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NewsPlatform joins pre-pro trend
Production companies are increasingly waking up to the importance of collaborating with post companies in pre-production as a way of managing costs in a world of tighter broadcast budgets.
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NewsRDF to miss targets as suspension hits home
RDF Media has admitted its UK production division will miss its financial targets for the year.
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NewsFremantle launches£28m talent fund
Fremantle Media has created a£28m (€40m) fund to invest in talent partnerships around the world and kicked it off with three UK deals.
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NewsMorse founder Childs leaves Lewis
The founder of Inspector Morse, Ted Childs, has quit his role as executive producer of spin-off show Lewis.
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NewsNews at Ten to lead relaunched ITV1
ITV1 will relaunch next year with News at Ten at the heart of the schedule, executive chairman Michael Grade has confirmed.
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NewsBBCW appoints finance chief
BBC Worldwide has appointed a new chief financial officer as it gears up to spend more than£400m on acquisitions and new ventures over the next five years.
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NewsTranter and Hunt lead race for BBC1 job
BBC drama boss Jane Tranter and Five director of programmes Jay Hunt have emerged as the leading names in the race to be BBC1 controller.
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NewsTV Critics 31 October 2007
TV critics' verdict on programmes - including Peter Kosminsky’s drama Britz - broadcast on the 31 October 2007.
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NewsAnt and Dec takeaway awards
Ant and Dec’s place in the public’s affections remains undiminished despite the premium-rate phone-in scandal after the pair won two top prizes at the National TV Awards last night.
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NewsMcGovern regrets Cracker return
Cracker creator Jimmy McGovern has admitted he was wrong to bring back the Robbie Coltrane drama last year because the lead character was too old.
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NewsNational TV Awards scoops 6.9m for ITV1
ITV1’s coverage of the National Television Awards picked up 6.9m viewers (30.8%) last night, beating the audience for last year’s show.
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NewsVirgin HD channels delay likely
Virgin Media content chief Malcolm Wall has admitted that bandwidth constraints will delay the launch of linear high definition channels on the cable giant’s TV service.
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NewsWise Buddah strengthens itself with Steele
Sam Steele has quit the BBC to join radio indie Wise Buddah as head of programmes.
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NewsBSkyB sets repeats level on EPG
BSkyB has increased the minimum amount of new programming which must be broadcast by channels on its EPG.
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NewsBSkyB adds 83,000 new customers
BSkyB added 83,000 net new customers to its pay-TV platform in the first quarter.
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NewsRadio 5 Live news shake-up
25 BBC radio newsroom journalist jobs will be transferred to BBC Radio 5 Live next year as part of a change to the way the news and sport network operates.
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News5 Live news to be restructured
Radio 5 Live is restructuring its news division and will take on journalists from the BBC radio newsroom to produce, write and present new programmes on the station.
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NewsTV Critics 1 November 2007
TV critics' verdict on programmes - including the latest edition of EastEnders - broadcast on 1 November 2007.
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NewsC4 orders more comedy
Channel 4 comedy pilots Plus One and The Kevin Bishop Show are to be turned into full series next year.
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NewsLyons raps BBC over presenter salaries
BBC Trust chief Sir Michael Lyons has criticised the corporation for “meekly” bowing to on-screen talent’s salary expectations to stop them defecting to rival broadcasters.