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NewsXfm controller joins Unique
Xfm's former programme controller Andrew Phillips has re-emerged as head of commercial programming for Unique.
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NewsMPs against fast food ad ban
MPs have come out against a TV advertising ban on fast food aimed at young children - on the grounds the cash will be spent instead on internet promotion.
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Omagh (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A remarkable example of how TV drama can get closer to the emotional heart of an issue than a documentary could ev...
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Omagh (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
?Omagh was a wonderful drama-documentary, one of the best we have seen, and all the better for the fact that it was...
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Omagh (C4) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
?Omagh was extraordinarily like The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, another film by Paul Greengrass.?...
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Omagh (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
?As in his film about Bloody Sunday, Paul Greengrass showed himself to be a supreme choreographer of chaos.?...
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Omagh (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Everything about it was of the highest quality - from Pete Travis's brilliant direction and the muted colours of D...
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NewsPEER POLL: Director General
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was Mark Thompson the right choice to be BBC director general?
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Doherty was a thoroughly engaging character and it was impossible not to wish him well with the project.'...
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?A sort of cross between Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Richard Briers in The Good Life.?...
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
?The sight of the night was an Iron Age sow giving birth.?...
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Lean times for kids TV
If junk food advertising on children's TV is banned it won't just be the kids who get thinner - cash-starved channels will slash originality and stuff schedules with repeats and cheap programming
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Trouble has inked a deal with Decode Entertainment to screen MTV Animation series Undergrads
Trouble has inked a deal with Decode Entertainment to screen MTV Animation series Undergrads. The 13 x 30-minute series follows the misadventures of a group of friends in their first year at college. It will begin its run on Trouble next month.
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Fund for animation
Producers' alliance Pact is calling on the government to set up an indie animation fund to help support the UK's struggling industry. Supported by broadcasters including ITV, Pact is looking for investment of around£50m over a number of years for the fund, which it said could eventually be self-sustaining. The ...
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Fox to launch Fuel
Fox International Channels is launching another of its US channels in the UK. Targeting 13 to 24 year-olds, Fuel will launch in the fourth quarter of this year and show music, entertainment and extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing and BMX. Fox, which launched FX on Sky in January, is ...
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BBC strike threat
Staff at BBC Worldwide are on the verge of strike action following a disagreement over its latest pay offer. BBC Worldwide has offered to pay an inflation-inked 2.6% increase but has turned down union demands for a 5% rise. In response, the National Union of Journalists and broadcast union Bectu ...
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Radio 1 rejigs shows
Dave Pearce has been dropped from his 18.00 drivetime dance show on BBC Radio 1, but will continue to present a Sunday evening show. Meanwhile, DJ Zane Lowe will get a regular early evening slot to showcase new music. Veteran DJ John Peel retains his three weeknight slots but is ...