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Zeal teams up with Russians in factual push
Zeal TV has set up a joint-venture with Russian commercial broadcaster TNT to develop and produce reality and factual entertainment formats out of Moscow.
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MD takes over Impossible TV
Impossible TV, formerly part of the Carlton-owned Planet 24, has been taken over by its managing director and set up as an indie in Brighton.
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Doctor Who floors ITV's celebs
ITV1's new entertainment show Celebrity Wrestlingwas far from fighting fit on Saturday night as BBC1's Doctor Who continued its strong run.
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Grant for news job
The BBC has appointed Michele Grant to a new post as head of global news development. Grant will link BBC News with BBC Worldwide and the Global News Division, and is tasked with developing editorial and commercial opportunities around the world. She is currently based in Washington as head of ...
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ITV2 profiles button
ITV2 has commissioned Scream Films to make a 60-minute documentary following the lives of British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and his wife-to-be, former Fame Academy starlet Louise Griffiths. The show, which will look at the respective careers of the pair and the build-up to their wedding, will be executive ...
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Reef hires Hanrahan
Indie Reef Television has hired the production manager -behind Cash in the Attic and Car Booty to be its new head of production. Paul Hanrahan was unit manager for Leopard Films and also handled the firm's international sales. Reef, which makes First Time Buyersand ...
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BBC comedy post
The BBC has poached the woman behind V Graham Nortonfrom Channel 4 for a new comedy commissioning post. Katie Taylor will become executive editor of comedy entertainment next month, taking on one of three new entertainment commissioning posts reporting to controller Jane Lush. In her five ...
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True movie channel
Music broadcaster Chart Show Channels is launching a movie channel specialising in true stories. The 24-hour offering named True Movies will air on Sky EPG 333 from 6.30pm this Friday (29 April). Films include David's Mother starring Kirstie Alley.
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ETV content deal
UK movie distributor Greenlight Cable and Satellite has signed a rolling contract with Eicom to supply content to ETV World, Performance Channel and ETV Broadband channels. Greenlight also supplies Sit-Up TV's two movie channels, Bad Movies and Matinee Movies.
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Watson doc to air on BBC daytime
The BBC has achieved a coup for its daytime line-up, commissioning veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson to make a fly-on-the-wall series.
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Clunes to star as cancer victim
ITV1 has commissioned Clerkenwell Films to make a comedy drama starring Martin Clunes as a successful advertising executive who discovers he has testicular cancer.
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C4 gives The Other Side earlier slots
Channel 4 is handing new documentary talent primetime slots after the success of its late-night strand The Other Side.
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Bids line up for Solent licence
The UK's biggest radio groups are putting the finishing touches to bids that could land them a lucrative new FM licence in the Solent.
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Ex-Tonight producer moves to Sky News
Sky News has poached Granada factual executive Gideon Joseph to help launch its new studios and evening schedule later this year. A former producer on ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonald, he helped secure exclusive interviews with Michael J Fox, Tony Blair and the Williams sisters. He ...
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Turner creates healthy eating cartoon
Turner Broadcasting has created an animation series aimed at getting children to eat better. Elfy Foodis a six-part series featuring cartoon elves who use healthy food as weapons to combat evil monsters. It has been developed in consultation with Ofcom and the Food Standards Agency and ...
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Playboy hires Juke to head content
Playboy TV UK has appointed former Enteraction director of programmes Richard Jukes to fill the newly created position of head of content. He will oversee the strategy, development, and management of all programming and on-air content produced by Playboy TV UK. He will also look after content for European feeds ...
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Rajar puts half a million into testing
Rajar is ploughing an extra£500,000 into tests that aim to modernise the current method of measuring radio audiences. It will begin 12 weeks of national fieldwork tests on 6 June, using pager-style devices from research groups Arbitron and Eurisko. Investment in the project now stands at£2m. TV research body Barb ...
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Turning off the election
No wonder the public isn't following the election closely, argues Michael White, there's too much coverage through too many outlets by a media that's far too self-important
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Prescott criticises BBC over Iraq war bias
The BBC is facing complaints from both major parties over its election coverage in the final week before polling day.
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Five to air Sky election show
Sky News has been given its first terrestrial window for its general election coverage after agreeing to simulcast the results on Five.