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NewsUTV close to buying Wireless Group
Ulster Television (UTV) is close to buying Talksport-owner The Wireless Group in a deal worth£100m that could see chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie step down.
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NewsBBC pledges extra£61m for programmes
The BBC has pledged to plough an extra£61m into programme making this year, as it unveiled its blueprint to take it through to its next charter renewal.
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NewsITV's shares boosted on Dyke rumours
ITV's was among the best performers on the stock-market yesterday on the back of reports that Greg Dyke and private equity group Apax Partners are lining up a bid for ITV.
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NewsHell's Kitchen serves up 6.8m
ITV1's Hell's Kitchen, the culinary reality TV show, returned with a peak audience of 6.8 million (30%) at the start.
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NewsFive bags Vaughan's Top Buzzer
Five has bagged exclusive terrestrial rights to MTV's comedy drama series, Top Buzzer, written by Johnny Vaughan.
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NewsPact appoints Minns to head policy development
Producers' alliance Pact has appointed Screen Internationaljournalist Adam Minns as its head of policy development.
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NewsViewers prefer BBC's regional news
BBC News is celebrating after beating ITV in every area of the country on regional news for the first time.
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NewsC4 set for another coach trip
Channel 4 is sending British tourists on another holiday round Europe after recommissioning daytime reality series Coach Trip.
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NewsNorfolk consortium in bid for Anglia studios
A former ITN news presenter has launched a bid to buy Anglia Television's Magdalen Street studios, one-time home of Trishaand turn it into a media training centre.
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Drama will go interactive
It is only a matter of time before interactive drama becomes commonplace on TV, says Dawn Airey.
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NewsITV1 slumps in peaktime
ITV1's Tuesday peaktime line-up looked to be in a fragile state last night as most of its shows failed to reach the 4 million mark with Welcome to Fatlandonly gaining a peak audience of 3.4 million (15%) at 8.15pm.
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NewsPeter Salmon quits BBC
BBC head of sport Peter Salmon has become one of the most senior casualties of the BBC's relocation to Manchester - quitting his job as director of sport after more than five years.
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Crimewatch to get new editor
Former Watchdogeditor Doug Carnegie is to take over as editor of Crimewatch.
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BBC's McGhee bullish over bidding policy
The BBC's chief programme buyer has spoken out against one of the key recommendations of the government's green paper which has said the BBC should be barred from expensive bidding wars for programming.
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Darlow Smithson rebuilds Stonehenge for Five
Five has commissioned indie Darlow Smithson to build an exact replica of Stonehenge, where it will conduct a live broadcast of this year's summer solstice.
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Five names acquisitions chief
Five is set to poach Channel 4 head of acquired programming Jay Kandola to replace its outgoing director of acquisitions, Jeff Ford.
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C4 unveils comedy slate
Channel 4 is bringing a sketch show to Friday nights as part of a slate of four new comedy and entertainment series.
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NewsMoody in Optomen move
Nicola Moody is set to join indie Optomen Television as director of factual after quitting the BBC last month.
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NewsBBC yet to fill key post as Frow spurns offer
The BBC still has a gap to fill in its factual commissioning team after Five's Ben Frow turned down the factual features job.
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NewsITV offers£2.5m to halt pay strike
ITV has come up with a£2.5m offer in an effort to stop the strike action that has hit some of its biggest shows, including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawayand Coronation Street.