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NewsThompson defends BBC morale
BBC director general Mark Thompson has rejected suggestions by Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan that the reforms taking place at the corporation are going to 'crush confidence' among staff for years to come.
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NewsPEER POLL: ITV
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will ITV be bought this year?
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NewsDesperate Housewives attracts 5m
Desperate Housewivesmade a glittering debut on Channel 4 last night with peak viewing figures of 5 million (30%) in the last five minutes, trouncing ITV1's new Johnny Vegas vehicle Dead Man Weds.
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The battlegrounds of 2005
Broadcast looks at some of the key conflicts coming up in a year in which every area of the industry will be facing either major change or increasing competition
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Red button raises£800,000 for appeal
The Community Channel's red-button interactive donations service has raised more than£800,000 for the Asian tsunami appeal in seven days. The service, launched on 29 December by The Community Channel, is expected to reach the£1m mark soon.
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Vine returns to BBC1 for interview series
BBC Radio 2 host and political presenter Jeremy Vine is to return to BBC1's daytime schedule in March with a second series of his celebrity interview show. The new
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TV Corporation sells Visions for£16.8m
The Television Corporation has agreed to offload its outside broadcast business, Visions, to US company NEP for£16.8m marking its withdrawal from the facilities market.
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Wife Swap producer sues Fox for $18m
RDF Media could set a legal precedent for reality producers in the US after it filed an $18m (£9.5m) case against US network Fox for allegedly ripping off its flagship Wife Swapformat.
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Fuller's 19 sees profits go up by 6%
19 Entertainment, the company that co-produces hit format Pop Idol with Thames, has reported a 6% rise in annual profits. The company, run by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, made pre-tax profits of£10.1m in the year to 30 June, up from£9.6m the year before. American Idol, the US version ...
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BBC2 commissions primetime car show
Indie Denham Productions is to make a primetime series for BBC2 focusing on the nation's relationship with cars. BBC senior commissioning executive Richard Klein has ordered the 3 x 60-minute Car Nationfor delivery in May. The series will offer a wry look at topical subjects, such ...
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Somethin' Else lands raft of R2 orders
Somethin' Else has landed a raft of commissions from BBC Radio 2, including a new 8 x 60-minute series of Soul Solutions, fronted by Mica Paris. The Charles Hazelwood Showwill return for a 6 x 60-minute run, while ...
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Hot seats 2005
The leaders of the UK's major television broadcasters are all facing tough tests in 2005
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New sports programme from Nation 217
Producer-broadcaster Nation 217 has created sports show Backawinnerin the run-up to the launch of its sports channel. Hosted by former jockey Richard Dunwoody, the weekly Friday night show helps viewers pick winners for the weekend's sporting events and also provides sports-related trivia. The hour-long show is ...
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BBC3 greenlights disability sitcom
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy is adding to his channel's growing reputation for comedy with a new show about the unlikely relationship between a man confined to a wheelchair and his homeless friend.
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ArenaP3 hails the Messiah
ArenaP3 has completed post-production on Objective Productions' Derren Brown: Messiah, a 60-minute special for Channel 4, in which Brown is filmed tricking Americans. Director Tim Knight and producer Debbie Young shot on Super 8 and Digibeta. Editing was by offline editors Guy Savin and Tristram Giff ...
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Tiger Aspect wins C4 orders
Channel 4 has ordered more than 40 hours of lifestyle programming from producer Tiger Aspect to fill daytime slots.
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Pepper pot comedy for Baby Cow
Pepper has graded new Johnny Vegas comedy series I Dealfor Baby Cow Productions. Vegas plays a small-time dope dealer in Manchester who lives and works from his bedsit, and who sees himself as providing a service to the community. Colourist Jet Omoshebi worked with director of ...
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Mainframe titles BBC sitcom
Mainframe has designed the titles for comedy According to Bex. The BBC comedy department-produced sitcom stars Jessica Stevenson ( Spaced, Sean of the Dead) as a secretary in a world of near misses. Lead designer Mike Alderson created the titles in After Effects ...
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Benny Hill in the US
BBC America is building on the recent popularity of The Benny Hill Showby acquiring another string of episodes. After debuting the show in October last year, the BBC's US service has signed up for a further 85 episodes of the Thames Television show.
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Russia buys The Bill
Russian terrestrial broadcaster Center TV has licensed 140 episodes of ITV's The Bill. The channel, which has already aired 50 instalments of the Thames-produced series, will screen the new episodes early this year. Meanwhile, Estonian free-to-air channel TV3 has picked up 130 episodes of Australian soap ...