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NewsEntertainment Rights share price plummets
Entertainment Rights share price has plunged today after the company warned that its year-end profits would fall below market expectations.
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NewsPurnell rejects 'Arts Council of the air'
The culture secretary has poured cold water on proposals for an 'Arts Council of the air', warning that “posh” programmes would be marginalised under the scheme.
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NewsPSB legislation may be accelerated
Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has called for the PSB debate to be accelerated and culture secretary James Purnell seems to agree, suggesting that planned legislation will be brought forward.
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NewsOfcom to fast-track penalties for major breaches
Ofcom has introduced new rules to ‘fast-track' penalties for the most serious breaches of its code following a spate of record fines last year.
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NewsOrchard quits GCap
GCap Media group operations director Steve Orchard will leave the group at the end of April.
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Orchard quits GCap
GCap Media group operations director Steve Orchard will leave the group at the end of April.
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NewsIndie Survey 2008: your chance to take part
Broadcast is putting together its sixth annual survey of the independent TV production sector - and now's your chance to enter.
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Fremantle ups Rob Clark to global role
Fremantle Media exec Rob Clark has been promoted to president of Worldwide Entertainment.
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Jamie Oliver cooks up new US series
Jamie Oliver is to take his healthy eating mission to the US in a series for ABC.
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Boy Meets Girl fails to attract
ITV1’s comedy drama Boy Meets Girl was dumped by the viewers on Friday as just 2.4m (11%) tuned in at 9pm.
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BBC2 developing new Sarah Waters drama
BBC2 is eyeing an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel The Night Watch as a one-off feature-length drama.
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Five solves The Da Vinci Code with 3.7m
The terrestrial premiere of The Da Vinci Code was a runaway popular success for Five last night as 3.7m viewers (16% share) tuned in from 8pm.
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Save the South Bank Show, says Coldplay's Chris Martin
Coldplay front man Chris Martin has declared that ITV flagship arts programme the South Bank Show should be saved.
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Emmerdale censured over violence
A fist-fight between Emmerdale brothers Mathew and Carl King has been criticised as too violent for a pre-watershed audience by media regulator Ofcom.
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Britain's Got Talent storms Saturday night with 11.1m
ITV1’s ratings blockbuster was back to full strength on Saturday night with the talent show averaging 11.1m viewers (48.4% share) at 8.15pm.
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Gaunt rapped by Ofcom over 'Nazi' jibe
Former TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been censured by Ofcom over an interview in which he called a Redbridge councillor a “Nazi” – a comment that led to the sacking of the radio host.
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Fawlty Towers re-opens to 350,000 viewers
Gold didn’t have any vacancies last night at 9pm as its two-hour documentary on classic sitcom Fawlty Towers gained 350,000 viewers (1.8% share), the channel’s highest-ever ratings for an original commission.
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C4 rapped over Ramsay; pre-watershed sex cleared
Ofcom has rapped Channel 4 over Gordon Ramsay’s swearing immediately after the watershed – but has cleared pre-watershed sex that was “at the edge of acceptability”.
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Cash Cab hails new deals
All3Media International has notched up fresh deals for its taxi-based quiz format Cash Cab in the US, Canada, Europe and India.