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NewsGWR adds to radio market woes
GWR, the radio group set to merge with Capital Radio, has added to the downbeat feeling across the sector with a warning that the radio advertising market has weakened.
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NewsEmmy success for UK TV
British television was the resounding winner at the International Emmy Awards, picking up six out of seven trophies.
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NewsFX picks up hit US series Huff
FX has bolstered its winter schedule by clinching exclusive multichannel rights to a high-profile US series from Sony Pictures.
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NewsDuncan: Ofcom PSP plan would future-proof C4
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has said his channel should run Ofcom's proposed Public Service Publisher (PSP) as a way of 'future proofing' itself.
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NewsCash boost for Green Bay
Cardiff-based indie Green Bay Media has won a£300,000 equity investment which will see seven new jobs created and allow the company to further expand.
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NewsUBC signs Emap deal
Radio group UBC Media Group has cut pre-tax losses and signed a major deal with Emap.
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NewsC4 launches PSB campaign
Channel 4 has launched an on-screen ad campaign aimed at reminding viewers of its public service output.
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NewsFormer Beckham agent to make C4 doc
SFX, the management agency that fixed David Beckham's move to real Madrid, is making a documentary for Channel 4 about football's relationship with religion.
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NewsLygo and Willis to debate future of C4
Channel 4's director of programmes Kevin Lygo will discuss the channel's current performance and future with one of his predecessors, John Willis, on Monday at Broadcast's Commissioning Conference.
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NewsSRH ends year on financial high
Scottish Radio Holdings has reported a strong end to the year but has played down speculation of an imminent takeover from media group Emap.
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NewsGMTV renews breakfast contract
GMTV has renewed its contract with ITV to provide facilities for the breakfast TV station until 2010.
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NewsLicence fee rises to£126
The BBC licence fee is to rise by£5.50 to£126.50 from April, media secretary Tessa Jowell announced yesterday (Thursday).
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NewsBBC4 adapts 20,000 Streets Under the Sky
Author Patrick Hamilton's classic trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is to be adapted by the BBC to mark his centenary.
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NewsPEER POLL: Manchester
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should BBC3 be part of the corporation's move to Manchester?
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Jumping the shark?
The phrase 'jumping the shark' was coined after an excruciating moment on the long-running US sitcom Happy Days when the Fonz, played by Henry Winkler, attempted to literally jump over a shark in a water-skiing contest, an incongruous moment that has come to symbolise the ...
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No Peroxide opens
Film and TV composers agency No Peroxide has opened offices on Newman Street. The current roster includes Rob Lord and Mark Tschanz, previously of EMI and Warner Brothers. Television credits include The Big Breakfast ad campaign for Rainey Kelly and the Sky One documentary ...
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Malik to Red Post
Kabir Malik has joined Red Post Production from Ascent Media. Malik has been appointed business development manager, having had similar roles at a number of post companies.
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Talent picked for Japan job
Indie Talent Television has secured a raft of new international commissions, including a second instalment of Test the Nation in Japan.
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Sky One gets go-ahead for Hex series two
Sky One has given the green light to a second 13-part series of Shine teen drama Hex for a spring 2005 delivery. The deal comes as the first run of the sci-fi teen drama, co-produced by Sony Pictures, draws to an end on Sunday (21 ...
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Zenith wins Fourth garden rivals series
UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Garden Rivals from Zenith Productions. The 15 x 30-minute episodes, set to air in March, will be produced by Paul Coleman. UKTV Style commissioning executive Chantal Rutherford Browne has also commissioned 10 episodes of ...