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NewsOrton to get MipTV award
Peter Orton, the founder and chairman of HIT Entertainment, is to become the first Briton to receive the lifetime achievement award at the MipTV festival in Cannes.
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NewsBBC to air tsunami relief concert
The BBC is to broadcast the tsunami relief concert in Cardiff, which will feature stars such as Eric Clapton and Charlotte Church performing to raise money for the Asian disaster.
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NewsC4 reject Frost project
Channel 4 has passed over the latest television project from actress and fashion designer Sadie Frost and her Blueflower Production company.
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NewsInglish heads BBC political shows
The BBC has created a new role in its news division combining the leadership of its political programmes, analysis and research.
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NewsPEER POLL: Jerry Springer - The Opera
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC have broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera?
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NewsDead Man Weds falls to 2.7m
ITV1's struggling sitcom Dead Man Wedslost 700,000 viewers to average just 2.7 million (13%) at 10pm as Channel 4's Desperate Housewiveswent from strength to strength with 4.8 million (25.5%).
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BBC offloads Eve
BBC Worldwide has sold glossy women's magazine Eveto the Haymarket publishing group for an undisclosed sum. The decision to offload the title is part of the corporation's decision to sell off non-core activities, as set out in the commercial review it undertook at the end of ...
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Inmedia buys W1 playout facility
Inmedia has bought central London transmission facility Cast from Barnes Media Trust in a multimillion pound deal
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C4 in danger of£130m deficit
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has warned the 'digital deficit' facing the broadcaster could be as high as£130m by 2012 unless it receives support from the public purse.
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T4 to televise 2004 ?honours'
Channel 4's youth strand T4 plans to celebrate the best of music, film and TV in 2004 with its own honours list show.
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C4 grabs BBC two
Channel 4 has poached two BBC executives to boost its news and current affairs team. Mark Roberts is to leave the BBC documentaries and contemporary factual department to be an editor, while Angela Chan will move from the BBC's specialist factual, popular features and business unit to become a deputy ...
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Channel 4 bids for Natpe sales
After a three-year absence, Channel 4 International is returning to US television market Natpe. Christina Willoughby, head of international sales and co-production, will attend the Las Vegas event later this month alongside newly appointed sales executive Solange Riberio, who oversees the Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese territories. The distribution arm ...
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C4 doc at Sundance
Channel 4 feature-length documentary Unknown White Malehas been selected for competition by the Sundance Film Festival. Commissioned from indie Spectre Broadcast by C4's outgoing head of independent film and video, Jess Search, the film tells the story of Doug Bruce, who suffers from a rare form ...
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Blair to appear on T4 in election run-up
Channel 4's youth zone T4 has been given 'unprecedented' access to Prime Minister Tony Blair for a peaktime programme aimed at 16-25 year-olds. T4 presenter June Sarpong will host a studio discussion with Blair and a group of opinionated viewers. Produced by indie At It Productions, the 60-minute programme will ...
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C4 looks at orgasms on the NHS
Channel 4 offers an insight into female sexual dysfunction in a documentary by Leopard Films. Orgasms on the NHSfollows patients as they have treatment for sexual problems. The 50-minute film, commissioned by C4 editor of documentaries Danny Cohen, will be directed by Amanda Blue and James ...
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Sky One to act out Jacko trial
Courtroom reconstructions of Michael Jackson's forthcoming trial are to be shown on Sky One and Sky News as part of a deal between BSkyB and US network E! Entertainment Television.
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Pepper adds suite
Pepper has added a new HD Nitris suite as it expands its online operations. The expansion also includes an HD upgrade for its fourth Nitris and additional storage capacity, costing an estimated£150,000. The new Nitris will be used from this week on forthcoming BBC drama Fingersmith, ...
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Dillon sets up production agency Rare
The executive producer in charge of Channel 4's recent mammoth rebranding campaign has opened a production agency, Rare.
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MTV to Asia's aid
MTV is to rename its annual Asia awards as MTV Asia Aid as part of the network's attempt to raise money for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Due to take place in Bangkok on 3 February, and to be hosted by Christina Aguilera, the awards ceremony will be ...
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School Dinners to air in nine markets
Jamie Oliver's new Channel 4 series promoting healthy eating to schoolchildren has been sold to nine other countries around the world before it has even aired in the UK.