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UKTV hires Beaton
UKTV has hired former Action Time joint managing director Caroline Beaton to help market its channels. Beaton, who will continue to run her own consultancy Road Trip Media, will become 'brand champion' and be charged with creating a single brand strategy for programming, marketing and commercial relationships across UKTV's nine ...
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The passionate regulator
Ofcom's plans for a public service publisher should not dominate debate to the detriment of existing PSB, writes Conor Dignam, Editor
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Stokes replaces Hutchison on Holby
The BBC has promoted drama development producer Richard Stokes to executive producer of the hospital-based show Holby City. He replaces Kathleen Hutchison who was appointed executive producer of EastEnders. Stokes, who has previously worked as a series producer ...
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Rajar hits out at ?Publicity' Mackenzie
The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie was this week accused of launching a legal action against Rajar to court publicity for his radio stations. Rajar's QC, Nicholas Green, made the comment at a High Court hearing to decide whether MacKenzie's case citing that Rajar's methods of audience measurement discriminates ...
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Goes set to leave Endemol in January
Endemol Holding's chief operating officer and executive board member Ronald Goes is to quit the company on 1 January 2005. Endemol confirmed that he will be replaced. Goes, a co-founder of the Netherland's SBS Broadcasting group, joined Endemol in 2001. His departure comes as speculation mounts over the company's sell-off ...
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Celador in the running for Belfast FM
Celador has revealed plans to bid for the new Belfast FM radio licence with Lagan FM, a music and talk format targeting the over 40s. The company - which produces ITV1 hit Who Wants to be A Millionaire? - said if its proposal was successful ...
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Five airs opening of Eygptian tomb
Five is to broadcast the live opening of a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Golden Mummies as part of a week of programmes in December dedicated to the country's ancient history.
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Diverse to celebrate Peter Pan centenary
Indie Diverse is making a biography about Peter Pan for BBC1 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the children's literary classic, written by JM Barrie.
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BBC4 explores Vanity Fair
Flashback Bristol is to make a film about highbrow celebrity glossy Vanity Fair as part of a series of magazine profiles for BBC4's Profile strand.
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Wish You Were Here back
ITV is to bring back its Wish You Were Here...? spin-off for another daytime run.
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Oxford scientific in Meerkat Manor
Indie Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has been commissioned to make a 'soap opera' based on the life of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. The 13 x 30-minute Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet International will feature the everyday trials and tribulations of meerkat life, such as ...
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Five hires initial for pop city live
Five controller of pop features and special events Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Initial to produce four hours of live coverage of the Pop City Live concert in London. The event, which takes place in London on 14 November, will go out live on Five between 1.40pm and 5.30pm. Chloe ...
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C4 gives go-ahead for civil war series
Channel 4 has confirmed a commission for its former director of television Tim Gardam's landmark two-part series about the English Civil War. Mentorn is producing Civil War: Blood on our Hands and Civil War: Regicide for January after getting the ...
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Imago puts new boy together for C4
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions is making a one-hour documentary designed to change four teenage boys' lives for Channel 4. New Boy , created and presented by life coach Kate Marlow, takes the four participants away from home for a month and teaches them how to ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Jonathan Webb
The controller of Challenge and Trouble is working on a new poker variation for Challenge and would like to bring out a glossy factual entertainment on winning and losing big
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RDFR signs first look Cicada deal
RDF Rights has signed a first-look all-rights deal with factual producer Cicada Films that will see the Wife Swap producer put up development funding.
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September agrees£550,000 of overseas sales
September International has picked up around£550,000 worth of overseas sales, including shifting its forthcoming BBC1 commission Kid Camp to four territories.
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ITV sells Oz media stake
ITV continued the disposal of its non-core interests this week, selling its 18% investment in Australian media company Village Roadshow for£36m.
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Contender launches Peppa Pig in US
Contender Entertainment Group is to launch its pre-school cartoon Peppa Pig in the US after signing a deal with the Cartoon Network. The 52 x 5-minute series, which began on Five and Nick Jr in May, will air weekday mornings on the Turner-owned station from April 2005. Cartoon Network has ...
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4 Ventures to bring German quizzes to E4
Channel 4's commercial division, 4 Ventures, has struck a deal with a German broadcaster to trial interactive quiz formats on entertainment channel E4.