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2012 for switch-off
Ofcom has said analogue switch-off should be completed by 31 December 2012 and that the country will undergo a phased switch-off with one ITV region going digital at a time. The regulator will set out the order in which the regions should be switched by April next year. The announcement ...
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M2 Buys Root6 tool
M2, Nats, The Mill and Sanctuary Post have all recently bought workflow tool ContentAgent from Root6 Technology. ContentAgent is used in the capturing, converting and distributing of compressed digital files. Enteraction TV has taken a second copy for use on Thomas Cook TV.
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Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2
BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...
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Video Europe sells SW18 base for£5m
Video Europe is selling its base in Wandsworth to property developers and will make a profit of£3.5m.
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NewsITV faces£70m hit as viewing slumps
Audiences for ITV's flagship reality show I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here! have fallen by around 2 million an episode compared with the last series in January.
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NewsIndies strike new BBC deal
Indies will be able to sell programmes originally commissioned for BBC1 and BBC2 to multichannel outlets just six months after they first air following a new deal announced by the BBC this week.
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NewsSky spies gap for lifestyle channel launch
BSkyB is considering launching a lifestyle channel to increase its share of the multichannel audience.
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NewsBurns warns on licence fee
Commercial broadcasters could be invited to bid for chunks of the TV licence fee in a bid to strengthen the BBC's accountability, the government-backed BBC Charter review panel has suggested.
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Takeaway exec moves to Target
Target Entertainment has lined up the executive producer of ITV hit show Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , Ed Forsdick, to take over its new in-house production arm.
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DJ Jezza in the frame to replace Trisha
Capital FM DJ 'Jezza' is being courted by Granada to be the successor to ITV talkshow host Trisha following her defection to Five.
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Van Klaveren gets cost-cutting job at BBC news
BBC director of news Helen Boaden has appointed Adrian Van Klaveren as her deputy and has charged him with implementing a cost-cutting strategy across the division.
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Vice grips BBC mornings
Daytime television audiences used to a staple fare of cheap talk shows and Australian soaps had better brace themselves - BBC1 has commissioned a hard-hitting morning show featuring pornography, prostitution and hard drugs.
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Powers exits C4 for Endemol
Sharon Powers, the Channel 4 commissioning editor behind this year's 'evil' Big Brother , is jumping ship to become executive producer of the Endemol show.
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NewsC4's chairman warns of PSP 'ghetto'
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has warned that Ofcom's proposed£300m Public Service Publisher - could become a 'ghetto' that fails to attract enough viewers to justify its existence.
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NewsBurns calls for 'midway' licence review
The panel looking into BBC Charter review has said the corporation's licence fee should be reviewed during the next Charter period and that it had sympathy for alternative governance arrangements.
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NewsElstree rent row settled
The rent row over Elstree Studios has been settled paving the way for fresh bids for the world-famous studios.
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NewsLittle Britain dominates RTS craft awards
The team behind hit BBC comedy Little Britain continued its award-ceremony domination last night picking up three RTS Craft and Design awards.
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NewsPortman hires Ruth Rendell producer
Portman Film and Television has made its first appointment, since Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright, took control of the company, with a new executive producer for its TV department.
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NewsSky One launches doc strand
Julie Burchill and Peaches Geldof are to kick start a new Wednesday night documentary strand on Sky One next year as part of the broadcaster's winter season.
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NewsRapture back on air
Digital music channel Rapture TV is set to return to the screen yet again this month after striking an agreement with educational free-to-air service the Musicians Channel.