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NewsUTV Radio and TLRC start takeover talks
UTV Radio is understood to be exploring extending its relationship with The Local Radio Company (TLRC) with a possible takeover.
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NewsRound-up: C4 winter schedule
Overview of Broadcastnow's coverage of C4's line-up of programming for winter 2008.
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NewsTV Critics 12 November ‘08
“Why didn't they just call it I'm a Nutter, Get Me Out of Here?” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsFiver picks up Beach Patrol from Target
Five's digital channel Fiver has acquired premiere rights to US crime reality series Beach Patrol, which previously debuted in the UK on Zone Reality.
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DCD Rights lands sales for shock-docs
DCD Rights has sold the shock-documentaries The Girl with Two Faces and My Big Fat Mexican Wedding to multiple territories.
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NewsAd market recovery due to begin in 2009
The TV advertising market will be down 9% this year, but that will be the “bottom of the pit” for broadcasters before a recovery begins in 2009, according to Steve King, the worldwide chief operating officer of Zenith Optimedia.
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UTV Media rises after TVC ups stake
UTV Media plc climbed 14.24% in value this week to close at 92.25p after investment firm TVC increased its stake in the broadcaster by a further three percentage points to 18%.
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NewsBroadcasters cast wider for factual presenters
Broadcasters are continuing to look for celebrity-led documentary formats in the mould of Ross Kemp on Gangs and Stephen Fry in America but are determined to broaden the talent pool beyond predominantly white middle-aged men.
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NewsBBC boosts in-house entertainment
BBC Vision Productions has bolstered its entertainment team with a new tier of managers focused on different sub-genres.
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NewsSchama lines up major history of the Jews for BBC2
Simon Schama is in discussion with the BBC to chart the history of the Jews in his next series.
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NewsBuzzcocks creator slams ‘bear pit' of male-dominated shows
The co-creator of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and They Think It's All Over has slammed “testosterone-heavy” panel shows, branding them a “bear pit”.
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ITV4 picks up tennis tournament from BBC
ITV4 has picked up the exclusive rights to broadcast coverage of the BlackRock Tennis Masters from IMG, taking over from the BBC.
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BBC1 lines up Hitler murder plot drama
BBC1 is planning a major one-off drama about a German resistance fighter hanged in 1945 for his part in a failed attempt to kill Hitler.
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Monday night is more of a drama as ITV1 picks up
ITV1 claimed a rare victory this week in its regular Monday night 9pm drama skirmish with BBC1.
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NewsITV lines up shows for multiplatform release
Coronation Street, Loose Women, Emmerdale and GMTV are the priority ITV in-house brands set to receive a Britannia High-style 360-degree multi-platform makeover in the next year.
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NewsUKTV History becomes Yesterday
UKTV History will be named Yesterday in the next phase of UKTV's global rebranding strategy.
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NewsC4 ramps up First Cut doc strand
Squirrels and female soldiers will feature in the next run of Channel 4's documentary strand First Cut, which will expand to 30 episodes next year in order to strengthen its springboard for factual film-makers.
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Armed forces awards show to air on Sky 1
Sky1 is to televise “The Millies” - the awards for military bravery launched this year by Prince Charles and the Sun newspaper.
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NewsITV Studios set to snap up US indies
ITV managing director of global content Lee Bartlett is eyeing more US indies to bring under the new ITV Studios umbrella.
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BBC4 to adapt Cloud Spotter's Guide
BBC4 is to take a “lyrical” look at clouds in a feature-length documentary based on the bestselling book The Cloud Spotter's Guide.