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Shaps diversity role
Granada chief executive Simon Shaps has become the new head of the Cultural Diversity Network, the industry body aimed at improving the ethnic mix of British TV. Shaps, who is also chairman of the Royal Television Society, takes up the role with immediate effect, replacing BBC head of sport Peter ...
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Ofcom opens door for radio news hubs
Local commercial radio stations could be allowed to increase automation and create central news hubs, Ofcom has said, as part of a review into the future of radio. The regulator said it was considering relaxing the requirement for stations to base their studios within their measured coverage area, although each ...
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DRLS ready to go
Commercial terrestrial broadcasters this week accepted Ofcom's digital replacement licences (DRLs). The DRLs, which come into effect on 28 December, replace the old analogue licences. They contain various obligations related to digital switchover, including meeting the target date of 31 December 2012. Switchover will happen on ITV on a region-by-region ...
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Edmonds exits early
Ofcom non-executive member David Edmonds is to step down from the board of the regulator in January to develop other interests. His three-year term was due to end in September next year. Edmonds, one of six non-executive members, will be replaced.
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Pannaman snaps up JCA Facilities
Nick Pannaman, the founder of post-production group TVP, has made a surprise comeback with the purchase of broadcast services company JCA TV Facilities.
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Mandrill films live nuptials
Mandrill Television is to film a series of weddings and show them live as part of Discovery Health's biggest ever order.
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Five orders Zig Zag gossip show
FIVE has commissioned Zig Zag Productions to make a humorous, weekly popular culture review show, in which up-and-coming comedians look back at the week's celebrity gossip and news.
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Five snaps up Nat Geo wildlife shows
Five has picked up a package of shows from the National Geographic Television International (NGTI) catalogue including Battle of the Arctic Giants, Into the Tornado, Land of the Anaconda, Dolphins: The Wild Side and Honey Badgers of the Kalahari. ...
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The year of Freeview
Greg Dyke, Mark Thompson and the Channel 4/Five merger may have dominated the media headlines of 2004 but the real story of the year has been quietly ticking away in the background: Freeview.
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Gallagher to front sky showbiz series
Sky One has poached Elaine Gallagher from Channel X Productions to become series editor of Entertainment Tonight - the weekly showbiz news magazine due to premiere in the UK on 7 January. Gallagher will be based at Paramount Pictures in LA and report to Sky ...
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Prism makes gaming show for Jetix
Prism Entertainment is to make PXG, a gaming show, for Jetix, the soon-to-be rebranded Fox Kids UK. Aimed at the 'techno-kid' generation, the show covers the latest in gaming reviews, hints, tips and cheats. Produced and directed by Prism Entertainment's Andrew Forgham, the show will launch on 12 February in ...
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Genealogy travels
Wall to Wall has sold its hit BBC2 genealogy format Who Do You Think You Are? to broadcasters across Europe. France's M6 has licensed the idea while channels in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands have also snapped up the rights. 'Active discussions' are also ...
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Sandler to objective
Indie Objective Productions has appointed former Planet 24 production director Paul Sandler as joint managing director. Sandler, who joins after Christmas, will work alongside founding partners Andrew O'Connor and Michael Vine to oversee Objective's growing slate. Objective is currently making a new series of Derren ...
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Teachers' TV playout
Teachers' TV has awarded three-year contracts to Ascent Media Network (AMNSE) Services Europe and NTL Broadcast to supply playout, transmission and satellite delivery for the channel. Programmes will be played out from the Central Playout Facility in Stephen Street, connected by fibre to a teleport in Winchester, uplinked and ...
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RTS west winners
Testimony Films won the best network factual award for the third year in a row at the RTS West of England Awards, for Britain's Boy Soldiers , part of Channel 4's Secret History strand. Other winners included BBC Bristol in ...
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Sci-Fi on spending spree
The Sci-Fi channel has picked up a slew of new drama series including Paramount's primetime NBC hit Medical Investigation.
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NewsChannel 4 to take E4 onto Freeview
Channel 4 is planning to turn its digital entertainment network E4 into a free-to-air service and put it on Freeview.
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NewsBBC and ITV in exit poll deal
The BBC and ITV are to commission their first joint exit poll for next year's general election in a bid to minimise the risk of miscalling the result.
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NewsPilsworth looks to buy up indies
Mick Pilsworth, the former Chrysalis TV chief, is putting together City investment to fund a buying spree of up to 10 medium-sized UK indies.
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NewsOnly gays in the village are not for Sky One
Sky One has dropped its light-hearted reality series The Only Gays in the Village , in which four gay men were sent to work in 'gay-free' rural village, over concerns it didn't fit the channel's new image.