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BBC and ITV close to regional news deal
BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed that the BBC and ITV are close to a deal to enable the commercial broadcaster to continue to provide regional news into the next decade.
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NewsToday's TV Critics
Verdicts from newspaper television critics on programmes broadcast on Tuesday 23rd October 2007.
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Buyers to play it safe at Natpe as recession bites
Distributors are predicting buyers will play it safe by looking for affordable, non-scripted formats at Natpe in Las Vegas later this month.
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Winter ratings hot up
Terrestrials are wheeling out their big-hitting shows to take advantage of long, cold nights.
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DRG links up with former Five exec for co-pros
DRG has teamed up with former Five head of co-productions Lilla Hurst in a bid to “significantly” increase co-production activity across the group.
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BBC3 aims at young crowd
Earlier this week BBC3 controller Danny Cohen said that he wanted to edge the channel towards a slightly younger audience without alienating its core 16- to 34-year-old viewers.
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UKTV drops relationship dramas in Watch rethink
UKTV is ditching flagship “relationship” dramas from Watch in a bid to reposition the channel just three months after its launch.
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BBC daytime orders Countryfile spin-off
BBC daytime has ordered a Countryfile spin-off and a quiz show fronted by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark.
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BBC World Service eyes launch of Urdu channel
The BBC World Service is eyeing indigenous-language channels in the Indian subcontinent, China and Latin America, following the launches of its publicly funded BBC Arabic and BBC Persian television services.
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Sir Trevor heads to birthplace for Caribbean doc
ITV1 is to dispatch Sir Trevor McDonald to the Caribbean to investigate both the luxury and the darker side of the region.
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Irtizaali joins C4 entertainment
Channel 4 has added the executive producer of Dispatches documentary NHS Postcode Lottery and E4's Girls Aloud: Off the Record to its entertainment commissioning team.
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Discovery hires Dinnage to head scheduling arm
Discovery Networks UK has hired former Five schedules and planning director Susanna Dinnage to head up its newly-merged scheduling and research division.
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BBC plans Broadcasting House security fence
The BBC has applied for planning permission to build a US Embassy-style “ring of steel” around Broadcasting House.
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BBC and C4 draw final PSB battle lines
The BBC and Channel 4 are at loggerheads in the run-up to Ofcom's final PSB report, with the broadcasters disagreeing on almost all key proposals.
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Bazalgette links up with Cowell at Sony Music TV
Peter Bazalgette will work alongside Simon Cowell's Syco TV after being drafted in as non-executive chairman of Sony Music TV.
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BBC Knowledge firms up latest merger plan
BBC Knowledge has firmed up proposals to reintegrate its in-house and indie commissioning teams, with a decision anticipated as early as the end of January.
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Sky frees up HD channel space
Broadcasters will finally be able to apply to launch new channels on BSkyB after the satellite company developed software to free up capacity to launch HD channels.
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Babelgum tests BBC mobile clips
Babelgum has secured the rights to 100 clips from BBC shows including The Office and The Mighty Boosh as the web TV service extends to mobile phones in the UK for the first time.
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Web stays centre stage in C4 Sex Ed Show
Channel 4's cross-platform series The Sex Education Show will tackle pornography when it returns in April in a stripped TV format and dedicated website.