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Top-Up TV signs set-top box deal
Top-up TV, the new pay-TV network set to be offered to almost a million Freeview viewers, has secured a deal with a major electrical manufacturer to create a series of smartcard set-top boxes.
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Clocking Off writer pens BBC cop show
Clocking off writer Bill Gallagher is penning a cop series for BBC1 and BBC3.
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BBC ents exec jumps ship to indie Mentorn
Indie Mentorn has poached one of the BBC's key entertainment development executives to become its new head of entertainment.
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£8m BBC2 arts show
BBC2 controller Jane Root this week confirmed a£8m investment in arts programming including a new 60-minute weekly arts journalism series, The Culture Show , which she billed as the channel's biggest new cultural programme for 10 years. The show will feature arts coverage from around ...
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Sky One co-pro deal
Sky One and the Sci-Fi Channel in the US have joined forces to make a 13 x 60-minute series of the 1980s sci-fi hit Battlestar Galactica. Filming is due to start next month in Vancouver with David Eick as executive producer. The show expected ...
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More radio licences
Ofcom is to create 35 radio licences around the country. The broadcasting regulator has earmarked Liverpool, Manchester, Aberdeen and Cardiff for new licences, which will be created by squeezing more space out of the airwaves. Major groups such as Emap, Chrysalis, GWR and Capital are expected to pitch for the ...
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The safe bets for DG role
Three names are emerging as favourites to lead the BBC through Charter review after the forced resignation of Greg Dyke two weeks ago. They are acting director general Mark Byford, Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson and Jenny Abramsky, director of BBC radio and music.
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ITV gains terrestrial rights to Ali G films
ITV has snapped up the terrestrial premiere rights to Ali G in da House , the cinematic debut of Sacha Baron Cohen's comic creation, despite the fact that the character was developed by Channel 4. The acquisition is part of an output deal with Working ...
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Sky sees profits soar in last six months
BSkyB has seen its operating profits rocket up 84% to£130m in the six months to 31 December. In its latest quarterly results the satellite giant also announced that it has pulled in 193,000 new subscribers to Sky Digital over the period, giving the platform 7.2 million customers. The company's overall ...
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Producer chosen for doctor who revival
Phil Collinson, the producer of BBC1 dramas Sea of Souls and Linda Green , has been confirmed as the producer of the BBC's new version of Doctor Who. Queer ...
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Newsnight special looks at Iraq war
Jeremy Paxman is to front a 90-minute primetime Newsnight special on the reasons why Britain went to war in Iraq. Prime minister Tony Blair has been asked to appear on the programme, which will mark the first anniversary of the war. It will look at ...
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NewsITV axe to fall on Nottingham studio
ITV is poised to pull out of Nottingham after deciding to sell its multimillion pound studio complex and move nearly all its operations to Birmingham.
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NewsFive's£5m reality gamble
Five this week unveiled details of its much-vaunted£4.7m entertainment show Back to Reality - the channel's most expensive commission to date.
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NewsMersey gets ready for Redmond exit
Phil Redmond has appointed former Discovery chief Joyce Taylor to the board of his indie, Mersey Television, in preparation for his eventual departure.
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NewsBBC reorders State of Play
State of Play , BBC1's award-winning conspiracy thriller, has been commissioned for a second series.
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Disney faces hostile bid by US cable giant
US cable giant Comcast this week launched a $66bn (£37bn) hostile bid to take over the world's most famous media company, Walt Disney.
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More Carlton casualties
Three more Carlton executives have failed to find jobs in ITV plc, providing further evidence that the merger has become a Granada takeover.
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C4 cooks up Ramsay show
Outspoken Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay is to give advice to struggling restaurants in a new series for Channel 4.
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Objective move for Talkback's Clarke
Talkback Productions head of comedy Phil Clarke has jumped ship to Objective Productions to build a new comedy department.
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Crook in frame for stint at Xfm
Actor MacKenzie Crook, who played the hapless Gareth in BBC comedy The Office , is in talks to present a show on Capital-owned Xfm.