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ITV puts up £500,000 for new pilots
ITV is launching a£500,000 annual award scheme to help regional independents make pilots for off-peak network slot...
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BBC regional film
Brighton-based indie Pier Productions has been given£100,000 from the corporation's You Don't Have to Live in London fund to make a 60-minute documentary about the history of the Scout movement for BBC2. The indie is the first to benefit from the scheme, launched by entertainment commissioner Jane Lush to promote ...
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LBC hires Bob Friend
Sky News veteran Bob Friend has been signed up to present on LBC 1152 in the run-up to the general election. Friend will co-present The Evening Reporton the Chrysalis-owned rolling news station, with regular host Katy Breathwick, from 25 April. He will continue to present the ...
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Apology for Dr Who
The BBC has been forced to apologise to Doctor Whostar Christopher Eccleston for issuing a statement in his name, falsely claiming he had quit the show because he did not want to be typecast. The corporation knew in January that Eccleston would not be returning for ...
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C4 show for Napster
Music download service Napster is making its TV debut with a series titled Napster Live for Channel 4 night-time strand 4 Music. Produced by indie Blaze TV, each episode will feature a performance by a featured artist, an interview, biography and an interactive competition spot. The series starts on Saturday ...
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S4C seeks indie bids
Welsh channel S4C is putting£500,000 of production work out to tender to the indie sector. After winning the rights to broadcast the Lions v Argentina rugby international live, the broadcaster is inviting tenders for production of the match. It is also inviting bids to film the 2005 and 2006 Gwyl ...
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C4 poaches Ford to head acquisitions
Jeff Ford, Five's managing editor and director of acquisitions, has been poached by Channel 4 to replace controller...
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Sharman promotion kicks off internal job race
Three insiders are understood to be in the running to become BBC head of daytime following Alison Sharman's promotion to CBBC controller.
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Men & Motors in May launch on Freeview
ITV is set launch Men & Motors on Freeview next month after paying around£5m for a slot on Crown Castle's digital ...
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Jamie's dinners help C4 to grow
The popularity of shows like Jamie's School Dinnersand US import Desperate Housewiveshas helped Channel 4 become the only channel to grow its audience for the first three months of the year.
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Darlow director
Former Carlton International Media chief executive Rupert Dilnott-Cooper has resurfaced as a non-executive director at Touching the Voidproducer Darlow Smithson. Dilnott-Cooper took up the appointment, his first since leaving Carlton last year, this week. He is Darlow Smithson's first non-executive director.
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Radio to grill PM
Over 150 commercial radio stations are joining forces to broadcast a single show featuring all three major political party leaders. UK Leaders Livewill give members of the public the chance to put their questions to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative leader Michael Howard and Liberal Democrat ...
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More go to MipTV
Attendance for next week's MipTV market looks set to be up on last year's event. As Broadcastwent to press organiser Reed Midem said confirmed delegate numbers were 11,319, already well up on last year's final figure of 11,107. Exhibitor numbers were up from around 1,400 last ...
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Ghost squad starts
Company Pictures has started shooting Channel 4's first cop show, The Ghost Squad. The eight-part drama follows internal investigators trying to root out corruption within the police. The Ghost Squadwas created by Tom Grieves and commissioned by former C4 head of drama ...
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BBC juggles hectic weekend schedule
BBC1 has been forced into frantic schedule juggling to fit in the Pope's funeral, the royal wedding and the Grand National. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' wedding was hastily re-arranged for Saturday (9 April), but clashed with the Grand National. However, the race's organiser agreed to change its start ...
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C4 opens doors to Irish producers
Channel 4 is opening its doors to Irish producers this week in an event co-hosted by economic development agency Enterprise Ireland. On Thursday (7 April), 35 independent Irish companies, including Independent Pictures, Tyrone Productions and Mint Productions, will showcase their work and meet commissioners, including head of E4 and factual ...
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Question Time lines up election debate
Leaders from all the major political parties are to be quizzed by a studio audience for the first time, as part of a Question Time Election Special. Labour leader Tony Blair, the Conservatives' Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy from the Lib Dems will each be given ...
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Ludus to pitch Olympic quiz at MipTV
Ludus, the indie behind political format Vote For Me, is set to meet with the 2008 Olympics committee to discuss launching a new international quiz show. The company is also meeting broadcasters from around the world at the MipTV market in Cannes next week to talk ...
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Emap finance director resigns
Emap finance director Gary Hughes has unexpectedly resigned with no job to go to. Emap, which publishes Broadcast, has seen profits rise every year since Hughes took over in 2000, but it is believed he wanted a larger role at the company. He will leave at ...