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BBC Breakfast move
BBC news weekend editor David Kermode is to take over the editorship of BBC Breakfast, covering for Richard Porter who has moved to helm BBC World for six months following the ill-health of Sian Kevill. Kermode has been weekend editor for BBC1 and BBC News ...
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Jamie's Kitchen transfers to Amsterdam
Jamie Oliver is to open the first overseas branch of his restaurant Fifteen in Amsterdam where recruits will be filmed for a new version of the hit Jamie's Kitchen format.
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BBC to tender out politics
The BBC is to further boost its 25% indie quota by tendering out its London regional politics show to an external supplier.
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Pearson quits as Virgin CEO
John Pearson has quit as chief executive of SMG-owned Virgin Radio after 12 years at the station he helped launch.
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Snoddy grills Byford
The BBC's new 'right to reply' programme dealing with issues surrounding its news output kicks off on Friday (15 October) night with an interview with deputy director general Mark Byford. NewsWatch , which will be presented by former Times ...
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Robinson to Holiday
Paul Robinson, former managing director of Disney's UK television channels, has resurfaced in a non-executive director role at Capital Radio-owned Holiday FM. Robinson will be involved at a 'strategic level' as the business, which operates nine stations in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands, continues to grow. Holiday FM broadcasts ...
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Peacock in subs call
Sir Alan Peacock, the professor who conducted a wide-ranging review of the BBC's finances in the 1980s, has renewed his call for the BBC to be funded by subscription. The claim comes in a new Institute of Economic Affairs report which echoes his controversial 1986 Peacock Report, which outlined alternative ...
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September chief quits UK for LA
Veteran indie chief David Green is to quit the UK to head September Films' office in Los Angeles and has taken his director of programmes with him.
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GI does£3.2m of business at Mipcom
Granada International (GI) has struck£3.2m worth of deals at this year's Mipcom television festival including the first sale of Michael Parkinson's ITV chat show.
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RDF Rights chalks up first DVD deal
RDF Rights has pushed into the consumer products market with its first book and DVD contracts.
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Format focus: The Biggest Loser
Our obsession with the body beautiful could help NBC reap rewards with this battle of the bulge format.
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Five to air Stargate Atlantis after Sky
Five has secured a second-window deal with Sky One for its recent MGM International Television Distribution acquisition Stargate Atlantis. The series, a spin-off from sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , will launch on Sky One this month and will arrive ...
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BTDA folds operation into pact
The British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA), the group set up to help encourage exports of British programmes, is set to be wound up next week and its functions folded into producers' alliance Pact. The group will meet for its final board meeting on 18 October and members will be asked ...
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All3Media signs series deals at Mipcom
All3Media International secured sales at Mipcom for series including Midsomer Murders and Ultimate Force. AB Group in France has picked up the 16 x 60-minute drama Ultimate Force. Extension deals for the drama ...
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Zeal nets rights package for Flipside TV
Zeal Television has picked up the rights to channel surfing show Flipside TV. The show was first shown on the Optimistic Network-owned channel Nation 217 last November and has since been simulcast on Channel 4 and Paramount. Zeal TV will sell the format outside ...
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Avalon makes global Sketch Show sales
Avalon International has made sales of Bafta-award winning comedy The Sketch Show. Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio has picked up the show while Pure TV in Canada and France's DMLSTV Productions and TF1 will make local-language versions. Earlier this year, US network Fox commissioned a domestic ...
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Ten Alps arm 3BM wins Five series
Michael Buerk is to front a one-off special for Five that will count down the top 10 seminal moments in modern history.
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BBC Birmingham marks 30 years since pub bombings
BBC Birmingham has commissioned Midlands independent BFM Productions to make a 30-minute documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings.
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C4 goes X-rated for film history
Channel 4 is to broadcast some of the most controversial sex scenes on television with a new commission from ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo.
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RDF asks if Jacko is wacko
RDF Media is to follow up its hit documentary Michael Jackson's Face with a look at the mental state of the dysfunctional superstar.