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Regions 'need to keep talent'
BBC director of factual and learning John Willis has called on the major broadcasters and indies to work together to protect regional network production centres from losing talent to London.
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BBC on top with eight kids Baftas
The BBC swept the board at this year's British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards, winning a total of eight awards.
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Ofcom clears sales deal
Ofcom has paved the way for Channel 4, Five and BSkyB to merge their advertising sales divisions after it withdrew the Independent Television Commission's rules on the joint selling of airtime.
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Classic simulcasts on TV and radio
Classic FM is set to bridge the gap between its national radio station and its digital television channel with its first simultaneous broadcast.
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Living boosts daytime menu with dramas
Living TV has signed off more cash for its daytime schedule and has acquired a trio of dramas from Sony Pictures Television and Fireworks International.
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Farnsworth at six
BBC4 News editor Amanda Farnsworth is to take over the helm of BBC1's Six O'Clock Newsprogramme. She replaces Jay Hunt who is moving to BBC Birmingham as executive producer for daytime documentaries and contemporary factual. Hunt is expected to return to ...
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ITV's£100m savings plans
With savings of£100m to make, it seems certain that ITV's regional franchises will feel the pinch as some of the network's most well-known buildings are sold off and staff are moved on.
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Granada Int to fund co-pro trio
Granada International has ploughed cash into three co-production deals as part of an attempt to broaden its relationship with UK indies and international broadcasters.
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Sky One's Baker splits top acquisitions role
Sky One controller James Baker has made his first appointments, creating two acquisitions posts.
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Nat Geo sells built for the kill to Five
National Geographic Channel has sold the first series of Built for the Killto Five. The 6 x 30-minute series, produced by Granada Wild, will be screened from 13 January. The show deconstructs the minutes and seconds leading up to a kill in the wild in ...
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Wall to Wall's ancient egyptians airs in US
Indie Wall to Wall is set to make its US debut on TLC with its£6m documentary miniseries Ancient Egyptians. The 4 x 60-minute series, which mixes true stories with dramatic reconstructions, will air on the Discovery-owned network before the end of the year. Originally broadcast ...
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My Dad The Rock Star heads for Asia
Nickelodeon has secured the TV rights in several major territories for animated series My Dad the Rock Star. The deal, with Canada's Nelvana, will see the 26 x 30-minute series screened on Nickelodeon UK and Asia from January before rolling out on M6 in France ...
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Fireworks sells mice drama to Discovery
Discovery UK and Ireland has acquired a factual drama special from distributor Fireworks International. Woodmouse - Life on the Run, which has also been taken by ZDF Germany, follows two mice as they struggle to survive the Icelandic winter. Fireworks has also secured deals for ...
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Format Focus
In Unique's hit format for Ireland's RTE, celebrity guests play the role of head chef at a real restaurant and have to endure feedback from diners
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Autumn launch for CiTV channel
ITV will launch its dedicated CiTV multichannel offering by autumn next year.
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Granada gives Roberts drama
Granada has handed outgoing Coronation Streetproducer Kieran Roberts a new role at the company as head of drama in Manchester.
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C4 deal brings Price-drop.TV onto Freeview
Shopping channel Price-drop.tv has taken one of the remaining slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, after it agreed a deal with Channel 4 to use its 'gifted' space on the service.
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Jobs freeze at BBC
BBC news has instigated a recruitment freeze as it attempts to make budgetary savings, although job cuts have been ruled out. The division - which is also having to redeploy around 40 staff from BBC3's axed Liquid Newsshow - is currently preparing its budget for ...
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Ferrari to campaign
Nick Ferrari, LBC's new breakfast show presenter, will introduce a series of public campaigns to the London radio station when he replaces Jane Moore on 5 January. Ferrari, who currently presents a mid-morning weekday show on the speech station, added that he will not tone down his controversial style and ...
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ITV fills key post
A Carlton executive has been appointed number two at the planned merged ITV sales division. Carlton Sales managing director Gary Digby will become sales director, reporting to managing director Graham Duff. Granada Enterprises deputy managing director Simon Lent becomes Digby's deputy.