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Shaps diversity role
Granada chief executive Simon Shaps has become the new head of the Cultural Diversity Network, the industry body aimed at improving the ethnic mix of British TV. Shaps, who is also chairman of the Royal Television Society, takes up the role with immediate effect, replacing BBC head of sport Peter ...
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DRLS ready to go
Commercial terrestrial broadcasters this week accepted Ofcom's digital replacement licences (DRLs). The DRLs, which come into effect on 28 December, replace the old analogue licences. They contain various obligations related to digital switchover, including meeting the target date of 31 December 2012. Switchover will happen on ITV on a region-by-region ...
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Genealogy travels
Wall to Wall has sold its hit BBC2 genealogy format Who Do You Think You Are? to broadcasters across Europe. France's M6 has licensed the idea while channels in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands have also snapped up the rights. 'Active discussions' are also ...
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Disney finds UK head
Disney UK finance controller Simon Bailey is to take control of the company's British TV business, including the ABC1 channel that launched earlier this year. He becomes vice-president and deputy managing director and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the UK Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney, Disney ...
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RTS west winners
Testimony Films won the best network factual award for the third year in a row at the RTS West of England Awards, for Britain's Boy Soldiers , part of Channel 4's Secret History strand. Other winners included BBC Bristol in ...
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Edmonds exits early
Ofcom non-executive member David Edmonds is to step down from the board of the regulator in January to develop other interests. His three-year term was due to end in September next year. Edmonds, one of six non-executive members, will be replaced.
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NewsSaturday night bounces back
The return of old-fashioned family entertainment shows has revitalised Saturday night viewing.
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Frost hands Emmerdale reins to Beedles
Emmerdale series producer Steve Frost has stepped down to take a new drama role at ITV Yorkshire. He will be replaced in January by Kathleen Beedles. She joined Yorkshire Television as a story editor on Emmerdale in 2001 and became a producer in May ...
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Local Radio Company back in profit
The Local Radio Company (LRC), owner of a string of stations across the country, has reported an operating profit of£324,000 reversing last year's operating loss of£712,000. Reporting preliminary results for the year ending 30 September, the company, said advertising sales increased by 13% during the period and 11% on a ...
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Gallagher to front sky showbiz series
Sky One has poached Elaine Gallagher from Channel X Productions to become series editor of Entertainment Tonight - the weekly showbiz news magazine due to premiere in the UK on 7 January. Gallagher will be based at Paramount Pictures in LA and report to Sky ...
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Thomson to quit BBC after review
BBC director of policy and legal Caroline Thomson is to leave the corporation next year following the completion of Charter review negotiations. Thomson is also overseeing the portfolio of strategy and distribution, following the departure of Carolyn Fairbairn, and has said the two departments could eventually be merged. Distribution is ...
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Ofcom opens door for radio news hubs
Local commercial radio stations could be allowed to increase automation and create central news hubs, Ofcom has said, as part of a review into the future of radio. The regulator said it was considering relaxing the requirement for stations to base their studios within their measured coverage area, although each ...
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The year of Freeview
Greg Dyke, Mark Thompson and the Channel 4/Five merger may have dominated the media headlines of 2004 but the real story of the year has been quietly ticking away in the background: Freeview.
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NewsChannel 4 to take E4 onto Freeview
Channel 4 is planning to turn its digital entertainment network E4 into a free-to-air service and put it on Freeview.
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NewsBBC and ITV in exit poll deal
The BBC and ITV are to commission their first joint exit poll for next year's general election in a bid to minimise the risk of miscalling the result.
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NewsPilsworth looks to buy up indies
Mick Pilsworth, the former Chrysalis TV chief, is putting together City investment to fund a buying spree of up to 10 medium-sized UK indies.
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NewsOnly gays in the village are not for Sky One
Sky One has dropped its light-hearted reality series The Only Gays in the Village , in which four gay men were sent to work in 'gay-free' rural village, over concerns it didn't fit the channel's new image.
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NewsSky deal is not cricket, says angry MP
The government is facing renewed calls to review the 'crown jewels' sporting events that must be kept on terrestrial television after Sky this week won exclusive live rights to England's home test matches.
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NewsBBC1 pitches cop drama at Sunday night revival
BBC1 is set to reschedule the second series of its police drama 55 Degrees North to Sunday night to pitch it against ITV heavyweights Heartbeat and The Royal.
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Bill Oddie fronts BBC2 springtime special
Ornithologist Bill Oddie is to return to BBC2 screens next year to front a huge interactive survey into the British springtime.