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NewsThird week of gloom as media falls again
For a third consecutive week, most of the Broadcast 20 declined in value as the FTSE 100 fell to its lowest point since October 2005.
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NewsBarham made buying head for all Virgin TV channels
Virgin Media TV has restructured its acquisitions team, promoting head of acquisitions for Living, Living 2 and Virgin 1 Amy Barham to head of acquisitions for the whole channel portfolio.
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C4I wins rights to sell Celebrity Ding Dong
Channel 4 International has secured a deal with indie Open Mike Productions to handle international distribution of comedy gameshow Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong.
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Worldwide wins for Psychic Challenge
Psychic Challenge, the format distributed by RDF Rights, has scored new commissions and renewals in territories around the world.
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NewsBolton steps back from Flame
Flame TV founder Roger Bolton is stepping down from the day-to-day running of the business and handing the reins to director of production Claire Featherstone and commercial director Julius O'Dowd.
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NewsBremner chews on the credit crunch for C4
Rory Bremner is to take a satirical look at the credit crunch in a four-part series for Channel 4.
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NewsZig Zag opens LA office to expand in US
Zig Zag has expanded its US presence and opened a Los Angeles base after securing over $6m worth of American business in the past six months.
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NewsITV to film armed police for ‘big access' two-parter
ITV will follow the Metropolitan Police's secretive CO19 squad, Britain's largest firearms division, in a hard-hitting new documentary series which will air in the late autumn.
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C4 aims provocative G-Spot docs at women
Channel 4 is to give voice to provocative opinions on topics such as cosmetic vaginal surgery and the fur trade in a new documentary strand aimed at women.
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Former Five history chief joins Firefly
Five's former controller of history and live factual events, Alex Sutherland, has joined Firefly as an independent consultant and executive producer.
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NewsRatings Focus: Doctor bows out with a monster audience
The series finale to the current run of BBC1's Doctor Who was the drama's second highest audience for a regular episode since the series was regenerated in 2005.
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NewsHat Trick shuts Manchester office
Hat Trick has closed its Manchester office after three years after struggling to secure enough comedy and entertainment commissions from the region.
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NewsBBC sets tougher green targets across the board
Blue Peter and Gardeners' World are to be among the first BBC shows to measure their carbon footprints under tougher environmental targets for the corporation to be unveiled in the coming weeks.
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NewsBBC Trust: judge shows on innovation
The BBC should stop chasing ratings with celebrity and reality shows and judge programmes on their quality and distinctiveness instead, the BBC Trust has said.
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NewsMove BBC out of London, urges Welsh Assembly
The BBC should move all its major channels and commissions outside London to stimulate the UK production sector, according to the first report of the National Assembly for Wales' recently-established Broadcasting Committee.
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NewsRhys Jones to get angry for personality-led BBC2 season
Griff Rhys Jones is to confront his own attitude to anger in a personal journey for BBC2 with echoes of Stephen Fry's films on HIV and manic depression.
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NewsBBC comedy chief Allen to join Hot Fuzz indie
Kenton Allen will leave his role as BBC creative head of comedy and Comedy North to join the company behind Shaun of the Dead and Black Books.
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NewsNo senior heads will roll for£36m online overspend
No BBC execs will lose their jobs over the£36m bbc.co.uk overspend, BBC director general Mark Thompson has said, despite claims that the error could set back the BBC's online offering by more than a year.
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NewsLlewelyn-Bowen seeks perfect garden for Five
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is to lead a nationwide hunt for the UK's best garden in a new format for Five.
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NewsYorke expands role in drama reshuffle
BBC Drama has expanded the role of drama production studios controller John Yorke to include new talent as part of a senior-level restructure.