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GTV's football rights set to be sold
The African broadcast rights to the English Premier League, previously held by liquidated pan-African broadcaster GTV, are close to being sold to a new buyer.
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Why Kangaroo stalled
The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.
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Linsey named BBC entertainment commissioner
The BBC has appointed Mark Linsey the new controller of entertainment commissioning, following Elaine Bedell's defection to ITV.
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Parthenon bids to profit from struggling market
Parthenon Entertainment Group chief executive Carl Hall believes distributors will face a tough year and is on the lookout to acquire companies that have “hit the rocks”.
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ITV to reveal more cuts on 4 March
ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell has warned staff to expect more swingeing cost saving measures on 4 March.
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ITV1 explores rough and soft side of Holloway
Wild Pictures will expose the drugs, arson and violence of Holloway Prison - as well as the softer side of Europe's largest female jail - in a three part series for ITV1.
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McGrath to lead Tiger Aspect features team
Tiger Aspect has set up a features department headed by Jo McGrath and landed a second order of Channel 4's The Home Show.
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BBC Trust under fire over ‘misleading' statements
The BBC Trust is facing fresh criticism after the cross-party Commons Department for Culture Media & Sport select committee accused it of ducking questions and trying to fulfil two functions at once.
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News Q&A: Stephen Carter
The communications minister talks to Broadcast about TV and the internet, how plans for a second PSB will become a reality and why the terms of trade are successful.
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Sky 1 hands Guinness World Records show an 11-part run
Sky 1 has ordered an 11-part run of Guinness World Records Smashed! following the show's one-off debut last November.
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Rise to uncover Indian culture clash for More 4
Factual indie Rise Films is making a feature-length ob-doc for More 4 about an indigenous Indian tribe facing up to the arrival of a large, multi-national company.
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Avid to cut number of resellers
Avid will reduce the number of companies that it allows to sell its digital media production technology across EMEA and India by at least 10% as it tries to improve relations with customers.
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Unpaid bill threatens The Club
Covent Garden facility The Club has entered into insolvency proceedings after being told that one of its major customers is unlikely to be able to pay a£110,000 bill for post-production work.
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Antiques Roadshow gets BBC2 weekday spin-off
Antiques Roadshow is heading to BBC2 in a stripped weekday spin-off that will revisit some of the show's most memorable finds.
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Video: Jeremy Darroch
BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch talks to Robert Shepherd about 20 years of Sky.
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Carter calls for co-operation on convergence
Lord Carter has urged the TV industry to open its mind about its place in the converging media sector - and told broadcasters they must learn to compete and co-operate at the same time.
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Virgin 1 orders first web drama
Virgin 1 is hosting its first web-only drama, a quirky tale of a manic depressive and his imaginary dream girl.
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Makeover for Setanta Sports News website
Setanta Sports News is planning an overhaul of its website to include celebrity interviews, rare sport clips and blogs from its presenters and commentators.
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BBC4 redesigns idents for March Japan season
BBC4's idents will get a Japanese makeover to promote a season on “the real but hidden soul” of Japan.
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ITV exec warns staff to expect more cost cutting
ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell has warned staff to expect more swingeing cost-saving measures on 4 March.