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Heart drops Jacko
Heart FM has pulled Michael Jackson songs from its breakfast and drivetime slots, in a bid to avoid upsetting families during the singer's trial for child abuse. The station said it still planned to play the singer's music during other slots in its schedule but would not include them at ...
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Stayt quits Five
Five Newspresenter Charlie Stayt has quit after nine years with no job to go to. Stayt, who has been at the channel since the launch of Five Newsin 1997, had been presenting some of the flagship evening bulletins as well as the lunchtime news until Sky ...
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Fox orders long-life series from Zig Zag
Indie Zig Zag has scored a commission from US network Fox for its health and lifestyle makeover format Who Wants to Live Forever?.
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Strongroom hire
Strongroom Post has appointed Luke Colson from fellow audio facility Wild Tracks as post-production manager. Colson will join business development manager Rob Kelly and will be post-producing Bounty Hunters, a 15 x 30-minute series for Bravo produced by Bullseye TV.
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Resolution hirings
Resolution has appointed facility manager Tatiana Cook and bookings co-ordinator Will Emms, who both join from West London post facility Crow Television. Cook will head Resolution's Shoreditch facility, following the departure of Rick Horne. Managing director Mike Saunders said that 'it was a real coup to hire them'. Resolution is ...
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Oasis lands series
Oasis Television has won the contract to post Natural Born Dealersfor Leopard Films, off the back of a£200,000 investment in a Pogle grading system. The Soho company will do full post on the 22 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air this summer. Oasis Television ...
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Zeppotron makes panel show
Channel 4 has ordered a late-night topical panel show from Endemol-owned indie Zeppotron, the company behind Chris Morris's latest comedy series Nathan Barley.
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Trouble for Missy
Flextech channel Trouble has bought exclusive rights to US reality series The Road to Stardomwith Missy Elliott from CBS/Paramount. Featuring a guest appearance from Madonna, the 10 x 60-minute show, which is airing in the US on UPN, follows 13 aspiring young singers and rappers on ...
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Paramount nabs South Park from Sky One
Paramount Comedy has taken the multichannel rights to the next series of cult animation South Parkfrom Sky One. The channel has bought the rights to series eight from parent company MTV Networks, as part of an ongoing strategy to obtain sole rights to US comedies. The ...
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Employment trends 2004
The number of people working for British broadcasters is in decline. According to the latest industry census by industry training body Skillset, the number employed by TV broadcasters fell from 25,000 in 2002 to 23,700 in 2004 - a result of ongoing job cuts, consolidation and rationalisation. But, while channel ...
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What the BBC should and should not do
Last week's green paper said the BBC must stay away from copycat and derivative shows - and out of bidding wars for new American shows. Broadcast asked four industry figures for their views on how the BBC must behave in future in order to fulfil its obligations
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BBC morale in crisis
With the threatened cuts to staff and budgets hanging over the BBC, staff morale is taking a hammering.
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On the Box: Prisoners of conscience
Saul Nassé was appalled by the torture exposed in The Guantánamo Guidebookbut moved to righteous indignation of a different sort by The New 10 Commandments.
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The curse of reality TV
Appearing in Big Brothermade a name of sorts for 'nasty' Nick Bateman, but rather than aid his ambitions to work in TV he finds those in the industry treat him with suspicion. Does a right-minded person just walk out of a well-paid and ...
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The drama doctor
BBC Wales head of drama Julie Gardner talks to Suzy Bashford about how she likes to take a hands-on approach to her work - even if it means trying to stuff an actor into a monster outfit for the new Doctor Who
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TV family fortunes
ITV's digital channels have made impressive progress but their success is still dependent on how well ITV1 holds up.
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Hallmark's poker player
At Disney, David Hulbert shunned razzmatazz in favour of being a strategist and a 'deal guy' - now he's set to take over at Hallmark International.
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School for scandal
Being a freelance makes you perpetually the new kid at school - but that's not such a bad thing, explains Steven D Wright.
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Studios and where they're at
With ITV in a period of rationalisation and a number of businesses up for sale, 2004 was tough for studios, but a new interest in light entertainment programmes heralds a boost to business, writes Kevin Hilton.
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NewsCelador and 12 Yard in 'copycat' battle
Celador International is threatening legal action against 12 Yard Productions over a new format which it says is a rip-off of its successful Channel 4 show You Are What You Eat.