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Blue Peter to be 'more like Top Gear'
BBC children's controller Richard Deverell has outlined his ambition to reinvent Blue Peter - by making it more like Top Gear.
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Ten Alps buys another Belfast indie
Bob Geldof's production company Ten Alps has scooped up another Belfast indie - this time, the online TV production company County Link Media.
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Deadline draws near for Broadcast Digital Awards 2009
The 2009 Broadcast Digital Awards will be closing for entries in just under one month's time.
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Distributors unite to fight for terms of trade
Some of the UK's biggest distributors have responded to the government's Digital Britain report by banding together to protect the rights won by the indie sector in the 2003 Communications Act.
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DRG agrees first-look deal with Talent TV
Talent Television, the indie behind the BBC1 Test the Nation format, has signed a first-look deal with Digital Rights Group (DRG).
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Shed leads industry to create scriptwriting MA
Shed Media has teamed up with the BBC, Talkback Thames and other industry players to create an MA course in TV fiction writing.
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Nickelodeon UK to get ‘fantasy' rebrand
Nickelodeon UK is being handed a new on-air look that will then be rolled out to the company's other international channels.
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Channel TV asks for PSB funding for news service
Channel TV is appealing to Ofcom and the government for funding to help meet the cost of its regional news output.
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STV freshens up factual division with double hire
STV has appointed two creative executives from Cheetah Television and BBC Scotland.
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ITV1 snaps up C4-piloted gameshow
ITV1 has picked up a futuristic physical gameshow format that Objective Productions originally piloted for Channel 4.
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BBC execs vet Teletubbies repeats
Senior BBC staff are having to re-comply old episodes of Teletubbies that have already screened, as part of a BBC crackdown on compliance procedures.
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Can Gerry fix your inheritance, asks BBC2 pilot
BBC2 has lined up businessman Sir Gerry Robinson to front a new show about inheritance.
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ITV offloads spectrum asset
ITV has sold its 70% stake in broadcast spectrum manager JFMG to leading UK broadcasting infrastructure provider Arqiva for£1m cash.
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ITV1 lines up rural show for early evening slot
ITV1 will take an unlikely look at rural Britain's roots in a long-running, early evening show about the nation's heritage, landscapes and people.
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One World awards to recognise drama
The One World Media Awards will this year include a category for drama.
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New tactics for Sundays
Not so long ago most channels ran scared from the heavyweight battle raging between BBC1 and ITV1 on a Sunday night as shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and Heartbeat mopped up the majority of viewers.
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Slow start for C4 comedy
Comedy has long been a staple of Friday nights on Channel 4. However, its latest offering, sitcom Free Agents, got off to a lukewarm start.
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BBC2 challenges celebrity chefs to make money
BBC2 will ask TV chefs to prove themselves in a busy restaurant in a spin-off of Reef TV's Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is.
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MTV hands 500 hours of content to Remedy
Indie Remedy Productions has won a contract to produce up to 500 hours of short-form content for MTV Networks UK that was previously made in-house.
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Sky 1 to follow credit crunch strippers group
Sky 1 will say “balls to the recession” as it follow six jobless would-be male strippers who are attempting to put on a saucy show to raise some much-needed cash.