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Granada appoints Woodward as MD
Granada Television has appointed director of regional affairs Susan Woodward as managing director of the regional broadcaster. As part of her promotion she will also become director of regional affairs for the whole of ITV plc. She will be based in Manchester and will oversee Granada's strategy for the North ...
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Endemol makes BB 4Broadband footage
Channel 4 has commissioned Endemol UK to make a series of behind the scenes Big Brother documentaries specifically for its 4Broadband service. Subscribers will also be able to view back stage footage of the Big Brother house and the studio/gallery ...
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BBC heads North for current affairs
The BBC has launched a radio current affairs department and set up an investigative journalism unit in Manchester. The move will see 80 members of staff break away from the main current affairs hub and operate independently of the TV current affairs division. Gwyneth Williams, who has been heading the ...
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C4 news steals Five editor for top job
Channel 4 has poached Five News managing editor Gay Flashman to become the new managing editor of its news service. She replaces Guy Ker who is leaving after five years to become chief operating officer at ITV News. Channel 4 News has also recruited BBC current affairs series producer and ...
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NewsDigital switchover moves step closer
The government is to take its first tentative step towards analogue switch-off with a trial scheme in Wales to give away free set-top boxes to households.
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NewsBBC4 on hunt for new boss
BBC director of television Jana Bennett said she intends to move fast to appoint a new controller for BBC4 following last week's confirmation that Roly Keating will succeed Jane Root at BBC2.
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NewsGrade keeps 14,000 shares in TV studio
New BBC chairman Michael Grade has retained over 14,000 shares in a second company that owns studios used by the BBC.
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NewsC4 wins bidding war for Richard & Judy
Channel 4 has re-signed daytime favourites Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for another three years, despite renewed interest from their old bosses at ITV.
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Animals explore sex for C4
Channel 4 is to air an ambitious three-part musical that aims to tell the story of the evolution
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ITV off-peak unit to challenge BBC
ITV is to overhaul the way it commissions its daytime programming by creating a dedicated off-peak unit to oversee non-prime-time commissioning, in a bid to claw back the ratings gap with the BBC.
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MoD to draft new war rules
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to consult the major news broadcasters on creating specific rules for the protection of journalists in conflicts following intense lobbying over the deaths of 38 news staff in Iraq.
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Far-right tries to 'hijack' C4 social documentary
Channel 4's multicultural remit seems to have backfired this week after the British National Party 'hijacked' a documentary, which includes a section in which Asian men groom young white girls for sexual abuse.
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Grammer pilot lures Fox
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is hoping to follow up the success of his long-running series with a British-made comedy for Fox.
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Boxers fight for Five TV fame
Young boxers struggling to gain recognition are to be put under the spotlight for a new Five show in the mould of Jamie's Kitchen.
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RDF to test neighbours
RDF Media is to move five contrasting households to a purpose-built settlement on the south-west coast of England in an attempt to create the perfect community.
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Ofcom to start review of advertising regulations
Ofcom is to review the rules for advertising alcohol on television before it transfers regulation of broadcast advertising to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in November.
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Animation restored
Metro Broadcast has restored, mastered and authored the complete 85 x 24-minute animated classic Battle of the Planets for DVD. Metro's Steve Wilsmore used Archangel to clean film dirt, grain, scratches and flickers. Scratchbox was used on a round-the-clock basis, targeting specific problems on a frame-by-frame basis. The 25th anniversary ...
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The Mighty Booch (BBC3) - Jame Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) mightn't yet be the finished article. Even so, it's a pretty promising unfinished one.'...
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The Mighty Booch (BBC3) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) tried to be surreal and weird, but kept tripping over its awkward writing style and its s...
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The Mighty Booch (BBC3) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) hadn't been running for more than five seconds before I was giggling, but I couldn't be su...