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NewsGWR and Capital admit merger talks
GWR and Capital Radio have confirmed they are in talks to merge the two companies and forge a£700m broadcaster.
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NewsShameless bag Prix Italia
Shameless , Channel 4's comedy drama about a dysfunctional Manchester family, has been named best drama series at the prestigious Prix Italia awards, while the BBC scooped four gongs.
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NewsDigital TV now in 55% of homes
Digital TV is now in 55% of UK homes, with almost 4 million people taking Freeview.
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NewsTWG lines up for Edinburgh FM
The Wireless Group is to lock horns with the UK's biggest radio groups in the battle to win a new FM licence for Edinburgh.
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NewsC4 books space for 14 new channels
Channel 4 has signed a£55m deal with satellite operator SES that will enable it to launch around 14 new channels.
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NewsWife Swap producer quits RDF
The series producer of RDF's hit Channel 4 show Wife Swap has quit to join the indie behind C4 opera The Death Of Klinghoffer.
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NewsPEER POLL: Programme formats
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is The X Factor a rip-off of Pop Idol ?
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Unlikely bedfellows?
To work for Diverse, the indie that prides itself on its ethnic mix, you need to pass the Vienna Test. Do you like Wiener schnitzel or have a soft spot for Kurt Waldheim? Then there's no place for you at Diverse. You also need to pass the test and understand ...
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NTL and O2 in multichannel phone trial
NTL's broadcast division and O2 have teamed up to produce the UK's first multichannel television to mobile phones trial.
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Ofcom sets 2012 as date for switch-off
Ofcom has set 31 December 2012 as the switch-off date for analogue TV signals and said the switchover process could start in 2007.
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Casanova for BBC3
Casanova, the upcoming period drama about the legendary womaniser from writer Russell T Davies, is to debut on BBC3 before airing on BBC1. The three-parter, originally developed by Michele Buck, Damien Timmer and Julie Gardner for ITV, will air next year.
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League of Gentlemen writer is signed for new BBC3 comedy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a long-running comedy drama about a set of weird characters in Blackpool from the writer of The League of Gentlemen.
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C4 radio moves
Channel 4 and UBC Media are pushing ahead with plans to launch a digital radio station, to be based on the Popworld music format after taking a stake in the Simon Fuller-owned company. Radio group UBC has paid£250,000 for a 12.5% stake in Popworld with an option to double its ...
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C4 orders refugee doc from insight
Indie Insight News Television has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a documentary about refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. A co-production with the Discovery Channel, Living with Refugees follows journalist Sorious Samura in eastern Chad as he travels with families forced to ...
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Channel 4 news wins second news Emmy
Channel 4 News won its second consecutive international Emmy for the best news programme outside the US. The ITN team picked up an award for its coverage of the Madrid bomb attacks in March. Also, former Carlton factual controller Richard Clemmow won a documentary Emmy for ...
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Fox's FX picks up action sports docs
Fox-owned FX's vice-president of broadcasting and marketing, Jason Thorp, has bought three action sports and adventure documentaries from indie Black Diamond. They are surfing documentaries Step in Liquid and The Endless Summer and Chlorine , ...
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EBU HD amendment
The director of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Phil Laven, has said that EBU's apparent statement of support at IBC for the 720 resolution of HD were not the last words on the subject. The debate was between 720 and 1080 HD resolution.
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Andrea Wonfor: risk taker in the regions
After the untimely death of Andrea Wonfor, her good friend John Willis remembers her life
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I'd do anything to be remade for Romania
BBC1 Saturday night show I'd Do Anything is be remade for Romanian audiences. Distraction Formats has brokered the deal with Prima TV for the TWI-owned format that challenges people to face their worst fears to win a prize for a loved one. The format has ...
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Online appointment
Online music research tool Play has hired Simon James as its new director of operations and development. James leaves BMGZomba Production Music where he was director of marketing. Play launched in April 2002 and has 20,000 subscribers worldwide.