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NewsHG Capital eyes Virgin Radio
Private equity group HG Capital will make a bid for Virgin Radio if SMG is forced to auction the station to the highest bidder.
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NewsGfk hits out at Rajar
Gfk Media, the research company employed by Kelvin MacKenzie to measure radio audiences, has hit back at Rajar after being dropped from the race to win a lucrative new contract.
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NewsExpress Group axes BBC and ITV digital listings
The Daily Express and Daily Star have axed listings for channels including BBC3 and ITV2 after broadcasters refused to pay thousands of pounds demanded by the newspaper group for the service.
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NewsBBC creates£9m comedy fund
The BBC has ring-fenced£9m to commission comedy programmes outside London and is restructuring its entertainment and comedy commissioning.
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NewsFive's football scores with 3.3m
Five's decision to devote virtually all of its peaktime schedule to live football coverage of the Uefa tournament paid dividends with a peak audience of 3.3 million (15%) at 9.25pm and an overall peaktime share of 9.2%.
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NewsGranada poaches BB producer
Granada has poached the Endemol series editor of Celebrity Big BrotherDavid Williams to join its entertainment division.
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NewsBirt and Jowell clash on BBC funding
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell and former BBC director general John Birt are understood to have clashed over the idea that the licence fee should be shared out among broadcasters.
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NewsAce FM snares Kidderminster licence
Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence in Kidderminster to the Midlands News Association-owned Ace FM.
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NewsChapman buys Little Robots
Former ITV children's controller Vanessa Chapman has bought the rights to CBBC pre-school animation Little Robots.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC1 controller
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Kevin Lygo be the next controller of BBC1?
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NewsThe Apprentice picks up 2.1m
BBC2's much-hyped reality show for business-types The Apprenticegot off to a limp start yesterday with a peak audience of just 2.1 million (8.8%) at 9.45pm.
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Heggessey leaves BBC1 shipshape
BBC1 has seen a general upsurge in its ratings fortunes since Lorraine Heggessey was appointed controller of the channel in September 2000.
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Five to fill 11pm slot with co-pros
Five has lined up 40 hours of co-productions including a new strand of adult documentaries for a late-night slot.
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Target scores ITV2 double order
Target Entertainment has won its first commission for ITV2 with an order for two 60-minute films, Hollywood Rumoursand Bad Boys and Hell Raisers, for the Celebrities Exposedstrand this spring. The first show uncovers Hollywood scandals while the second ...
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ITV sells prop hire firm for£8.2m
ITV has sold its prop hire business Superhire Limited for£8.2m as part of its drive to dispose of non-core assets. The sale, made to privately owned company Space Holdings Ltd and which includes a substantial freehold property deal, will be used to reduce ITV's borrowings. ITV has raised£268m from non-core ...
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Tiger's 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 picked up by UPN
Tiger Aspect's comedy drama 20 Things To Do Before You're 30has been picked up for adaptation by US cable network UPN.
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Musicians Channel goes 24 hours a day
The Musicians Channel, the digital channel dedicated to music education, has moved to a 24-hour service on Sky Digital. The new hours will include new content such as footage of live festivals, new unsigned acts, studio shows and 'character-driven factual programmes' every Sunday night. The channel has ...
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Enteraction buys into a 3G future
Enteraction TV, the company that runs Thomas Cook TV and the new London TV channel, -has bought interactive specialist Red Fig in a deal worth an estimated£3m.
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ArenaP3 gets a gap year job
ArenaP3 has completed post-production on the BBC documentary series Grown Up Gappers. The 8 x 40-minute programmes follow the lives of eight people who step off the treadmill of daily routine to explore the world as travellers. Colourist Blair Wallace graded the series on Pogle Platinum ...
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Pett pilots female comedy for BBC3
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's indie Pett Productions is making a female-led comedy show for BBC3. TittyBangBang, devised by Mortimer and Pett co-owner Lisa Clark, is a 30-minute comedy sketch pilot with a cast of new female comic talent. Jill Parker, who recently worked on Steve ...