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Oneword to podcast
Oneword Radio, the joint-venture between UBC Media and Channel 4, has launched a podcast of its daily author interview show Between the Lines. The national digital speech and entertainment-based station will make the daily half-hour show, presented by Paul Blezard, available for free download through audioville.com ...
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BBC widens course
The BBC has broadened its out-of-London executive producers' training course to cover series producers and is running the course from Manchester for the first time. The course, which begins on 10 October, will train 11 series producers from both indies and BBC in-house departments over the course of a year, ...
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C4 drama wins prix
Channel 4's acclaimed Granada thriller Sex Traffic, produced by Derek Wax, won the TV movies and miniseries drama prize at the 57th Prix Italia. At the same time The Cost of Living, another C4 drama made by DV8 Films, triumphed in the ...
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Tern boosts factual
Scottish indie Tern Television has recruited Banned in the UKproducer Paul Gallagher as executive producer to expand its factual output. He has joined the indie's Glasgow office and will be responsible for documentary projects.
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Sky One orders doc on Kate moss fall
Sky One has commissioned Scream Films to make a fast turnaround documentary charting the fall from grace of supermodel Kate Moss. Kate Moss: Fashion Victim?is an hour-long special looking at the media outcry which followed printed pictures of Moss taking drugs and her subsequent dismissal by ...
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Quiz Nation debuts Celebrity Sudoku
Optimistic Entertainment is making a live daily series called Celebrity Sudokuto kick off its new look Quiz Nation channel. The two-hour show, being executive produced by radio presenter Richard Bacon and Flipsideassociate producer David Owen, uses nine celebrity faces instead of the ...
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BT Broadband staffs up for launch
BT is beefing up its headcount ahead of the launch of its new broadband television service, poaching staff from The Hallmark Channel and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). TCM programme director Bobbie Fox will take on the role of head of film and Hallmark Channel research manager Luba Kassova becomes head ...
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Two more departures at GCAP
Two more leading executives are to leave radio giant GCap Media, following chief executive David Mansfield's departure last week. Commercial director Linda Smith and operations director Paul Davies - both former Capital Radio directors - will leave shortly. The news came as GCap announced merger savings of£25m, up from the£7.5m ...
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Debonnaire takes reins at Springer indie
Avalon, the UK indie and PR firm behind Jerry Springer - the Opera, has named former chief operating officer of Talkback Thames Sally Debonnaire as managing director. Debonnaire, who left Talkback last week, will report to Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner, joint managing directors of the ...
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Uttering the E-word
Hit series such as Jamie's Kitchenand Supernannyshow that programming with an educational slant is central to ensuring Channel 4's future success, says Heather Rabbatts.
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Simon says: trust me
The appointment of Simon Shaps as ITV director of television has divided those suspicious of his Granada pedigree and those who believe he will prove even-handed towards indies in his new role.
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ITV wants to sell 021 by Christmas
ITV has confirmed that its outside broadcasting business 021 is up for sale and hopes to do a deal before Christmas, writes Alice de Picarda.
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DGP hires Evolutions graphics head
Soho-based DVD and post-production facility DGP has hired former Evolutions head of graphics Frankie Jacobs to boost the company's broadcast portfolio.
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Beam.tv founders move on
The Mill Group is to lose the founders of its online advertising archive, Beam.tv, who are leaving to launch their own independent company.
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Making More of C4
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has high hopes for his channel's first new launch for years. More4 will, he says, be C4 'without the silly bits' and will offer viewers mischief with gravitas. By Suzy Bashford
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Sports rights: a new ball game
The furore over test cricket going to Sky and the European Commission's sabre-rattling over breaking up the Premiership have put the issue of sports rights centre stage.
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Writer who bears the standard
No one doubts writer Paul Abbott's talent but do his outspoken views on the standard of television drama have the power to affect commissioning policy?
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Pickard's decision
The question of how Nigel Pickard fits into the new ITV structure has yet to be answered.
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NewsPact calls in Ofcom over ITV online row
ITV's new director of television Simon Shaps's aim to build bridges with the indie sector got off to a bad start this week after Pact said it had called off all talks with ITV over online rights - and was asking Ofcom to step in and resolve the row.
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NewsPickard decision expected this week
Nigel Pickard is expected to decide by the end of the week whether he will stay on as ITV1 director of programmes after former Granada chief Simon Shaps was brought in above him.