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E4 devises dating show with a twist
E4 is to run a six-part dating show called The Great Love Swindle later this month. The programme, produced by Ealing Studios, features four bachelors whose aim is to get a girl to say 'I love you' within five dates. The first one to do ...
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C4 in radio venture plan
Channel 4 stars such as Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan and Avid Merrion could land their own radio shows as part of the broadcaster's plans to launch a digital speech station.
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HIT40UK comes top
The Hit40UK chart show has maintained its position as the UK's leading rundown of pop singles. The commercial radio chart show, produced by Somethin' Else, now attracts an adult audience of 2.05 million as opposed to the 1.63 million who listen to the Official Chart ...
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422 Manchester invests in HD to stop client drain
422 Manchester has invested around£400,000 on high-definition products to stop big-budget local clients from heading south for post-production work.
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Granada Sells wildlife shows to AB Sat
Granada International has sold more than 40 hours of wildlife shows to new German satellite channel AB Sat. When the channel launches this autumn, it will carry wildlife programmes such as Savage Planet (above), Savage Seas and ...
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BBC ahead of rivals
The BBC has strengthened its dominance of the radio market with a 53.1% share of the audience to the 45% achieved by the commercial sector. The BBC's share is up from 52.6% in the previous quarter and from 53% a year ago. Commercial radio's share has fallen by 0.5% on ...
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Toonami to air animated star wars
The new animated Star Wars series is to be screened on Turner-owned cartoon channel Toonami next year in a bid to generate interest in the forthcoming Star Wars movie. The animated series, which is also a co-production between Cartoon Network ...
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Format focus: Amish in the city
A reality show about people who normally shun modern life may have its critics, but it's also a ratings winner.
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Minotaur seals BBC deal for Irish drama
Minotaur International has secured deals with the BBC for a new thriller from Ireland's RTE and licensed two Lynda la Plante dramas to ZDF in Germany. BBC3 will screen four-part drama Proof this month, which is produced by Subotica Entertainment and features three central characters ...
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Tait to join BBC board of governors
Downing Street has taken steps to make the BBC's board more relevant, bringing in a leading City lawyer and former ITN editor-in-chief Richard Tait.
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Jowell meets Bectu
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has agreed to meet broadcasting union Bectu to discuss its fears about the sale of BBC Technology. Jowell will meet union representatives before the government makes a decision on the proposed sale of the technology offshoot to German firm Siemens. The meeting is expected to take ...
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GWR claims footie to blame for dip in revenues
Classic FM-owner GWR has blamed the Euro 2004 football tournament for a dip in revenues at the station in June.
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Endemol board takes home more pay
Big Brother maker Endemol UK's boardroom pay jumped from£1.74m to£5.69m last year, the company's annual results have shown. The indie's entire wage bill rose by almost£9m in 2003 from£6.4m to£15.3m. The company's highest paid director, thought to be chairman Peter Bazalgette, took home£1.49m, nearly£1.3m ...
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Xfm breaks record
Xfm has reported a record number of listeners around the country, breaking through the 700,000 mark for the first time. The Capital-owned new music station broadcasts nationwide on digital and boosted its listenership by 22,000 over the quarter. Its breakfast show, hosted by Christian O'Connell, is listened to by an ...
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MTV calls on Murphy for ?dance idol' show
Big Brother and Fame Academy series producer Sean Murphy has been drafted in by MTV to work on a new 'dance idol' series.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Fiona Campbell
The commissioning editor, independent productions, Channel 4 News is keen to see more domestic investigative exclusives which will make a splash in the press
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Heart capitalises on Vaughan flop
The flagship station of the Capital Radio group was abandoned by 230,000 listeners in the three months to 20 June, recording an average weekly reach of only 2.11 million, according to ratings body Rajar.
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CBBC serves up kids cookery show
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned a cookery programme for children. The 104 x 20-minute Planet Cook , made by indie Platinum Films, will be hosted by chef Kevin Woodford who plays Captain Cook - a hero from Planet Cook whose mission is to defeat ...
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Novel makes fimbles spin-off for CBeebies
Indie Novel Entertainment has been commissioned to make a spin-off from its popular pre-school series The Fimbles for the CBeebies channel. The 100 x 15- minute Roly Mo Show , ordered by head of pre-school Clare Elstow, will feature a character who lives underneath Fimble ...
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Challenge picks up Property Rescue
Challenge, the Flextech-owned entertainment channel, has picked up the rights to a new series of Property Rescue and commissioned UK-specific links for the first time. The show, made in New Zealand by Touchdown TV, follows a team of experts as they transform a property that ...