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Five ponders Trisha
Five is looking for more vehicles for talkshow host Trisha Goddard. Director of programmes Dan Chambers said he has lined up a 'reality event' show and another involving 'quirky individuals', but had yet to decide between the two. Trisha currently hosts Trisha Goddardon Five.
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Living branches out
Living TV director Richard Woolfe said the channel was no longer looking to commission shows for its pink and paranormal strands and was on the look out for the 'next big, noisy breakthrough genre'. He said the channel's budget is£20,000 per half hour for daytime and£100,000 plus for primetime.
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Discovery reinvents
Discovery UK senior vice-president and channel director, Jill Offman said she wanted to shake off the Discovery Channel's image of 'sharks and Nazis' and is looking to commission more drama with a human element. Where possible programmes would be shot in high definition.
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News more X-rated
News coverage has become more X-rated in Britain over the years, according to a new survey. Festival organisers commissioned a YouGov poll of 159 industry figures asking whether news footage was at its most graphic and 57% of those surveyed agreed. The figures were revealed as part of a session ...
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NewsMy Fair Kerry charms just 3.5m
ITV1's Pygmalion-style show My Fair Kerryfailed to convince the viewers with the programme only attracting 3.5 million (16.2%), less than BBC1 or Channel 4.
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NewsBBC names Horrocks as TV news head
BBC current affairs head Peter Horrocks has been named the corporation's new head of television news.
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NewsPEER POLL: channel of the year
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC1 deserve to win channel of the year at Edinburgh?
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NewsDiscovery to launch UK HD channel
Discovery is gearing up for the launch of its high definition mixed genre channel in the UK.
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NewsBBC spends£11.8m on taxis
The BBC's spending on taxis increased to£11.8m last year - the equivalent of£32,000 a day.
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NewsFirst deadline for Flextech bids
First round bids for Flextech are to be submitted by the end of today (2 Sept) - with leading British and American broadcasters all expected of put in offers of£700million and upwards.
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NewsBrazil joins At The Races
TalkSport's breakfast presenter Alan Brazil has joined horseracing channel At The Races to present a new Monday night edition of the sports betting show Get On Tonight.
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NewsFive reports increased profits
RTL Group has reported a solid rise in earnings and profits for its UK broadcaster Five.
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NewsThe Year London Blew Up draws 1.8m
Channel 4's two-hour drama-documentary The Year London Blew Up: 1974 fared well, considering the subject matter, with a peak audience of 1.8 million (13%) at the end.
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NewsLush quits BBC to launch indie
The BBC is to lose its entertainment commissioning controller Jane Lush to a Television Corporation (TVC) financed start-up indie.
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Interview: David Elstein - Mapping a digital path
David Elstein is set to take Hallmark on to a global stage. His vision of the digital future has been formed by a formidable body of experience and uncompromising views of past errors - and Freeview is one of them. James Curtis reports.
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NewsNew CEO for Screen South
Screen South, the UK Film Council-funded media development agency for the south east of England, has promoted Jo Nolan as its new chief executive.
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NewsITV unveils new politics format
ITV's new Sunday morning political format, which will replace Jonathan Dimbleby from next year, is to be called Meet the Reporters- a discussion show in which well-known journalists and columnists grill senior politicians.
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NewsLiberty enters Flextech fray
Liberty Global has submitted a bid for Flextech, Telewest's content arm, according to reports.
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NewsEx-Emap chief bids for Ipswich FM
Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker and Macquarie Bank have entered a second application for a UK local FM radio licence - this time for Ipswich.
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NewsSci-Fi inks Night Watch exclusive
Sci Fi has inked a exclusive deal with Twentieth Century Fox to show the first 15 minutes of Russian hit film, Night Watchbefore it premieres in UK cinemas in October.