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Viewers vote for BBC 1 on election night
BBC 1's election night audience (7 June) was twice as big as ITV's, writes Jon Rogers.
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Bolt takes top job at the BSC
Department for Culture, Media & Sport head of strategy and communications Paul Bolt has been appointed director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Steve Aston.
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NON-CORE SERVICES SHAKE-UP AT CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 has announced a shake-up of its non-core service departments, following the departure of head of commercial development Sue Oreal. Former controller of marketing Polly Cochrane becomes managing director of
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PERRY NAMED CHIEF AT THE SALES COMPANY
PolyGram Film International president Aline Perry has been named chief executive of part BBC-owned international film distributor The Sales Company. Perry has been charged with reinforcing the brand identity of the
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ZONE MAKES COLE DIRECTOR OF FACTUAL
Channel producer and distributor Zone Vision has promoted Reality Channel manager Steve Cole to director of factual programming with a brief to grow the reality TV business and develop new channels.
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BAYNES LEAVES BIG BROTHER FOR HIS OWN FIRM
Victoria Real consultant producer Mark Baynes who is executive producer of the Big Brother websites has taken voluntary redundancy from the Brighton-based firm to set up his own media company, Baynes
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STOCKPORT RADIO LICENCE SOUGHT BY GMG
GMG is bidding for the re-advertised Stockport local radio licence currently held by The Wireless Group (TWG). GMG has put forward an application for Stock FM to replace TWG's existing Imagine
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IDEAL WORLD IN NEW FILMFOUR COLLABORATION
Ideal World Films, sister company to Glasgow-based indie Ideal World, is embarking on its second film in collaboration with FilmFour. Northern Soul, a£3m romantic comedy, is being put together by
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S4C BAGS LIONS AUSTRALIA TOUR DEAL
Welsh public broadcaster S4C has signed a last-minute licence deal with BSkyB for coverage of the British Lions' rugby tour of Australia. A package of 'as live' matches and highlights will
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PLAN TO PUSH SCOTTISH POP VIDEO INDUSTRY
Channel 4 has launched a new initiative, 4 Minute Wonders, to drive the pop video production industry in Scotland. Each month, aspiring producers are invited to put forward storyboard ideas to
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Sky Pics closes after films flop
BSKYB IS to close ailing film production division Sky Pictures after the offshoot failed to make its mark in the highly competitive feature film market.Set up by former Sky Networks managing
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ITN urges online parity
ITN head of sport Malcolm Munro this week slammed the sports industry for attempting to prevent news organisations from carrying coverage of sporting events online, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Third digital multiplex licence nabbed by DRG
The Digital Radio Group has scooped the coveted third London digital multiplex licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Sunrise fined£10,000
Sunrise Radio has been fined£10,000 by the Radio Authority for breaching broadcasting legislation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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LAST DOCTOR WHO TO MAKE ONLINE DEBUT
A one-off special of cult sci-fi series Doctor Who is to be broadcast on BBC Online - the first new instalment featuring the cult time lord since a 1996 TV movie.
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PEOPLE VERSUS EXHUMED FOR ITV OVERHAUL
ITV is to revive Celador's ill-fated gameshow The People Versus as part of its early evening schedule. The show, which has been overhauled following dire ratings for its initial peaktime run
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TWIGGY TO PRESENT SHOW FOR 'GREY' VIEWERS
Sixties icon Twiggy is to front a new ITV series aimed at the 'grey' market. The 8 x 30-minute series will be broadcast in most ITV regions from July. In the
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FIRST BBC JAZZ AWARDS TO DEBUT ON R2 AND R3
BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3 are to broadcast the corporation's first annual jazz awards. The BBC Jazz Awards will take place on 31 July, hosted by Jools Holland and Humphrey
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2DTV leads ITV comedy drive
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has moved to bolster the channel's ailing sitcom reputation with a bundle of commissions, including a full series of satirical animation show 2DTV.Billed as a
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Graham Norton indie wins first BBC deal
So television, the indie set up by comedian Graham Norton and former United Productions controller of entertainment Graham Stuart, has secured its first commission outside Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.BBC 1