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Sky rejigs news team in readiness for Five
Sky News has reshuffled its executive team in preparation for its takeover of the Five News contract in January, appointing the launch managing editor of Sky News Ireland as the channel's head of newsgathering.
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Living launches reality channel
Flextech is pursuing its strategy of making Living TV the country's sixth channel with the launch of a service devoted to reality and real-life entertainment.
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Hilary to take BBC America to ?next level'
Former BBC executive Bill Hilary has been confirmed as the new head of BBC America.
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Cannes keeps MIP
Reed Midem, organiser of the Mip television festivals, has secured a new 10-year deal with the city of Cannes. The deal will see the company host the international markets, which include Mipcom, MipTV and MipDoc, in the Palais des Festivals on the Cote d'Azur until at least 2014. Over 10,000 ...
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Discovery/BBC deal
The Discovery channel has signed an output deal with the BBC that will give it first-look access to 12 new episodes of BBC2 history strand Timewatch over the next two years. The programmes will be delivered in mini-series of three, the first of which, The ...
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CBC buys Dr Who
Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Doctor Who , months before it is due to air in the UK. The deal was completed at Mipcom by BBC Worldwide. Doctor Who ...
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Twofour AFP head
Twofour Productions has appointed Jason Langley to its board as commercial director. He will be responsible for international programme distribution, secondary rights exploitation, advertiser-funded programming (AFP) and its home video business. He first joined Twofour in 2001 from Shout Television to look after the indie's AFP content, which includes ...
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NewsBBC3 Buys Dead Bodies film at Mipcom
BBC3 is to show Irish thriller Dead Bodies after snapping up the title at the Mipcom programme market.
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Tory MP calls for end to Yentob Inquiry
Conservative media spokesman John Whittingdale has called on the BBC to bring the ongoing inquiry into its creative...
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BBC Reviews Religion's role on TV
The BBC is to launch an independent review of its religious programming on television, particularly on BBC1. The move follows criticism from the Central Religious Advisory committee about the 'marginalised' scheduling of the genre and the absence of a regular slot. The assessment will report on the strategy approved by ...
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Wonfor memorial to be held in November
A memorial service for Andrea Wonfor, who died last month, will take place at 5pm on Friday 5 November at St Nicholas Cathedral in her home town of Newcastle upon Tyne. One of the most influential and highly respected women in British television, Wonfor lost her battle against breast cancer ...
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Sky moves rey to joint-ventures
Sky head of programming finance David Rey has been promoted to director of joint-ventures and cable, filling the gap left by former head of Sky Ventures Matthew Imi.
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RatingsSteel River Blues gains weight
ITV1's Steel River Blues added another 600,000 last night but still lost its slot to BBC1.
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Ofcom's blue-sky thinking
Ofcom surprised many in the industry last week with a leap in logic that suggests the current providers of public service broadcasting can't be relied upon to deliver the goods in a digital age - so a new channel is needed.
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NewsBBC launches Japanese channel
BBC Worldwide is to launch a new entertainment channel in Japan that will include the frustrated antics of Basil Fawlty and stern quizmaster Anne Robinson.
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NewsBBC unveils first Norton vehicle
The BBC has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off of Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsC4 sets up Scottish factual scheme
Superindie IWC Media and Channel 4 have set up a new training scheme to foster factual production talent in Scotland.
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NewsPeacock: BBC should be subscription-funded
Sir Alan Peacock, the high profile professor who conducted a wide-ranging review of the BBC's finances in the 1980s, has called for the BBC to be funded by subscription.