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ITV demotes sea drama to midweek slot
A multimillion-pound ocean-based follow-up to ITV's classic drama Soldier Soldier has been pulled from its primetime slot in ITV's winter schedule amid fears that it would be a ratings failure.
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Zeal TV to distribute gladiator format
Indie Zig Zag has handed the worldwide distribution rights of its Celebrity Gladiator format to Zeal Television. The British version of the show - Gladiator: Benn v Eubank - was screened on Five last August, pitting the former boxing rivals against each other as Roman gladiators. The 90-minute special featured ...
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Soho Editors to Eire
London post-production talent company Soho Editors is to open a division in Dublin. The company will be run by managing director Therese Caldwell, previously of The Farm Digital Post Production. Soho Editors Ireland will represent Irish editors, compositors and sound engineers as well as all other post-production disciplines to the ...
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NewsRamsden takes up post at Endemol UK
Sara Ramsden, the short-lived Sky One controller and former Channel 4 executive, has been appointed as Endemol UK’s new head of specialist factual.
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Trouble in Paradise for Endemol
Endemol UK Productions is to produce a primetime reality show for ITV in which seven couples compete for the right to start a new life and a new business abroad.
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MPC finishes Hustle promos
MPC has completed effects work on a series of promos for a BBC1 drama about confidence tricksters called Hustle.
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NewsFremantle picks Mentorn founder
Tom Gutteridge, the founder of indie Mentorn, has been appointed chief executive of Fremantle Media's North American production operation, which makes the US' number-one show American Idol.
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Station ties the knot with RDF
The Station has put together the titles for RDF's Wedding Day. The 5 x 30-minute ITV1 series follows a happy couple on their big day.
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Sky ratings panel
BSkyB is setting up a research panel that will measure the viewing habits of digital satellite households across the UK. The panel will be four times the size of that used by the official television ratings body Barb, taking in 20,000 homes. However, unlike Barb, it will record viewing in ...
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Turner picks TCM VP
Turner Entertainment has promoted its group account director for the company's ad sales team, Alan Musa, to the role of vice-president, channel manager for movie offering TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Musa will be responsible for the channel in the UK, Scandinavia, central eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He ...
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NewsBBC in crisis over Hutton's verdict
Davies resigns l Gilligan claims 'unfounded' l BBC editorial system 'defective'
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NewsHutton calls BBC to account
Whoever ends up running BBC News once the dust has settled over Lord Hutton's excoriating attack on its journalism will face a much more complex round of restructuring than originally anticipated.
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NewsRDF cleans up at Broadcast Awards 2004
RDF Media and its hit show Wife Swap dominated this year's Broadcast Awards, winning in four categories.
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BBC abandons plans for more investigations
The BBC has quietly scrapped plans to create a standalone news investigations unit.
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Extreme wins rights to celebrity race
Extreme Entertainment has picked up the exclusive television rights to celebrity-led motor-racing marathon, The Gumball 3000 Rally. The indie will produce both a 6 x 30-minute series and a 90-minute special, following six racers throughout the six-day event from Paris to the Sahara and back. It will also provide an ...
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News'Alternative' radio survey shows Radio 1 fall
Radio 1 is continuing its downward spiral, loosing over a million listeners in just three months according to controversial new research.
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NewsHodgson joins GWR
Patricia Hodgson, former chief executive of the Independent Television Commission, has joined the board of Classic FM-owner GWR.
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The Miners' Strike (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Steven Condie brought us face to face with the ugly truth of 1984.'...
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The Miners' Strike (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?BBC2's offering was definitely stronger than Channel 4's - though it too suffered from the feeling that most of it...