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Ant and Dec's takeaway sold to Belgians
ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is to be made for Belgium. Granada International has agreed a licence deal with TeVe Company, which will make a version of the show for VTM Belgium. VTM will keep the same format as the British version but the Geordie duo will be ...
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ITV fields Parky against football
ITV stunned the BBC this week by recruiting veteran chat show host Michael Parkinson to join its Saturday night line-up.
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New Freeview channel
Shopping channel Ideal World, which broadcasts on Sky and NTL digital, has launched on Freeview. Channel 22 is part of the Crown Castle multiplex, but is not the last available slot on Freeview. Meanwhile, the Digital Interactive Television Group is in talks with Telewest to launch its Avego gaming channel ...
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4 Ventures adds Hoegh
Channel 4's commercial arm, 4 Ventures has appointed Thomas Hoegh to its board as a non-executive director. His appointment coincides with that of C4 chairman Luke Johnson, who also becomes a non-executive director. Hoegh is currently chief executive officer of Arts Alliance, an international venture capital company, which has backed ...
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Help for TV hopefuls
The Edinburgh Television Festival is calling for applications from young television professionals to take part in this year's fast-track scheme. The initiative will see 40 people aged between 22 and 29 with two to four years' experience take part in a series of masterclasses including a live pitch to BBC ...
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Digital needs a deadline
The BBC's call this week for the government to put more meat on the bones of its digital strategy is no surprise.
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Comcast bails out on Disney deal
US cable giant Comcast has withdrawn its $54.1bn (£30.2bn) unsolicited bid for Walt Disney, citing a lack of interest in the bid from Disney. 'It has become clear that there is no interest on the part of Disney's management and board in putting Comcast and Disney together,' said Comcast president ...
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Lewis to oversee ITV digital channels
ITV has promoted general manager of digital channels Jonathan Lewis to be its new controller of digital channels, overseeing the commercial aspects of all of the broadcaster's digital channels. He will also oversee ITV's interests in third party channels such as Men and Motors and Plus as well as MUTV. ...
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BBC4 invites tenders for media show
The tender document for BBC4's new media show is expected to be sent out to indies next week. Written pitches for the show, which will be overseen by former Newsnight editor George Entwistle, are due by the end of May with shortlisting and the choosing ...
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Report into BBC online to come out in May
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf is expected to hand his report on the BBC's online services to the government on Friday (30 April). Media secretary Tessa Jowell commissioned Graf to review the BBC's internet services in August last year. Jowell is expected to publish Graf's report by mid-May. ...
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NewsBBC pledge on arts and current affairs
The BBC this week revealed plans to put greater focus on arts and current affairs programmes on its main services over the next year, as it gears up for its Charter review battle.
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NewsSmaller indies join forces
The growth of 'super-indies' such as RDF and Wall to Wall has sparked a wave of collaboration among smaller indies desperate to improve their profit margins and negotiating power.
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NewsBBC and ITV to bid for live Premier matches
The BBC and ITV are set to go head to head for the rights to six to eight Premiership football matches after NTL, Telewest and Irish pay-tv company Setanta dropped out of the running.
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NewsFive to dig for WWII hero's fighter plane
Five will bring central London to a standstill with a live event, in which a team of archaeologists attempt to dig up a second world war Hurricane fighter plane from underneath a main road by Buckingham Palace.
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NewsBBC pulls plug on politics for ?yoof'
The BBC has abandoned its high-minded Saturday morning youth politics slot, amid claims it was never interested in it in the first place.
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Parky boss stays at BBC
Parkinson executive producer Bea Ballard has ruled out a move to ITV despite Michael Parkinson asking her to join him when he defects from the BBC later this year.
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At It opens in Bristol
At It Productions - the indie behind Channel 4's T4 strand - is to launch a Bristol office on the back of a rare joint commission from T4 and 4 Learning.
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Field widens for BBC2 job
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has emerged as a surprise contender for the BBC2 controllership.
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C4 follows Operatunity with ?ballet idol'
Channel 4 is to follow up its 'opera idol' series Operatunity with another minority arts talent trawl - this time set in the world of ballet.
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Jackson rules out return to UK television
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has ruled out a return to the UK when he leaves his chairman post at Universal Television Group (UTG), effectively scotching rumours that he could become the next BBC director general.