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C4 favourite to air Friends spin-off Joey
Channel 4 is set to pick up Friends spin-off Joey. C4 has a first-look deal with Warner Brothers for UK rights to the show and controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole will travel to Los Angeles next week to vet ...
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BBC3 criticised by governors
The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and repeats of BBC1 hits such as EastEnders.
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Only six left for BBC2 controllership
BBC director of television Jana Bennett this week began the second round interviews for the BBC2 controller's job. BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who remains the favourite - Talkback editorial director Daisy Goodwin, BBC head of entertainment group Wayne Garvie, BBC head of television news Roger Mosey, BBC controller of ...
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Moyles reverses R1 breakfast dip
Chris Moyles has lived up to his promise to be the 'saviour of Radio 1' by picking up an extra 680,000 listeners for the BBC station's breakfast show.
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Classic FM to spend£1m on marketing
Classic FM is to launch a£1m marketing campaign in a bid to continue the upward momentum of its audience figures. Owner GWR has ploughed the money into the national station following last week's Rajar report, which revealed that Classic has boosted its audience by 300,000 listeners to record a total ...
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Kerrang! rocks another 50,000
Kerrang has grown its audience by over 50,000 in the first three months of the year, taking its total to 775,000, according to Rajar.
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SMG boss' pay breaks£500,000 barrier
Andrew Flanagan, chief executive of SMG, owner of Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Virgin Radio, saw his pay rise to£562,000, from last year's£476,000, according to the company's annual report. Donald Emslie, the chief executive of SMG Television, had a 35% boost in his pay and received£311,000, up from£230,000 in 2002. ...
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NewsITV daytime in line for major shake-up
ITV is planning to shake up the way it commissions and runs its daytime schedule as part of a revamp of the management line-up at Network Centre.
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NewsSky retains football rights
BSkyB has kept its exclusive grip on FA Premier League football games for the next three years, despite an order from the European Commission (EC) to auction off up to eight games.
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NewsUp to 65 jobs to go at Kilroy TV
Around 65 jobs are to go at Kilroy Television Company after the BBC announced it was axing Now You're Talking! the show commissioned to replace Robert Kilroy Silk's talkshow.
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NewsSugar for The Apprentice
Electronics tycoon Alan Sugar looks set to step into Donald Trump's shoes for the UK version of US reality hit The Apprentice.
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NewsMiramax eyes UK for fresh TV formats
Miramax, the US film company behind blockbusters such as Chicago and Kill Bill, is installing an executive in London to find new UK formats to export to the US.
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FX picks up rights to King of the Hill
FX has picked up hit Fox cartoon King of the Hill from News Corp that was previously shown by Sky One.
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NewsInquiry clears BBC staff
The BBC's review of its editorial guidelines following criticism in Lord Hutton's report is set to make several 'broad-ranging' recommendations when it reports within the next few weeks.
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Sharman handed task of replacing The Simpsons
The BBC has handed the task of finding replacement shows for The Simpsons to daytime controller Alison Sharman, as part of a new strategy to run cheaper long-running series in the weekday slot.
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Endemol in Bristol talks
Endemol UK is looking at setting up a£15m, 40,000sq ft reality TV production business in Bristol near to ITV's base there.
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Xfm's O'Connell wins Sony
Chris Moyles may have turned around the fortunes of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show but he was trumped at this week's Sony Radio Academy Awards by Xfm's Christian O'Connell.
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Parkinson adds son to ITV show
Michael Parkinson has hired his son, Mike Parkinson, to produce his new show on ITV.
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Ofcom changes radio timetable
Ofcom has altered the timetable for the award of at least 30 new commercial radio licences to give potential bidders more time to tailor their applications.
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NewsWorld at War producer honoured by Focal
World at War producer Jerome Kuehl was rewarded for his work on history programming with an award for lifetime achievement at last night's FOCAL International awards.