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Zenith wins Fourth garden rivals series
UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Garden Rivals from Zenith Productions. The 15 x 30-minute episodes, set to air in March, will be produced by Paul Coleman. UKTV Style commissioning executive Chantal Rutherford Browne has also commissioned 10 episodes of ...
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A tale of two cities
Sending the BBC's children's operation to Manchester is not enough, and BBC3 should be in the mix.
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Flipside TV to air on Comedy Central
Nation 217's channel-hopping format Flipside TV is heading for Comedy Central in the US. It is hoped that Richard Bacon, who fronted the UK version for Nation 217 and then Channel 4, will be one of the US presenting team. The format has also been picked up by German producer ...
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Ofcom slaps fine on auction channel
Ofcom has ordered teleshopping channel Auctionworld to cough up£450,000 in the largest fine ever handed out by the media watchdog. The channel has also been told that steps to revoke its licence have begun. Action was taken after Auctionworld repeatedly failed to suspend price guides that were branded 'misleading and ...
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ITV bids to save£15m on satellite deal
ITV has told Sky it is looking for massive savings in the charges it pays for encrypted services. At the moment ITV is forking out about£17m per year to Sky for encryption and additional regional feeds. But that deal ends on Saturday (20 November) and ITV could choose to bypass ...
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Tanner to Leave Jazz FM in the spring
Jazz FM managing director Carter Tanner has resigned and will leave the station in March. Tanner, who joined the Guardian Media Group-owned London station in March 2002 from Clear Channel, is believed to be hunting for a more sales-oriented role in the radio sector. Meanwhile, Ofcom is to allow a ...
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Hindi commentary for BBC Bhopal doc
The BBC is to provide an alternative commentary in Hindi to its landmark docu-drama on the Bhopal disaster, which viewers will be able to access by pressing the red button. Made by the in-house current affairs department, the 60-minute piece will air in a 9pm slot on BBC1 on
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Miss World to air on ITV1 and Sky Travel
ITV1 and Sky Travel have secured the rights to air the Miss World 2004 selection show and final. The interactive show Miss World: You Decide will first air on Sky Travel on 26 November and on ITV1 in a late-night slot the next day. The ...
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NewsManchester move for BBC Children's
The BBC will confirm next month that its children's department is to be relocated to Manchester as part of the corporation's move out of London.
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NewsHow the C4/Five deal died
It promised to be a tense lunch as Channel 4 and Five executives sat down in a private dining room at One Aldwych Hotel in London last Friday afternoon.
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NewsBritish TV chiefs rate Sopranos top show
Britain's leading commissioners and channel controllers have voted a US TV import as the best thing on the box.
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NewsReynolds quits as Corrie boss
Coronation Street executive producer Carolyn Reynolds has quit ITV after 25 years to set up her own indie.
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ITV orders SMG TV show for Trisha slot
Granada has lost its grip on ITV's morning schedule after the broadcaster commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a courtroom show to run in the Trisha slot.
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Hamann quits Shine to start own firm
Paul Hamann, creative director of factual at Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, is to leave the company after four years to set up on his own.
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CGI costs delay ITV Marchioness film
A signature ITV film about the Marchioness disaster - feted in Edinburgh by chief executive Charles Allen - is under threat because producers are short of more than£300,000.
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BBC shelves plan for public to pick favourite EastEnder
A BBC entertainment show inviting the public to pick their favourite EastEnders character has been shelved because of a string of negative tabloid headlines about the show's stars.
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Hicks exits Chrysalis
Jim Hicks has quit as group programming director of Chrysalis Radio in the week the group warned of a slowdown in the radio advertising market.
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BBC sets up Gina Ford school
The BBC has commissioned an ambitious reality show in which stressed mums and dads will be sent to a parenting academy to learn tips from baby expert Gina Ford.
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Clemmow gets TWI factual job
TWI has appointed former Carlton factual controller Richard Clemmow as its new head of factual programming.
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NewsButters axed from Radio 1
Wes Butters has been axed as the host of BBC Radio 1's chart show as part of a shake-up of the weekend schedule that will mark the return of Sara Cox.