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XFM helps out student radio networks
XFM is throwing a lifeline to student radio stations after it emerged that the company behind many university networks, Campus Media, has been declared insolvent. The XFM Student Radio Partnership Programme will offer production and marketing support and funding for licences and equipment. This would include transmitting XFM free on ...
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C4 pulls out of bidding for Joey
Channel 4 has pulled out of the race for Friends spin-off Joey. Despite having a first-look option, the channel has refused to meet Warner Brothers' asking price. Five remains the favourite to land the sitcom, ahead of ITV.
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The Block hangs on to primetime slot
ITV is to persevere with ailing DIY reality show The Block by keeping next week's episode in its 9pm slot. The 8 x 60-minute RDF-produced show fared slightly better this week, putting on an extra 100,000 viewers on Tuesday night (10 August), giving it 2.7 ...
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Search for source of hutton leak fails
An investigation into who leaked the findings of the Hutton report to The Sun newspaper has failed to uncover the source. The Department for Constitutional Affairs began a probe after The Sun splashed on various key elements of the report, ...
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NewsSubs overtake ads as TV's main earner
Subscription has overtaken advertising revenue as the biggest source of income for British television for the first time in the medium's history.
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NewsFive movies rival pay-TV
Five is to premiere Hollywood blockbuster Terminator 3 before any of its pay-TV rivals after securing a major new movie deal with Sony Pictures Television International.
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NewsRDF to make C4 rival to BBC2's The Apprentice
Channel 4 is enlisting three charismatic millionaires for a formatted documentary to rival BBC2's The Apprentice.
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Humphreys joins C4 as pact ends
Channel 4 has marked the end of its no-poaching agreement with Five by signing the channel's recently departed commissioning editor for factual entertainment, Liam Humphreys.
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C4 talks over merger with Jowell
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has met with media secretary Tessa Jowell to discuss the viability of a proposed merger with Five.
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Thorogood takes ITV daytime job
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has taken the role of editor of daytime at ITV.
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BBC2 seeks advice from Widdecombe
Tory MP and well-known battleaxe Ann Widdecombe is to become TV's latest agony aunt with a new BBC2 series in which she dishes out no-nonsense advice.
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NFTS brings in Bolland to build up TV courses
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has poached BBC Scotland head of entertainment and comedy Mike Bolland to head a revamped television department at the college.
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Granada wins ABC pilot
Granada USA has secured a broadcast pilot commission from US broadcaster ABC for a show in which two strangers swap wallets and use their contents to live new lives for a week.
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NewsBBC meets indie quota
The BBC commissioned 28.8% of its programmes from independents in 2003 - meeting its 25% indie target for the first time in four years, new figures from Ofcom have confirmed.
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NewsR2 to push digital radio
The BBC has enlisted the help of Terry Wogan and Johnnie Walker to run a month-long digital radio awareness campaign on Radio 2.
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Knightrider squares up to Morse in battle of TV cars
Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.
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NewsKnightrider & Only Fools in battle of TV cars
Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.
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NewsSky unveils new PVR
Sky+ customers could soon be able send recorded TV programmes to each other over the internet and upload content onto devices such as laptop computers.
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NewsUBC buys radio indie
UBC Media has bolstered its production clout by acquiring Smooth Operations, the largest regional radio indie in the UK.
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NewsMadeley rapped over lesbian slur
Channel 4 daytime host Richard Madeley has fallen foul of regulator Ofcom for referring to a lesbian as a ?dyke.'