBC scooped the lion's share of prizes.
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RDF hands Shearman full-time reality role
RDF Media has given documentary specialist Nick Shearman a full-time role working on shows including a new eight-part series for BBC1 - currently under wraps.
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More ITV job cuts
ITV has axed more regional jobs, with 46 redundancies set to be made at Anglia. The cuts are believed to include 26 posts in the programme-making department with the other roles going in technical, studios, technology and finance departments. Staff were told last week that jobs would disappear following Ofcom's ...
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Xfm poaches Lucio
GCap Media-owned rock station Xfm has poached Sony-award winning DJ Lucio to host its weekend breakfast show. He takes up the role in July from Emap's Kerrang! station in the West Midlands, replacing Sarah Darling. He joins a weekend line-up, which includes Lauren Laverne, Jimmy Carr, Adam and Joe and ...
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Newbigin quits C4
Channel 4 head of corporate communications John Newbigin is leaving after five years to pursue other interests. He finishes at the end of July and will be replaced by his current deputy, head of public affairs Nick Toon. He joined in 1999 from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport ...
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Holmes' Sky move
Former GMTV anchorman Eamonn Holmes is joining Sky News to host its breakfast show Sunrise. He will join later this year when Sky relaunches the 6am to 9am show from its new state-of-the-art news studio in Osterley. Holmes, who quit GMTV a few weeks ago claiming the show had moved ...