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Government weighs up 'digital licence fee'.
The Government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals, writes Colin Robertson.
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Injured Hell's Kitchen man gets $125,000.
Granada has paid out around $125,000 (£67,000) to the contestant on the US version of Hell's Kitchen who was injured after a scuffle with hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay, writes Paul Revoir.
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Ross returns to top C4 drama role.
Channel 4 head of film Tessa Ross is poised to take back her old drama brief,
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NewsITV launches DVD rental service
ITV is moving into the online DVD rental market after tying up a deal with video hire firm Video Island.
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NewsRebecca Loos joins Sky's Dream Team
Rebecca Loos has landed her first acting role after securing a part in Sky One's football drama Dream Team.
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NewsPeaches Geldof fronts Sky One show
Bob Geldof's 15-year-old daughter Peaches is to follow in the footsteps of her late mother Paula Yates by taking to the small screen to front a new documentary for Sky One.
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NewsSky adds 62,000 subs
BSkyB today confirmed that set-top box sales has slowed down - but announced better than expected figures with 62,000 people signing up over the last quarter.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC governors
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will moving the BBC governors to Marylebone establish their independence from management?
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Rumble in ITV's jungle
There was a certain irony to ITV executives making their way to Newcastle upon Tyne last Friday to attend the memorial service for ITV producer Andrea Wonfor.
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BBC2 to explore Asian experience
Pakistani immigrants are to talk about their experiences of coming to the UK as part of a raft of new commissions for the BBC Asian programme unit (APU).
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Rapido to make C4 doc on porn star Lolo
Rapido Television has scored its first commission since the company's relaunch earlier this year. Channel 4 editor of factual entertainment Andrew Mackenzie has ordered The Death of a Porn Queen , a one-hour documentary about French star Lolo Ferrari, whose record bust measured 54G ...
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C4 and RDF Media open up Rock School
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make Rock School , a 6 x 30-minute series designed to turn a group of teenagers into rock stars in one month. The group will be tutored by Kiss frontman Gene Simmons in the history of rock, song ...
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Silks herald arrival of C4 Racing
Victor Martinez and The Mill have completed the titles and graphics for the launch of Channel 4 Racing for Highflyer Productions. Racing silks are seen weaving in and out of a race before coming together to form the shape of a galloping horse, charging towards ...
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Channel 4's PR problem
Big Brother is the main reason C4 faces an uphill struggle to convince policy-makers it can do the PSB thing.
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CPS grants access to crime videos
Broadcasters look set to push for further concessions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after it offered a partial climb-down on its decision to ban police from giving TV producers access to video evidence. The CPS has now told broadcasters 'non-contentious' types of video footage, such as scenes of crime ...
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South Africa buys into The Farm
Reality format The Farm , which ended its run on Five last month, is to be made for audiences in South Africa. Endemol, the indie behind the UK version of the format, has secured the rights to make the show in the region. The format, ...
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US ahead in digital TV
The US is expected to reach full digital television penetration a year before the UK, in 2014, a report has said. The Global Digital TV Forecasts from the Informa Media Group, which looked at 43 countries, predicted the US will reach 100% digital penetration by 2014 along with Canada, Finland, ...
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Sky One to seek out Britain's Angriest
Sky One has commissioned indie Landmark Films to find the nation's most enraged residents. Angry Britain has been ordered by Sky One commissioning editor Paul Crompton and will follow some of the nation's most short-tempered people as they seek anger management. The 2 x ...
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Animals to have winter games
Polar bears will compete with penguins in a bobsleigh competition in a winter follow-up to this summer's BBC1 CGI-show Animal Games.
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Baker at St Anne's
Colourist Ross Baker has joined the St Anne's Post telecine department to work with colourist Vince Narduzzo. Baker leaves Pepper Post where he was telecine assistant and trained under Narduzzo before the colourist left in 2002. Baker has worked on projects such as Hell in ...