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NUJ attacks Sky over Five News jobs
The 60 ITN staff working on Five News have been told they must reapply for their jobs or be made redundant when the contract moves to Sky at the end of the year.
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Betty hooks up with anti-social teens
Betty, the indie run by former Channel 4 commissioning editor of features Liz Warner, has been commissioned to make a new documentary series looking at teenagers who have been labelled anti-social, writes Michael Rosser.
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UKTV to recruit first head of acquisitions
UKTV is to appoint its first head of programme acquisitions in a bid to pre-empt a potential shortfall in BBC shows made by independent producers, who may now opt not to place their secondary rights with BBC Worldwide.
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ABC commissions wife swap spin-offs
US network ABC has green lit pilots for two Wife Swap spin-offs from RDF Media. Boss Swap, above, which aired in the UK on Channel 4 earlier this year, and Husband Swap are to go into production later in the summer. They follow ABC's recommission of Wife Swap prior to ...
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New Casualty series to be 48 episodes
The BBC is to again extend the length of its long-running Saturday-night hospital series Casualty - this time by another two episodes. The new 48-edition run will launch on 11 September with a two-episode weekend special starring former EastEnders actress ...
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NewsAirey rules herself out of C4 contest
Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey has ruled herself out of the race for the Channel 4 chief executive role.
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All3media goes east with midsomer
All3Media has inked a raft of new deals across eastern Europe, including sales of Bentley Productions' drama series Midsomer Murders. Central Partnership has picked up series seven of the ITV1 drama for transmission in Russia, while Slovenia's Pop TV has taken the first six series. Croatian public broadcaster HRT adds ...
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BBC3 next up to mark Band Aid birthday
BBC3 is the latest broadcaster to order a programme marking the 20th anniversary of Band Aid. The 60-minute as-yet-untitled documentary, to be made by indie Blakeway Productions, will be presented by Midge Ure (above right with Bob Geldof), who produced the charity record Do They Know It's Christmas?, and includes ...
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C4's séance cleared
Ofcom has rejected 244 complaints against Channel 4's controversial Derren Brown Séance , saying the programme did not breach its programme code. The show, which C4 said it also received 400 complaints about, became one of the most complained about programmes ever when it aired ...
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NewsThe BBC states its case
The BBC this week unveiled its manifesto for securing a new Royal Charter, pledging to be more accountable, more transparent and to introduce a new public service test for every BBC service.
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NewsE4 and Endemol deal creates 300 jobs
More than 300 jobs are to be created in Bristol after Big Brother producer Endemol signed a deal with E4 to produce 300 hours of new shows - the digital channel's largest ever investment in original programming.
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NewsHat Trick and Shed ditch plans to wed
The proposed£20m takeover of Footballers' Wives producer Shed by Hat Trick, maker of Have I Got News for You , has collapsed.
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BBC orders Hiroshima A-bomb docu-drama
BBC1 has ordered docu-dramas that will recreate the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and the life of Genghis Khan.
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Five will unwrap Mummy
The bandaged face of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest will be revealed in a new documentary for Five.
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Sky in talks over ITV3
BSkyB is in discussions with ITV about making the recently merged company's forthcoming ITV3 channel a pay offering in a bid to keep it off rival platform Freeview.
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C4 News deal ends after six months
Channel 4 News and indie Real Life Media have ended their£400,000 two-year deal for the broadcaster's northern news bureau just six months into the agreement.
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C4 casts net beyond TV in search for new chief
Speculation continues about who will take the top job at Channel 4, with suggestions that head-hunters Spencer Stuart is looking hard at candidates working outside television production and broadcasting.
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ITV puts footie cash into drama
ITV is to pump an extra£5m into drama and entertainment programming this autumn using money saved by losing the Premier League football highlights to the BBC.
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Grade's Charter renewal speech
'Ladies and gentlemen we live in a somewhat cynical world. Someone once said that every ten years, come Charter Renewal, the BBC gets the old time religion. Can't think who it
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NewsSky One and Paramount in co-pro deal
Sky One has entered into a co-production deal with Paramount for new sci-fi series The 4400.