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Shennan brought in to Asian Network
Bob Shennan, controller of BBC Radio Five Live, has been handed responsibility for the digital station Asian Network, following recommendations that the channel should strengthen its news coverage. Vijay Sharma, manager of Asian Network, will continue to oversee daily operations but Shennan will represent the station at controller meetings.
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Worldwide takes BBC food to mid east
BBC Worldwide has signed a carriage deal to take its culinary channel BBC Food to the Middle East. Dubai-based pay-TV platform Showtime will now add the service to its line-up, which is currently available to more than 300,000 subscribers in over 20 territories in the region. BBC Food was launched ...
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Bannister leaves Five Live late show
Matthew Bannister has quit his late-night show on Radio Five Live to spend more time with his children following the death of his wife. The former controller of BBC Radio 1 had been on compassionate leave since the end of last year to support his terminally ill wife, who died ...
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NTL subscribers to get Racing UK
Horseracing channel Racing UK is to be offered to NTL cable subscribers from today (17 February). The channel has signed a deal with NTL to give its 1.4 million viewers access to the channel for£20 a month. The service, which launched in October and shows races from courses including Cheltenham ...
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NBC reality show boxer kills himself
A contestant on NBC's upcoming reality boxing show The Contenderhas committed suicide.
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Heggessey leaves BBC1 shipshape
BBC1 has seen a general upsurge in its ratings fortunes since Lorraine Heggessey was appointed controller of the channel in September 2000.
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C4 hunts big ideas
Channel 4 has set aside a further£10m to help pay for ambitious programme ideas over the next year. Chief executive Andy Duncan said he and director of television Kevin Lygo would allocate the cash to a few 'really big ideas' each year rather than a swathe of smaller projects. These ...
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Switch-off debate
Sky Networks chief executive Dawn Airey, former Five chief David Elstein, film-maker Roger Graef and former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett have been signed up by the Media Society for a debate on analogue switch-off. They will discuss whether the switchover will be easy for broadcasters or ' lead ...
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Meek to chair ERG
Ofcom senior partner for competition and content Kip Meek has been appointed chairman of the European Regulators Group (ERG), the independent body comprising the heads of national communications regulators from 31 European Union countries. He will take up the role in January 2006, and will continue in his Ofcom role.
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US pilots Manchild
BBC2 comedy Manchildis to be remade for US channel Showtime. The Viacom-owned channel has commissioned a pilot of the show, which follows four male friends in their 40s, from Sony Pictures Television. Nick Fisher, the creator of the UK show, is working on the US script. ...
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Lion to make landmark Singapore doc
Lion Television has won a commission to produce a multi-million-pound documentary series about the history of Singapore for the Discovery Networks Asia. Lion City: The Story of Singaporewill track the city's transformation into a metropolis over nearly 200 years. The 3 x 60-minute series, set for ...
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Ofcom pulls the plug on shop smart
Shopping channel Shop Smart Television has had its broadcasting licence revoked by media regulator Ofcom. The station has failed to respond to correspondence from both Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority, after 19 viewers complained about late delivery of goods. In December, the ASA ruled that Shop Smart had breached ...
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Pett pilots female comedy for BBC3
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's indie Pett Productions is making a female-led comedy show for BBC3. TittyBangBang, devised by Mortimer and Pett co-owner Lisa Clark, is a 30-minute comedy sketch pilot with a cast of new female comic talent. Jill Parker, who recently worked on Steve ...
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Indies 'biggest source of programmes'
The independent sector now clocks up nearly£800m a year in new commissions, according to analysis by media consultants Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates. The figure represents 40% of all non-news new commission spending, making independents the largest single source of programme supply in the UK. In growth genres such as factual ...
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NewsThe Apprentice picks up 2.1m
BBC2's much-hyped reality show for business-types The Apprenticegot off to a limp start yesterday with a peak audience of just 2.1 million (8.8%) at 9.45pm.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC1 controller
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Kevin Lygo be the next controller of BBC1?
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NewsChapman buys Little Robots
Former ITV children's controller Vanessa Chapman has bought the rights to CBBC pre-school animation Little Robots.
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NewsAce FM snares Kidderminster licence
Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence in Kidderminster to the Midlands News Association-owned Ace FM.
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NewsBirt and Jowell clash on BBC funding
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell and former BBC director general John Birt are understood to have clashed over the idea that the licence fee should be shared out among broadcasters.
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NewsGranada poaches BB producer
Granada has poached the Endemol series editor of Celebrity Big BrotherDavid Williams to join its entertainment division.