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Endemol UK promotes paradise man
Endemol UK has promoted David Flynn to deputy head of its creative unit. Flynn, who joined Endemol in 1999, has spent the past two years as a development producer working on formats such as the forthcoming ITV reality series Trouble in Paradise. He will report to creative unit head Richard ...
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Tories not to be on panel to find BBC chair
The Tory party has said it will not sit on the scrutiny panel to oversee the selection process for the new BBC chairman. Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Baker turned down a request from the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Dame Rennie Fritchie, who will chair the panel, after expressing concern ...
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CBM four aim to launch Freesport
Four members of CBM Media - the company that made an aborted attempt to launch a free-to-air sports channel on Freeview - are forming a new enterprise to further develop the idea. The group, comprising Simon Bazalgette, David Bellin, Peter Knowles and Rod Connors, are aiming to launch Freesport, a ...
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Disney rejects hostile bid by Comcast
Walt Disney this week rejected a hostile $66bn (£37bn) takeover bid from US cable giant Comcast and bolstered its portfolio of characters by buying The Muppets from the Jim Henson Company for an undisclosed sum. The deal with Henson, which also includes characters from Bear ...
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Five commissions more 'swap' shows
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss Swap on Channel 4. Controller of special events and pop features Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Flame TV to produce three 60-minute instalments: ...
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NewsDyke's Manchester vision under threat
The BBC could scrap a controversial Charter review plan to move a huge chunk of the corporation to Manchester.
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NewsDigital debate hots up
Broadcasters this week stepped up their call on the government to give a precise date for analogue switch-off as they unveiled exactly how they would go about achieving it.
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NewsRoot eyes Discovery job
Jane Root, BBC2's controller, is considering quitting to take a senior executive role at Discovery Communications in the US.
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NewsWomen still lagging, says Skillset survey
Low pay and poor job prospects are endemic among women working in broadcasting, with the majority earning below£20,000.
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C4 hunts for new breakfast format
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo is on the hunt for a new daily live breakfast show and hopes to get it on air by the autumn.
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NewsMiriam prepares to bare all in doc about 'her' life
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned to make a documentary about Miriam - the star of its controversial Sky One reality series There's Something About Miriam.
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Tait to sit on BBC news panel
Former ITN editor-in-chief Richard Tait is to join an internal BBC panel that will look into the corporation's editorial systems following Lord Hutton's assertion that they were 'defective'.
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Mark and Lard part ways after 10 years
BBC Radio 1 duo Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley are to split after 10 years on-air together.
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Hislop comedy wins peak slot
My Dad's the Prime Minister , the BBC1 comedy written by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, has been commissioned for a second run and promoted to a peaktime slot.
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ITV to retain news presence in Nottingham
ITV will maintain a regional newsroom in Nottingham, in spite of plans to close down its 17-acre Carlton Studios complex in the city.
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Athena's l'enfant inspires C4 documentary
The iconic sepia Athena image of a man cradling a baby boy is to be the subject of a Channel 4 documentary. Indie Shine has tracked down the male model Adam
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NewsEndemol attacks reality 'rip-off'
Dutch indie Endemol has fired off a letter to Five, branding its new Back to Reality show a
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NewsEmap launches Kerrang! RSL
Emap is to trial Kerrang! Radio in Manchester on a restricted service license (RSL) in preparation for the next swathe of FM licence bids.
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NewsFive opts for morning gameshows
Five will not be commissioning a replacement show when it axes its morning chatshow The Terry and Gaby Show next month.
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Doctors And Nurses (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Mourn not the passing of Doctors And Nurses: it was the worst sitcom I've ever seen.'...