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NewsTalent to explore mind control for ITV
ITV1 is hoping to groom the next Derren Brown with a show exploring relationships using mind control. All in the Mindstars Jez Rose, one of the country's foremost mind-readers, who plans to use psychological techniques to probe the nature of sex, love and attraction. Made ...
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RDF chief calls for fewer indies
RDF chief executive David Frank has claimed there are too many independent producers in the UK and that fewer companies could do the same job 'better and cheaper'.
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NewsPlanet Earth proves unstoppable ratings beast
BBC1's ambitious natural history series, Planet Earth, got off to a cracking start, drawing the highest audience for a natural history programme since 2001.
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Specialist programming is the key to selling IPTV
Specialist programming and fewer adverts will be the key selling points of TV over broadband (IPTV), according to research published by management consultancy firm Accenture.
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Touch expansion
Separating Twins indie Touch Productions has appointed department heads for popular factual, features and multichannel in a move which it said will drive expansion.Andrew Anderson has joined the Bath-based indie as head of features, having previously worked at Talkback Thames on programmes such ...
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Foulser to stay on
Sunset + Vine chief executive Jeff Foulser has decided to remain with the company following the takeover of its parent company TV Corp by Tinopolis. Foulser, along with TV Corp chief executive Peter Salmon, was one of the key executives Welsh indie Tinopolis was keen to retain after the protracted ...
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White paper on BBC future expected
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is expected to publish its white paper on the BBC's future on Monday (13 March). The document is expected to be largely similar to the green paper published a year ago, suggesting that BBC governors are replaced by a trust answerable to licence ...
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Gray returns to ITV after four years
Duncan Gray has been lured back into the ITV fold by new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson. Four years after leaving the broadcaster's production arm, Granada, Gray returns as controller of entertainment - the same title he held at Granada. For the intervening years Gray has been working ...
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Galloway to host TalkSport phone-in
Celebrity Big Brother pussycat George Galloway is continuing his media career with a new phone-in show on national radio station TalkSport. The Respect Party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow will host a two-hour show from 8pm to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday evenings, starting ...
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RDF's Collins to join BBC entertainment
BBC entertainment has poached the head of RDF North, Kieron Collins, to join its factual entertainment line-up. Collins will join as an executive producer in April. Based in Manchester, he will report to Helen Bullough, who is temporarily heading the factual entertainment department following the departure of creative head David ...
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Platforms - The new kings of content?
Giants from the business world are changing the rules of the TV game. In the first of a two-part series James Curtis looks at the new players you need to watch out for.
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NewsPEER POLL: Indie market
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: RDF chief David Frank thinks the indie market is overcrowded; is he right?
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NewsITV4 gets Telewest slot at last
Telewest has finally agreed new carriage terms with ITV for new channels ITV4 and CITV.
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NewsNUJ threatens ITV with strike action
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is balloting its members in newsrooms across ITV regions on industrial action. The move comes after it failed to secure better pay for journalists forced to take on more work as a result of new technology.
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NewsUlster Television 'outperforms'
Ulster Television has posted pre-tax profits of£20.8m, up 19% from£17.5m the previous year, following the takeover of TalkSport and Ireland's LMFM radio group.
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NewsInsurance company settles with Aardman
Aardman Animation's insurers Norwich Union have valued the Wallace and Gromit models destroyed in a warehouse fire at more than£6,000.
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NewsSci Fi launches timeshift channel
The NBC-owned Sci Fi channel is launching a +1 offering on Sky, marking the first step in its expansion drive.
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NewsITV's Allen joins Skillset
ITV chief executive Charles Allen has become a patron of Skillset, the body charged with improving training and skills in the television industry.
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RDF acquires War of the World
RDF Rights has acquired the rights to new history series The War of the Worldfrom Ten-Alps-owned indie Blakeway Productions.
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OTF launches Zig Zag doc
Factual producer and distributor Off The Fence will launch Zig Zag's new documentary The Girl Whose Muscles Are Turning to Boneat MipTV.