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ITV axes Sunday politics strand
ITV is scrapping its Sunday regional politics strand and moving the show to a new late-night weekday slot in a bid to double viewing figures.
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Abbott scores Shameless victory at RTS awards
Shamelesswriter Paul Abbott added another three prizes to his growing haul at the Royal Television Society's awards this week.
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End of the road for Engie Benjy
ITV has decided to stop making pre-school animation show Engie Benjy, which is voiced by Ant and Dec, after four series.
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TV corp profits up
Indie Television Corporation has reported a modest rise in annual turnover, which grew from£66.9m in 2003 to£67.3m for the year ending 31 December 2004. After posting£8.64m pre-tax losses in 2003, TV Corp bounced back into the black with£1.24m profit before tax by the end of last year. TV Corp chairman ...
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Granada Sky move
Granada Sky Broadcasting managing director Rob Ovens has been made redundant and will leave at the end of the month. His departure comes after ITV bought out Sky's stake in GSB and moved its remaining channel Men and Motors in-house. Ovens, who was at the company when it launched in ...
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New Best of Friends
CBBC has commissioned indie Talent Television to make a special version of its kids reality show Best of Friendsfor its upcoming Africa season. The 5 x 30-minute series was commissioned by Anne Gilchrist and will travel to South Africa to test kids' friendships through a series ...
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Emma B leaves R1
BBC Radio 1 DJ Emma B is leaving the station after seven years and will be replaced by 1Xtra presenter Letitia. Emma B has presented R1's weekly phone-in show Sunday Surgerysince 2000 and will leave the station at the end of the month. Dr Mark Hamilton ...
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BBC pulls the plug on outlaws
The BBC has decided not to commission a second series of its critically acclaimed legal drama series Outlaws. Programme-maker World Productions was told the series would be axed, despite positive reviews. The series was a co-commission between BBC2 and BBC3, and the corporation blamed a limit ...
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BBC worst to deal with, say indies
The BBC has been voted the most difficult broadcaster to deal with by independent producers for the third year running in Broadcast's annual survey of the indie sector. In the survey of 150 indies, 61% named the BBC as the worst broadcaster, with Channel 4 a ...
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Ware leaves BBC after 20 years
BBC Learning creative director of Nick Ware is leaving after 20 years at the corporation. Ware, who helped mastermind learning projects linked to programmes such as Fat Nationand Who Do You Think You Are?, has no job lined up, but suggested he ...
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Radio Aid draws record audience
UK Radio Aid, the tsunami fund-raiser that ran across 280 commercial radio networks, attracted the single biggest radio audience since records began. More than 23 million adults - 1.5 million more than usual - tuned in on 17 January, according to Ipsos Media and Rajar. Chris Evans, Davina McCall and ...
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The self-shooting survival guide
Self-shooting directors, APs on second camera and researchers with a handheld are now commonplace in factual programme-making. In a special report, Gareth Watkins
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Which way forward for indies?
As investors eye the TV production sector, new routes to growth have opened up for indies. Belinda Archer
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Losing on appeal
The BBC pulled Bafta-nominated legal drama Outlaws after one series, despite reviewers' plaudits. Its creator Steve Coombes says the BBC's digital strategy is largely to blame
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The power of two
The duo at the helm of GMG Radio, a brand which encompasses the Smooth FM, Jazz FM and Real Radio network, insist that their group is not up for sale and their focus is firmly on expansion.
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Please don't pick me
Impending cuts and a change of values has turned the once-prized post of controller of BBC1 into a poisoned chalice.
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Breaking free from TV
As Channel 4 invests in FourDocs, an open access broadband channel, has the time finally arrived for broadcasters to embrace the democratising possibilities of broadband technology, asks Peter Keighron.
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On the Box - Life behind closed doors
Paul Bader wonders if some things are too private for TV, but will he make his excuses and leave while watching Extraordinary Families and Blame the Parents?
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Lost in translation
As NBC airs its US remake of The Office, Kenton Allen argues that British comedy should be able to cross the Atlantic without reversioning.