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Tern TV to review 2003 for discovery
Scottish indie Tern Television has received its first international commission from Discovery Europe to produce a new review show. 2003 will air on New Year's Day 2004 and look back at the year's events. Ordered by director of programmes Katy Thorogood, the 60-minute programme will ...
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Monkey tests couples for C4 pilot
Monkey, the indie behind shows such as Swag and Make My Day, is to make a pilot for Channel 4 which will test the commitment of an engaged couple. Ex Ratedwill see the couple ...
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Ofcom to tackle 'regional' issue
Ofcom is planning a crackdown on what counts as a regional operation for indie producers and could insist on senior indie staff living in the area where the office is based, writes Jane Marlow.
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News Corp may sue BBC over satellite
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp-oration is considering suing the BBC over its decision to change satellites and un-encrypt its services, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Fremantle in fresh bid for indie status
Fremantle Media is preparing to make a fresh plea to Ofcom in an effort to regain indie status, writes Michael Rosser.
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R2 deputy sought
BBC executive Lesley Douglas is set to succeed Jim Moir as controller of BBC Radio 2 and is now considering who to appoint as her deputy. Douglas, who is currently head of programmes at R2, will take over the position on 5 January when Moir retires. She will also be ...
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FX UK creative chief
Fox International has appointed Mark Brooks as creative director of FX UK, its new general entertainment channel, which is being launched on the Sky platform early next year. A former freelance producer/ director, he will report to vice-president, broadcasting and marketing Jason Thorp. News Corp president Peter Chernin said this ...
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Chambers stalls five factual hiring
Five's new director of programmes, Dan Chambers, has postponed appointing a new controller of factual and may eventually decide not to fill the role he vacated last month. A Five spokesman said Chambers would see how deputy controllers of factual Justine Kershaw and Alex Sutherland cope with handling the role, ...
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Disney plans entertainment channel
Disney is to launch a new channel on Freeview, initially airing daily between 06.00 and 18.00. It will not carry the Disney brand but will broadcast exclusive general entertainment content from Disney libraries. Disney UK branded TV managing director Paul Robinson, who will run the new channel, said: 'If you ...
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Unions reject granada pay offer
Broadcast unions Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus have unanimously rejected Granada's pay offer of 2%. Around 60 union representatives met on Tuesday (14 October), where they agreed to ask the company for a new offer. Granada offered a cash rise of 2% to all employees who had ...
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Hodgson in plea for less Ofcom duties
Patricia Hodgson, the chief executive of the Independent Television Commission, has called for fewer duties and responsibilities to be imposed on new super-regulator Ofcom once it takes over from the ITC. In a speech at the Treasury on Wednesday night (15 October), Hodgson said Ofcom has been charged with deregulating ...
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NewsNew Sky One chief to review 14 pilots
Independent producers commissioned by Sara Ramsden to make pilots for around 14 new shows for Sky One are now waiting to see whether the channel's new chief, James Baker, will back or drop their ideas, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsC4 accuses police over doc
The delicate relationship of trust between investigative journalists and the police could be destroyed, Channel 4's head of documentaries, Peter Dale, has warned after officers threatened to block one of its documentaries, writes Lisa Campbell.
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NewsDisney signals Flextech interest
Disney's most senior UK executive has revealed the entertainment giant would buy Telewest content arm Flextech if the price was right, write Colin Robertson and Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsC4 to counter Blaine flak with famine doc
Channel 4 plans to counter criticism that its coverage of David Blaine's latest stunt trivialises third-world hunger, with an important film in which award-winning African journalist Sorious Samura spends a month living with undernourished Ethiopians, writes Colin Robertson.
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Ant & Dec to make US show in the UK
Geordie presenting duo Ant and Dec are finally 'off' to the US after signing a deal for a pilot of their ITV show Saturday Night Takeawaywith Fox - but in an unprecedented twist they will stay in the UK to make it, ...
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LNN poised to unveil job cuts
London News Network (LNN) is poised to announce major cuts of between 30 and 75 jobs at its 105-strong newsroom as Carlton and Granada prepare to merge the regional service into ITN, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV hiked indie hours in 2002, ITC reveals
The amount of programme hours supplied to ITV by independent producers in 2002 has risen by 16% year on year, writes Jane Marlow.
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BBC1 rejigs 'graveyard' slot
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is looking to reinvent the late-night Friday 'graveyard' slot as a youth entertainment zone, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Rajar renews electronic trials
Radio ratings body Rajar has given the green light to a second phase of tests, which could eventually lead to its diary system being replaced by electronic devices, writes Michael Rosser.