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BBC rapped over EU
The BBC's coverage of the European Union needs to be more impartial, according to an independent report ordered by the corporation's board of governors. The inquiry, led by Lord Wilson, said the BBC was not deliberately biased but that coverage could be improved. It blamed ignorance of the EU among ...
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Heart pins hope on fresh blood
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has defended the poor ratings of flagship London station Heart 106.2 and claimed it will claw back listeners with its new look.
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NTL brings on OneTV
NTL Broadcast has signed up shopping channel OneTV to a five-year transmission contract. NTL will supply fibre linkage from the channel's Colchester studio with uplinking and transmission space on Eurobird. NTL Broadcast is also supplying playout until the channel's own studios are operational. OneTV launched on 17 January.
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Orion hires Burgin
Indie Orion TV has poached BBC development producer Petra Burgin to lead the company's expansion into formats. She created successful BBC daytime brands Mind Your Own Business, Feather Your Nestand Sunday Escape.
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Target buys Jackson re-enactments
Target Entertainment has picked up the international rights to a raft of new programmes including reconstructions of Michael Jackson's forthcoming trial. The series of 30-minute courtroom re-enactments will be shown on Sky One and Sky News in the UK and Target is sharing rights with E! Entertainment. It will also ...
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VCT buys Music Stake
VCT buys music stake Leisure & Media VCT has bought a 7% stake in media music supplier Audio Network plc for£250,000. Audio Network has signed up over 100 composers and sound designers in the past three years and supplies all music with worldwide clearance.
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University buys Central studio site
Central Television's Lenton Lane studio complex, one of the largest TV complexes in Europe, has been sold to the University of Nottingham, which plans to house new science companies there. The 17-acre site, which was once the home to shows such as Crossroadsand ...
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Hive hires CG head
VTR's CGI arm The Hive has appointed Glenn Griffiths as its new head of CG. Griffiths joins from Baraka Post Production and will take charge of ongoing projects, recruitment and the sales operations at The Hive. VTR managing director Kate Sturgess said Griffiths is 'ideally placed to fill this role'. ...
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ITV drama goes to top of class
ITV's Julie Walters one-off Ahead of the Classgave the network's drama chief Nick Elliott some welcome new year cheer this week.
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Clyde's gold medal
Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA) senior creative Andrew Clyde has won a Gold World Medal at the New York Festival's 48th International Television Programming & Promotion Awards for The Hallmark Channel promo 'The Kiss'. The promo (the precursor to the creative brief on the facing page) was created by BDA ...
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Local radio co nears million mark
The Local Radio Company, the group launched early last year by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, has recorded a combined audience of nearly 900,000 around the country. The latest figure includes results from LRC's recent acquisitions of Spirit FM in South West Sussex and KCR FM in Liverpool.
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Devilfish's Valentine's Day job
Devilfish has created the Hallmark Channel's Valentine's Day promo campaign. The 30-second spot shows how the power of love can overcome all barriers, whether between a prisoner and guard or a cowboy and indian. Grading was carried out at Rushes to add to a nostalgic 1950s movie feel, with additional ...
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Screentime Partners in Russian deal
Screentime Partners has signed three format deals that will see Wife Swap, To Catch a Thiefand Popstarsremade for Russian viewers. A 26-episode run of RDF Media's Wife Swapwill be made by Studio 2V for the TNT network. Lion ...
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Virgin duo make strong Rajar debut
Digital stations Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Groove reported positive results in their debut Rajar appearance. The SMG-owned stations together attracted 239,000 listeners, a strong result considering they are only available in London on DAB radio.
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Digital listeners push up XFm's share
Indie rock station Xfm lost listeners in the core London market but grew its national audience through digital listening. The Capital Radio-owned station lost 6.5% of its listeners over the last quarter to report an audience of 535,000. However, it recorded its second highest ever national audience of 693,000, which ...
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Dinnin for Facility
Dean Street post-production house The Facility has brought in designer Alex Dinnin. Dinnin, who joins from Octagon CSI, had previously worked at Tele-Cine and XTV. Previous broadcast credits include work for football world governing body Fifa, the FA Cup final 2004 and Nickelodeon UK. Business development consultant ...
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Hewlett wins funding for Muslim doc
Former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett has secured a $60,000 (£31,900) development grant from the US Corporation for Public Broadcasting - the body which distributes federal funds to the American PBS network - for an investigative film about the Muslim Brotherhood. He has teamed up with ...
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Portillo fronts domestic violence doc
MP Michael Portillo is to present a one-off documentary on domestic violence for the BBC. Battered and Bruisedhas been commissioned by BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman and will focus on the issues surrounding domestic violence, those affected by it and the support services in place ...
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US exec remakes three UK shows
The US executive behind the American remake of The Officehas lined up three more adaptations of British series as his next projects.
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George takes Flextech post
Flextech Television has hired Jason George, former chief executive of Endemol's new media arm Victoria Real, as controller of interactive programming, writesSusan Thompson.