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NewsBBC sends presenters up the Amazon
The BBC is to send eight would-be children's presenters up the Amazon in a dugout canoe as part of its latest talent search.
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NewsDFG picks up C4 shorts series
DFG Films, the production arm of the Documentary Filmmakers Group, is making a series of shorts about Christian missionary kids for Channel 4.
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NewsSwitchCo launches
SwitchCo, the independent body that will manage the government's£1bn switch from analogue to digital TV, officially launches today.
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NewsBBC strike threat could hit election coverage
The BBC's general election coverage could be hit by strikes being threatened by unions.
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NewsSupernanny holds firm with 5.1m
Viewers showed no signs of losing interest in Channel 4's hit series Supernannyas the second instalment of the current run peaked at 5.1 million (21.5%) at the end.
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NewsDyke in bidding for BBC Broadcast
The sale of BBC Broadcast has excited plenty of interest with a total of 18 bidders including Apax Partners, the venture capital group that is advised by former director general Greg Dyke, lining up to buy the business.
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NewsMacIntyre signs 3-year Five deal
Five has signed up investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre until 2008 in a deal that will see him explore new territory beyond his trademark undercover and access documentaries.
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Sony TV boosts output
Sony Pictures Television International is looking to grow its production clout in the UK and mainland Europe and has appointed former Granada Entertainment USA president Antony Root to oversee the strategy.
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BBC goes after Five's Frow
The BBC is making a play for Five's controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, to fill one of two top jobs at the corporation.
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Steering a course between the grown-up and the gormless
Let me confess right now: I love elections, and I can't get enough of this one,
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Channels spice up politics to woo viewers
Broadcasters are going to greater lengths than ever to jazz up this year's coverage of the general election, now just three weeks away, in an attempt to make jaded viewers watch election coverage.
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NewsUS gives Fulcrum format a new life
Super-Size Medirector Morgan Spurlock has picked up Fulcrum TV's factual format Can You Live Without...?for the North American market.
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NewsSky nabs Ant & Dec celeb golf show
A celebrity golf special fronted by Ant and Dec has been dropped by ITV for being below par and snatched up by Sky.
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NewsSwitchCo hires chief
SwitchCo, the company responsible for driving the government's switch from analogue to digital by 2012, has appointed Ford Ennals, a senior marketing figure, as its chief executive.
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NewsHeggessey makes her first move
Lorraine Heggessey has yet to step down as controller of BBC1 but she has already made her first appointment as chief executive of Talkback Thames.
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NewsMPs survey votes BBC top
The BBC is by far the most influential broadcaster in getting politicians' messages to voters and in setting the political agenda, according to a poll conducted by Broadcast.
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NewsMPs: relations with media at new low
Relations between politicians and the broadcast media are at an all-time low, according to a poll of MPs conducted by Broadcast.
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In training for the big one
Having lost out on the BBC1 controller's job, former BBC daytime scheduler Alison Sharman is now looking to make he...
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Special day or tedium TV?
Lisa Chapman thought the BBC struggled to spice up this weekend's royal wedding coverage, while ITV and Sky News ma...
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Adding value with interactivity
Producers are increasingly getting to get to grips with what interactivity can offer, from boosting revenues to pro...