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NewsDarlow Smithson appoints factual
Touching the Voidindie Darlow Smithson has appointed former Cicada Films development head Malcolm Neaum to boost the company's factual production.
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NewsDamazer takes Radio 4 controller job
The BBC has appointed Mark Damazer as its new controller of Radio 4.
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NewsCatholics force BBC to dump 'offensive' cartoon
The BBC has ditched plans to screen its controversial Popetown animation following complaints from the Catholic church.
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NewsChrysalis boosts turnover
Chrysalis has reported another strong performance for its radio division despite experiencing difficulties at its books division.
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NewsMalone sells stake in Telewest
US media tycoon John Malone has sold his stake in cable operator Telewest, despite being tipped as a contender to head up the company if it merges with rival NTL.
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NewsDyke calls for BBC governors to be scrapped
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has called for the corporation's governors to be scrapped and a new independent panel set up.
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NewsPEER POLL: 'corporate cringe'
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Does the BBC's journalism suffer from 'corporate cringe'?
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When his luck ran out
Steve Hewlett says Greg Dyke's autobiography shows how personally he took the BBC's feud with Labour, but crucial errors left him vulnerable when the governors turned against him
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Bullen and Target unable to reach deal
Target Entertainment has gone back to the drawing board over the management strategy for its new production arm, after failing to agree terms with former Carlton executive Nick Bullen, who had been lined up to run it.
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BBC1 orders second New Tricks series
Indie Wall to Wall has been commissioned to make a second series of BBC1 crime drama New Tricks. The new run has been extended to 8 x 60-minute episodes following the success of the original 6 x 60-minutes series, which pulled in about 8 ...
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Ofcom team net£2.3m in salaries
Ofcom's senior team pocketed£2.3m in salaries and benefits over the past year, according to the regulator's annual report. Chief executive Stephen Carter was paid£370,769, while senior partners Kip Meek and Ed Richards received£300,057and£254,844 respectively.
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C4 revamps US gay dating flop
Gay-themed dating reality format Playing it Straight , axed in the US after just three episodes, is being remade for Channel 4.
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C4 renews ITN deal
Channel 4 has renewed ITN's contract to produce its midday news show for another two years. ITN will now supply C4's half-hour lunchtime newscast until the end of 2006, to coincide with the expiry of its existing contract for the channel's evening news show. The two contracts will now run ...
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C4 devotes season to Robbie Williams
Channel 4 has lined up a Robbie Williams season featuring an original documentary and a studio interview with the pop star. C4's editor for youth strand T4 and music, Neil McCallum, has commissioned an hour-long documentary entitled Robbie Williams: The Show Off Must Go On for primetime transmission in October. ...
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C4 extends celebrity Big Brother show
Celebrity Big Brother will be returning to Channel 4 for a third series early next year. After the success of Big Brother 5 this summer, its celebrity spin-off has been stretched from 10 days to two weeks and will feature eight celebrity housemates instead of ...
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S4C Takes a second trip up the Aisle
Welsh channel S4C has commissioned a second run of wedding-themed format Y Briodas Fawr. It will again see six Welsh celebrities organise a real wedding and pitch in by baking the cake, taking the photos and playing the organ during the service. S4C commissioning ...
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422 makes Sky's Sci-fi Moments
422 Manchester has produced the opening titles for Sky One's Ultimate Sci-fi Top 10 Moments. Three programmes explore the greatest moments of science fiction in popular culture. Designer Gareth Price designed and produced the sequence, in which a camera flies through a futuristic database ...
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Cost of turning Ally Pally into media hub to be£50m plus
The planned renovation and development of Alexandra Palace into a media campus is likely to cost at least£50m and could be as much as£100m.
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Dalziel and Pascoe Gets another run
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a further run of long-running detective series Dalziel and Pascoe. The series, which will air as four batches of 2 x 60-minute episodes from February, will again star Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan as the two detectives. It ...
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Shed sets up kids and factual arms
Footballers' Wives ' producer Shed Productions has set up a kids division after securing a commission for a seven-part thriller for CiTV.