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NewsC4 locks in Ramsay
Channel 4 has locked Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay into an exclusive three-year UK deal.
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NewsUBC lifts sales
UBC Media, the group that is developing Channel 4's first radio venture, has reported a 78% rise in sales at its commercial division in the first quarter.
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NewsYentob expense inquiry to end this week
The investigation into alleged expenses abuses by BBC creative director Alan Yentob is expected to report by the end of the week.
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NewsS4C prepares for analogue switch-off
Welsh channel S4C is to reposition itself as a provider of live-events, including music sport and rural programming ahead of its switch to a digital only Welsh-language service.
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NewsS4C report: BBC should increase Welsh output
The BBC should increase its supply of programmes to Welsh channel S4C, a new report from the department of culture media and sport has argued.
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NewsBBC Technology strike set for Olympics opening
Managers could be drafted in to keep BBC services on the air after broadcasting union Bectu announced it would take strike action over the weekend of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
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NewsCapital's 'Flying Eye' touches down
Capital Radio's 'Flying Eye' traffic reporter, Russ Kane, is hanging up his chocks after 20 years at the station.
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NewsJowell moots 2012 analogue switch-off
The government looks set to put back its timetable for switching off analogue TV signals to 2012 following widespread scepticism about the previous 2010 target.
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NewsSambrook to head World Service
BBC director of news Richard Sambrook - one of the few key protagonists from the Dr David Kelly affair still in his job - is to make a side-ways move to run the BBC World Service in September.
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BBC Resources' profits dip by£1m
BBC resources' profits dropped by£1m over 2003/2004, however it has still managed to return£7m in cash to the BBC.
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BBC1 puts£4m into Willows film
BBC1 is developing an ambitious£4m version of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story Wind in the Willows featuring state-of-the-art animatronics.
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Postman pat set to deliver until 2010
The BBC has commissioned Entertainment Rights to deliver further new episodes of Postman Pat that will continue the series' run into 2010. The 26 x 15-minute order is on top of an initial commission of 26 x 15-minute episodes and 4 x 30-minute specials which ...
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Punt and Dennis to write Radio 4 sitcom
Comedy duo Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis have been commissioned to write a new topical sitcom for BBC Radio 4. The Party Line, described as a cross between Drop the Dead Donkey and My ...
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Duncan canvasses C4 staff for views
Andy Duncan kicked off his first week as Channel 4 chief executive by encouraging its entire staff to share their ideas on the future of the broadcaster and the way it is run. Duncan hosted a drinks reception on Tuesday evening (20 July) for the entire channel, during which staff ...
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Sit-up TV in£5m deal
Sit-up, the company behind bid-up.tv, price-drop.tv and Screenshop, will hand over large chunks of its schedule to infomercial broadcaster Vector Direct until 2008 in a£5m deal. Under the terms of the deal Vector will broadcast 24 hours a day on Screenshop and from 01.00 to 08.00 every night on the ...
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NewsTV's 50 most influential shows
This was never going to be an easy task: 13 television executives, three media journalists, a list of over 100 programmes and a mission to pick the 50 most influential programmes in British television history.
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Ali G in da usaiii to get airing in Croatia
Channel 4 International has secured sales of drama, comedy and animation to broadcasters across eastern Europe. Talkback Production's comedy series Ali G in da USAiii has been picked up by Nova TV in Croatia while National TV Romania has taken 6 x 60-minute drugs drama ...
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One animates Nat Geo's new look
One post and Devilfish have created idents for the National Geographic Channel. The sequence of CGI-based idents incorporate live action elements into the 3D animation. The two were combined to create a sense of real depth and to avoid it feeling cartoon-heavy. One's 3D designers David Child and Duncan McWilliam ...
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St Anne's set to up high-def capabilities
St Anne's Post is to upgrade its second C-reality telecine to HD as it completes£600,000 of investment in a bid to attract archive restoration and documentary work.
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Celador fails in bid to appeal ruling
Celador's application for permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which leaves it liable to potential damages of $40m (£23m) has been quashed. A judge ruled in May that Celador International had no grounds for breaking its licence contract with Arief, Indonesian producer of ...