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Miles to debut deals at Mipcom
Sally Miles, the former chief operating officer of September Films, has unveiled the formats and indies she will be pushing at Mipcom with her new venture ID Distribution.
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Rajar weighs up replacements for diary
Rajar is planning to drop its diary system of measuring radio audiences and replace it with electronic methods by 2007. Three candidates, Arbitron, Gfk and Eurisko, will submit devices for testing between now and March 2005. The new research contract will be put out in tender in April next year ...
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Diverse poaches Sowerbutts for management team
Indie Diverse has strengthened its management team following its takeover by Rome-based media company Fact Based Communications (FBC), poaching 4Rights managing director Paul Sowerbutts.
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UK post extension
UK Post has extended the nominations deadline for the second regional director on its board. Gaynor Davenport, chief executive, UK Post said: 'In light of the forthcoming regional tours, and following feedback from some UK Post members, I have decided to extend the nomination period.' Nominations will now be accepted ...
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ITV secures top films for free-to-air
ITV has signed an exclusive deal with Warner Brothers for the free to air TV rights to a range of film titles, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Matrix Reloaded and Troy. The films, which also include ...
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Indie nets satirical format
Hat Trick Productions, the indie behind Have I Got News for You , has picked up the format to Finnish satirical 'mockumentary' The ? Show.
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Kerrang! gets md
Adrian Serle has been appointed managing director of Emap's West Midlands-based radio station Kerrang! 105.2. Serle will make the move to Birmingham from Emap radio stablemates Hallam FM and Magic FM in Sheffield, where he worked as sales director. Serle will report to Travis Baxter, managing director of the Kerrang! ...
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The Stables goes to TV Ontario
BBC Worldwide has sold children's docusoap The Stables to Canadian broadcaster TV Ontario. The 10 x 27-minute series, made by Prism Entertainment, follows the lives of a group of inner-city children who meet at charity-run stables in Newcastle.
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Keeping his options open
RTL chief Gerhard Zeiler tells Broadcast that he's happy to explore all options for Five - except selling it
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Sky+ to hit target
New research has revealed that Sky is on track to get its personal video recorder service Sky+ into 525,000 homes in the course of the next 12 months. The move will put Sky on track to meet its target of getting 2.5 million Sky+ customers by 2010, according to Continental ...
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Sky Travel nets Husband Hunt
Sky Travel has picked up Touchdown TV's reality series Husband Hunt for its autumn schedule. The New Zealand-based show takes six women into a farming community where they hunt the man of their dreams. The 2 x 60-minute show will air as part of a ...
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Ofcom to probe ITV networking
Ofcom is to carry out a major review of ITV's networking arrangements, the rules and regulations which govern how the Network Centre is managed.
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Machine Room move
London post facility The Machine Room has appointed Ben Baker as senior project coordinator to look after TV series, film mastering and restoration. Baker joins from Ascent Media after 18 months at the company where he was most recently responsible for the Warner Brothers entertainment account. His first task will ...
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Miami Slice picked up by networks
September International has made a series of new sales of Sky One's plastic surgery reality series Miami Slice. The 6 x 60-minute series, made by September Films, has been licensed to Australia's Nine Network, RLT in the Netherlands and M-Net in South Africa. It ...
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NewsCarter: we won't top slice the BBC
Ofcom chief Stephen Carter has told Broadcast that the BBC should continue to be 'fully funded' - suggesting Ofcom will not propose 'top slicing' the licence fee as part of its strategy for public service broadcasting beyond 2007.
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NewsWright buys into Portman
Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright has taken a controlling stake in Portman Film and TV, the distributor of shows including Buffalo Pictures' ITV drama Doc Martin.
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NewsNew owner lined up for TWI
TWI, one of the UK's biggest indies and the producer behind Superstars , is about to be bought out by a new owner - pumping significant investment into the company for acquisitions and expansion.
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NewsSky exec exits suddenly after heckling Dyke at RTS
BSkyB's commercial director, Martin Goswami, has left the satellite giant suddenly just days after he loudly heckled Greg Dyke during the former director general's speech at a special RTS dinner last week.
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NewsNickelodeon set to take ITV1 kids slot
ITV1 is close to signing a deal with Nickelodeon UK, which will see the terrestrial broadcaster handing over its weekday afternoon CiTV schedule to the Viacom and BSkyB joint-venture.
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BBC: watershed move jeopardises factual
Important factual programmes could be pushed out of peaktime slots under Ofcom proposals to tighten up the watershed, the BBC has claimed.