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NewsRDF acquisitions chief quits
RDF's director of acquisition and development Jane Millichip has quit to head up All3Media's New Zealand production company South Pacific Pictures.
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NewsSpringer case thrown out
The BBC has claimed a victory for free speech after the High Court refused a judicial review for a Christian group complaining about Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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NewsSpringwatch recommissioned
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has given the thumbs up for another three-week run of the channel's natural history extravaganza Springwatch with Bill Oddienext year.
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NewsPEER POLL: Coronation Street
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should ITV1 use Coronation Streetto prop up Celebrity Love Island?
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BBC Broadcast buys BBC TV listings guide
Soon-to-be-sold BBC Broadcast has bought BBC Worldwide's£4.8m electronic TV programme listings business, writesRick Dacey.
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NewsITV1 and C4's reality shows draw with 3.9m
The battle between ITV1 and Channel 4 for reality TV viewers raged on yesterday with both Celebrity Love Islandand Big Brotherat 10pm drawing with 3.9 million viewers.
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Ofcom lays out vision for nations' future
Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, Scotland and Ireland in order to safeguard indigenous language broadcasting in the nations.
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Xfm tunes in to Mancunian vibe
Xfm's new Manchester station will be almost 100% locally produced and the station is already in talks with a series of Manchester personalities about becoming presenters, including former The Wordfrontman Terry Christian.
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Geldof indie in dramatic turnaround
Bob Geldof's indie, Ten Alps, has closed down its loss-making animation arm, Red Welly, and has signalled a fresh drive into drama.
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Beeb staff join Sky
Sky News has poached two BBC presenters, Ginny Buckley and Anna Jones, as the channel gears up to launch its new on-air look and schedule later this year. Buckley leaves her presenting role on the BBC's Holiday 2005while Jones has quit as anchor on News 24's ...
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Commons call
Lord Puttnam met House of Commons Leader Geoff Hoon this week to urge him to relax the current rules restricting the use of camera shots, which have led broadcasters to reduce their parliamentary coverage. Puttnam wants broadcasters to be allowed to show more reaction, close-up and panning shots of backbenchers ...
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Mozart to Sweden
Brighton-based producer Seventh Art has pre-sold its Five arts series In Search of Mozartto over 20 broadcasters including Sweden's SVT, the Netherlands' AVRO and Belgium's RTBF. The programme is due to premiere on Five early next year and will also be released theatrically worldwide. The company ...
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Pact pay guidelines
Pact has moved to address concerns that freelancers are not being given proper holiday pay by issuing new guidelines for members calling on them to make a separate payment for holiday at the end of a designated contract. Pact has also suggested that any description of payment should be written ...
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Freeview tops 5m
Freeview has passed the 5 million household mark, helping push digital penetration to 62% of all UK homes, according to new figures from Ofcom. In the three months to 31 March this year 643,000 more homes took digital TV - a rise of 2.5% over the end of 2004.
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Jackson verdict boosts the news
BBC1's Ten O'Clock News(Monday 13 June) was given a boost in the ratings thanks to the timing of the Michael Jackson court case verdict.
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Granada braced for Jackson lawsuit
Granada and journalist Martin Bashir were waiting to hear this week whether Michael Jackson will restart his legal action against them for alleged breaches of contract and copyright.
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Five trains celebrity commandos
IWC is making a reality show for Five in which a series of familiar faces are trained to become commandos.
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Ofcom approves 15
Ofcom has licensed a further 15 community radio licences in a bid to create a third tier of radio services. New services will launch in Central Southampton, Hedge End, Botley and West End, near Eastleigh in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Newport on the Isle of Wight, Cumbernauld, Normanton in Derby, Leicester, Market ...
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Digital Teletext
ITV is set to launch text service provider Teletext across its family of digital channels. From 20 June, viewers on Sky and Freeview will be able to access Teletext on ITV by pressing the 'text' button on the remote control via any ITV programme. The new digital service will feature ...
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Peppa gets Annecy
Contender Entertainment's kids show Peppa Pigbeat off 12 other competitors, including Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants, to win the Annecy Animation Festival's best TV series award. The series, which is aimed at two to five year-olds, is shown on Five and Nick Jr in ...