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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsFox fills van den Bussche role
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted Jennifer Harrington and Denis Cantin to head up its world format sales in the UK and Europe, effectively splitting recently axed Peter van den Bussche's role.
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NewsFilmFlex lands School of Rock rights
Movie-on-demand service FilmFlex has landed rights to box office hit School of Rockas well as classics such as The Firm, Footlooseand Wayne's Worldas part of a content deal with Hollywood studio CBS Paramount.
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NewsC4 and Avalon launch Tinderbox
Channel 4 International and Avalon - the company behind Baddiel and Skinner Unplannedand The Sketch Show- have launched a joint venture to develop original TV formats for the UK and international markets.
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NewsAirey: ITV should adopt subscription
Dawn Airey, managing director of Sky Networks, believes that traditional commercial networks such as ITV could be heading for trouble if they don't shift to subscription-based business models.
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NewsFreeland quits BBC
Mark Freeland has quit his job as head of comedy commissioning at the BBC to join indie producer Hartswood Films.
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NewsITV1's new daytime look fails to impress
ITV1's new daytime schedule got off to a modest start yesterday with one of its key new shows Mum's On Strikeaveraging 900,000 viewers (15.7%) from 2.45pm-3.30pm.
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NewsBravo takes on The Ultimate Fighter
Men's digital channel Bravo has secured the rights to the martial arts reality series The Ultimate Fighter.
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NewsITV bags international Emmy
ITV is to be given an international Emmy award in recognition of its 50 years of broadcasting.
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NewsThompson meets with unions
BBC director general Mark Thompson will face union negotiators today in a bid to avert threatened strike action.
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NewsFive grabs rights to MTV's music awards
Five has poached terrestrial rights to broadcast the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC moves closer to online clip archive
The BBC has taken another step towards making its massive archive of TV clips available online for free.
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NewsAlba bags History commissions
Military specialist indie Alba Communications has landed two commissions for the History Channel's global feeds, worth£1.5m.
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NewsBBC rapped for naming teacher
The BBC has been rapped over a documentary in which a gay man admitted a schoolboy 'crush' on one of his former teachers.