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NewsDocumentary wishlist: Sky 1
Budget: High-volume series:£70,000 per hour; one-offs:£100,000-£130,000 per hour; blockbuster series such as Ross Kemp's series:£150,000
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NewsDocumentary wishlist: BBC2
Slots: 9pm (60 minutes)Budgets:£160,000-£250,000, depending on the talent involved
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NewsDocumentary wishlist: ITV1
Budgets:£140,000-£200,000 - on average£160,000-£170,000Slots: 9pm weekdays, though some “chocolate box, warm bath” series will be considered for early evenings on Sundays.Desired ratings: 4m+
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NewsDocumentary wishlist: BBC1
Slots: 9pm (60 minutes), 10.35pm (40 minutes)Budgets:£170,000 for observational docs at 9pm,£200,000+ for talent-led docs. At 10.35pm:£120,000
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NewsDocumentary wishlist: Five
Slots: 9pm weekdaysBudget:£80,000-£150,000 per hour - on average,£90,000-£100,000Desired ratings: At least 1 million
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NewsDocumentary wishlist: More 4
Budget:£40,000 or below. Depending on whether it is co-produced or fully funded.
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News4.2m honour Remembrance Sunday
BBC1's morning coverage of the Remembrance Day tribute gained a sizeable audience of 4.2m (39.7%) between 10.30am and 12.10pm.
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NewsDocumentary commissioners wishlists
Commissioners from all of the PSB channels and several digital channels have outlined their factual wishlists to a packed audience of producers and directors at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsiPlayer users to download shows before broadcast
iPlayer users will soon be able to download programmes seven days in advance of broadcast, under new plans aimed at spreading its burden on bandwidth.
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NewsSky to launch pay channels online
BSkyB is to launch a subscription TV service via its online Sky Player platform.
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NewsRatings: Little Britain USA ends with 4.1m
The American version of BBC1's comedy Little Britain ended its run at 9.30pm on Friday with a steady 4.1m (18.7%).
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NewsBBC misled 'Weekend Nazis'
The BBC misled two military re-eneactors featured in the BBC1 documentary Weekend Nazis about the purpose of the programme, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsBig Yin to face wife on Shrink Rap
Comedian Billy Connolly is set to face a grilling from his wife Pamela Stephenson in a special edition of More 4's Shrink Rap.
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NewsFremantleMedia signs YouTube deal
A raft of FremantleMedia- owned content will be made available through YouTube after the two companies signed a global content agreement.
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NewsHighfield quits Project Kangaroo
Project Kangaroo chief executive Ashley Highfield is to leave the yet-to-launch VoD joint venture to join Microsoft.
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NewsTranter warns of drama budget crisis
Outgoing BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter has warned that UK TV drama budgets have been stretched as far as they can go.
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NewsDuncan: BBC must open up to PSB debate
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has criticised the BBC's “defensive attitude” to PSB, saying the broadcaster suffers from holding an “empire” attitude.
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NewsBurnham: BBC needs confidence back
Media secretary Andy Burnham is prepared to listen to suggestions from the Tories of how to help restore public confidence in the BBC following 'Sachsgate'.
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NewsBBC London poaches Capital breakfast exec
BBC London 94.9 has hired Global Radio's Gareth Roberts and named him assistant editor for the station.
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NewsTalkSport's Gaunt suspended for 'Nazi' slur
TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been suspended after he called Redbridge councillor Michael Stark 'a Nazi'.