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The power of speech
When John Humphrys steps up to the McEwan Hall lectern to deliver the MacTaggart lecture - the centrepiece of the Edinburgh Television Festival - few expect him to mince his words.
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NewsSky rivals Elstein with Hallmark bid
BSkyB has tabled a bid to buy the Hallmark Channel in the UK. If successful it would be the first time in the satellite giant's 15-year history it has bought, rather than built, a channel.
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Yentob undecided
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has still not decided whether to front the forthcoming BBC1 series A Picture of Britain , despite having been asked by channel controller Lorraine Heggessey in May. The 6 x 60-minute series, which will look at the relationship between different ...
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Skinner's Shane taken by Paramount
Paramount Comedy 2 has acquired Frank Skinner's ITV1 sitcom Shane and will screen the first series next year. The 7 x 30-minute comedy series, produced by Avalon Television, features Skinner as a wise-cracking minicab driver whose career and family life is slowly disintegrating. It will ...
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Ofcom raps today
BBC Radio 4 show Today has been rapped by Ofcom after it ran a story about defence contracts which claimed that doing business with the Saudi Arabian government required offering sweeteners for diplomats and staff. Saudi embassy officials in London complained that the piece was ...
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Mandabach targets UK
Caryn Mandabach, the veteran US producer behind The Cosby Show and Roseanne , is scoping out opportunities in the UK after quitting US indie Carsey Werner Mandabach (CWM).
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Thames signs up talent for ITV sitcom
Thames TV has assembled an established team of comedy talent including the writer of Murder Most Horrid for a new ITV1 sitcom.
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UKTV on history Trail
UKTV History has commissioned a primetime DIY history series which will show viewers how to unlock local secrets by looking around the features of their area.
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New Lion Scot head
Colin Cameron, who quit as the BBC's head of network development for nations and regions last month, is to head Lion Television's Scottish division. Cameron, who had been at the BBC for over 30 years, will take up his new role at the All3Media-owned indie on 1 September. His BBC ...
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Globecast goes HD
Satellite service provider GlobeCast is planning to kit out all its satellite newsgathering trucks for high-definition broadcasting. GlobeCast has one of the largest fleets in Europe, with more than 40 newsgathering vehicles, and the largest fleet in France. GlobeCast is a subsidiary of France Telecom.
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Five takes wildlife, science for kids
Five has recommissioned two of its most popular children's series for the weekend Shake strand. Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has ordered a second 13 x 30-minute series of Michaela's Wild Challenge from Two Hand Productions. The series, ...
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Felt Music launches Soho facility
The music composers that worked on the BBC's animated series Hamilton Mattress have opened a composition company in Soho called Felt Music.
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Doc follows football trainees
BBC Radio Five Live is to launch a new documentary series tracking the ambitious students of Birmingham City's football academy.
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Can Dawn light up Sky?
James Murdoch is relying on a revived Sky One to help drive take-up and the pressure is on for Dawn Airey.
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ITV's UEFA cup coup
ITV has signed an agreement with Newcastle United to show exclusive live coverage of the team's Uefa Cup home games this season. The games will air on either ITV1 or ITV2 when the competition begins with two first-round matches from 16 September. ITV has rights for all the home games ...
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Ready Steady Cook Jumps up
JUMP has designed and produced the opening titles for the latest series of the long-running cookery game show Ready Steady Cook. The titles pit a red pepper against a green tomato as they race against the clock around a kitchen. Senior designer Russell Hilliard ...
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Commissioners Q&A
Angharad Jones S4C's commissioning editor, drama and film is looking for plot-driven stories, reckons her channel could do with more humour and is excited by a choir drama filled with songs and sex
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CNBC Live In Europe
Pan-European finance and business news channel CNBC is launching a live video streaming service to mobile handsets in 17 European countries. Subscribers will be able to view the channel continuously on mobiles throughout Europe. The service will be provided by Newmediacom, part of the Phones International Group. Users can register ...
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Clear promotion
Clear's Peter Bach has been promoted from executive producer, film to the head of the film department, replacing Steve Garrad who has moved to film specialist Double Negative. In addition senior producer Pierre Fletcher has joined Clear from Smoke & Mirrors. Before becoming a post producer Fletcher worked as an ...