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BBC funds black comic's comedy doc
The BBC comedy department is funding development for a comedy vehicle following the adventures of black London comedian Rudi Lickwood.
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Endemol in court over Champ show
Mark Burnett, the British producer behind reality show Survivor , has challenged Endemol to a bout in the US courts over rival reality boxing shows. Burnett, who is producing The Contender with Dreamworks for US network NBC, has called on ...
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Parkinson snares Hollywood stars
Titanic star Kate Winslet, Denzel Washington and The Office creator Ricky Gervais have been added to the list of guests for Michael Parkinson's new Saturday night ITV1 chat-show, which kicks off in September. The show has already confirmed Tom ...
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Snoddy in line for current affairs show
The former media editor of The Times , Ray Snoddy, has been confirmed as the host of the BBC's new comment programme in which executives will have to answer viewers' complaints on its news and current affairs output. The weekly ...
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Hutton journalist to talk at Edinburgh
Andrew Gilligan, the former Today programme journalist at the heart of the recent Hutton inquiry, is to give a lecture on broadcast journalism at next week's Edinburgh TV festival. Meanwhile, new Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan is to make his first major appearance at ...
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MTV to broadcast Busted's US assault
MTV is producing a documentary following the pop band Busted's efforts to crack the American market. The broadcaster, which this week sent its cameras to the US with the band to trail them for the next 10 weeks, is producing the six-part series America or Busted as a joint venture ...
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State of the industry
A fascinating insight into the broadcasting industry was revealed by Ofcom last week when it published its first annual market report on television, radio and new media.
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NewsPEER POLL: Programme credits
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should programme credits slow down?
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NewsBroadcast announces commissioning conference
Broadcast 's annual Commissioning Conference is confirmed for the 22-23 November 2004 at the Victoria Park Plaza London with over 50 speakers
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NewsVirgin takes on Radio 1 with download chart
Virgin Radio is to go head-to-head with the BBC by launching a new download chart three days before Radio 1.
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News6m go interactive with BBC Olympics
More than six million viewers have so far used the BBC's ground-breaking Olympic interactive service, the corporation has revealed.
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NewsNew BBC 'value' man to slash£2bn
The man brought in by the BBC to slash costs has identified four main areas in which he says the corporation can save£2bn.
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NewsC4 and Five execs to further merger talks
Channel 4 and Five will take a further step towards a merger this week when senior executives from the two broadcasters meet at the Edinburgh festival.
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NewsCNBC Europe goes mobile
Business TV channel CNBC Europe is launching a live video streaming service to mobile phone users in Europe.
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NewsTurner's Arnesen promoted again
Finn Arnesen, the Turner executive helping to manage a $500m fund for original animation, has been handed his second promotion in less than a year.
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ANOTHER HUSTLE.
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a second series of con-artist drama Hustle before the first
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MAVERICK MOVE.
Maverick Television has appointed former Channel 4 Interactive head of telephony development Jo Rosenfelder as its
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S4C REORGANISES.
S4C has restructured its commissioning department. Factual output will be separated into three areas: co-productions, headed
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MORNING TO RETURN.
Granada has received an early recommission from ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard for its This
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Ofcom opens FM licence bidding.
Ofcom has unveiled the timetable for the first tranche of new FM radio licences across the