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NewsNoddy motors to America
Noddy is heading to the US after Chorion, the company that owns the rights to the Enid Blyton books, signed a major new deal with the PBS network.
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NewsR&J snare Cherie Blair interview
Channel 4 daytime duo Richard and Judy have landed an audience with Cherie Blair, which will be the PM's wife's first TV interview.
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NewsIvana Trump turns to reality TV
Not to be outdone by her ex-husband, Ivana Trump is turning to reality TV host to help a 'mature' woman find love with a younger man.
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NewsBBC film led to Libyan man's beating
The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.
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NewsLWT chief joins talent agency
Former LWT executive Geraldine Woods has resurfaced with a new role at a talent agency.
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NewsSky's Wakeling to stay until 2008
Vic Wakeling, managing director of Sky Sports, has signed a new contract that will see him remain at the pay-TV broadcaster until 2008.
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NewsDCMS strategist takes BBC governors role
BBC chairman Michael Grade has appointed the corporation's first director of governance in a bid to enhance the independence of the board of governors.
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NewsITV director resigns
ITV plc has announced that non-executive director Etienne De Villiers has resigned with immediate effect.
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NewsITV to air Prince Harry doc
ITV has lined up a documentary devised and partly filmed by Prince Harry about the plight of AIDS-stricken African country Lesotho.
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NewsBBC exposes UK airport's 'shocking security'
The BBC is set to expose more malpractice in major institutions this week with an undercover investigation into security at Manchester airport.
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NewsHollick to quit UBM
Clive Hollick, chief executive of Five shareholder United Business Media, is to quit the company fuelling speculation of a merger or break-up of the business.
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NewsCommunity Channel gets breakfast slot
The Community Channel is to begin broadcasting in a prime breakfast slot on Freeview for the first time after being bumped up from its previous night-time graveyard shift.
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NewsJordan in line for new reality show
ITV is considering another reality show from Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell starring glamour model and I'm Celebrity?Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Jordan.
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NewsPEER POLL: Channels of the year
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC2 and BBC4 deserve to win channels of the year at Edinburgh?
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RTL chief still wants 4/5 merger
Gerhard Zeiler, the chief executive of Five owner RTL, is still considering a merger with Channel 4 as part of plans to expand the broadcaster.
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NewsJust a Grumpy Old Man
For his MacTaggart lecture John Humphrys chose to vent his considerable spleen on the 'coarsening' effects of reality TV, but do his arguments amount to anything more than Mary Whitehouse-lite?
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Directors to go as VTR restructures
The VTR Group is to shed some of its most senior staff including managing directors and has earmarked up to£1m for redundancy payments.
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Pinewood aims to increase TV studio space
Pinewood Shepperton is planning to expand its television facilities following a 17% rise in business over the last six months.
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Moving Picture bids
WPP, Kodak, Thomson Multimedia's Technicolour and former Carlton chairman Michael Green are being touted as likely bidders for The Moving Picture Company. ITV declared that it wanted to sell its non-core assets earlier this year ( Broadcast , 28.6.04). WPP already owns post-production companies such ...
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Support for Apple
Former NMR managing director Harry Grinling is opening a London office for his Apple training, technical support and integration services business, Support Partners. The Greek Street office in Soho will provide remote, on-site and telephone 'breakdown recovery' services to producers, broadcasters and facilities using Apple software including Final Cut Pro. ...