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NewsGrade calls in accountants
BBC chairman Michael Grade has called in a firm of independent accountants to carry out an urgent investigation in to the corporation's finances following criticism of its 'financial controls'.
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NewsFive snares Joey
Five has won the battle for Friends spin-off Joey , paying a rumoured£500,000 an episode for the comedy.
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NewsPEER POLL: TV documentaries
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Are the Grierson judges correct in calling the decline in TV documentaries 'catastrophic'?
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Heading for the chop
The increasingly competitive battle for audience share is pushing networks to pull the plug quickly on struggling shows and be more cautious about commissioning unproven formats.
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Ricochet scores property orders
Lifestyle indie Ricochet has followed up the success of its Channel 4 hit Supernanny by winning more than 50 hours of commissions from both Channel 4 and the BBC.
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UBC snaps up Smooth
UBC Media has bolstered its production clout by acquiring Smooth Operations , the largest regional radio indie in the UK.
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Optomen names Hoppe to head US subsidiary
Optomen Television, the indie behind The Naked Chef and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares , has appointed a new head of its US subsidiary, Optomen Productions.
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Sky may allow content share
Sky+ customers could soon be able to send recorded TV programmes to each other over the internet and download content onto devices such as laptop computers.
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LRC expands in Lancashire
The Local Radio Company (LRC), the group run by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has further expanded its portfolio with the£2.26m acquisition of a Lancashire radio operator.
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BBC farms out history show to regions
The BBC's new landmark primetime history show, British Isles: A Natural History , fronted by Alan Titchmarsh, is to break with convention by handing over chunks of the series to the nations and regions.
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Baxendale in return to ITV
Actress Helen Baxendale is to star in her first role on ITV since the end of hit series Cold Feet , with a romantic comedy about a single mum.
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Attheraces end prompts action
Arena Leisure and BSkyB this week filed a£51m legal action against the Racecourse Holding Trust (RHT), in an effort to recoup some of the losses made from the demise of the Attheraces TV channel.
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Channels compete
Living TV, Sky One, ITV2, BBC3, BBC4 and Sky News will this year battle it out for the title of non-terrestrial channel of the year at this month's Edinburgh Television Festival. MTV won last year. All five terrestrial channels are automatically up for the terrestrial channel of the year, which ...
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Changes for Rome
The BBC and US network HBO have drafted in the producer of the award-winning The Gathering Storm to take control of their $75m (£41m) co-production about ancient Rome. Frank Doelger will replace Michael Apted for the remaining nine episodes of the 12-part series, Rome. The ...
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UK docs under fire
Veteran documentary-maker Edward Mirzoeff has slammed the lack of quality documentaries on mainstream terrestrial channels, blaming the rise of
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Turner to bring playout in-house
Turner Broadcasting System Europe is bringing its playout services in-house as it moves towards a tapeless environment.
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Aardman takes two awards at Rushes Shorts Festival
Aardman Animation picked up two awards at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival last week.
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Fusion seeks new investors
The management of Fusion Post is restructuring the company's finances to pay off old debts while it negotiates with potential new investors.
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Alias to buy Kaydara
3D graphics company Alias is set to buy fellow Canadian company Kaydara, a developer of real-time 3D character animation and motion-editing solutions. Kaydara provides services across film, video game and interactive mediums with products such as Motionbuilder and FBX. FBX allows animators to transfer assets between tools. Alias has pledged ...
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Hi-def festival debut
The first Sweet high-definition festival is due to debut at the end of August in Edinburgh to coincide with the Television Festival. The four-day event will promote and demystify HD and discuss its place in the future of television and cinema. As well as panel discussions there will be specialist ...