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Discovery renews LPC contract
Discovery Networks Europe has given itself breathing space in the continuing saga over who should transmit its 27 channels by extending its current playout contract with London Playout Centre (LPC) by 12 months.
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TV corp sends mother-in-law to Germany
The Television Corporation has sold its ITV1 reality format Take my Mother-in-Law to German broadcaster RTL2. Constantin Entertainment GmbH is producing an initial six episodes to be aired by the network in February. The completed UK series is also set to be screened in TVNZ ...
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Kitchen detective on way to discovery
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has ordered Kitchen Detective , a 10 x 30-minutes series from Twofour Productions, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation. The show sees a top nutritionist giving advice about diets. Katie Taylor is producer and Steve Grizell is executive producer.
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Discovery US goes to Extreme for doc
Extreme Entertainment has been commissioned by Discovery USA to make a one-hour documentary exploring how humans can affect electronic circuitry. Electric Children will co-produce with UK indie Illumina TV. Extreme will retain the international rights, with the exception of the US and Asia which ...
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Early Doors to return for second series
Royle Family writer Craig Cash's acclaimed BBC2 comedy series Early Doors has been commissioned for a second run, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TWG ups DRG stake
The Wireless Group is to increase its stake in DRG, owner of the London III digital multiplex, to 33.58%. The company is talking to Matsushita Electric Europe about acquiring its 10% interest. TWG also has an 80.5% stake in the London II licence, held by SwitchDigital.
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Mcdonald gets ITV news editorial role
Newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald has been made associate editor of ITV1's new News at 10.30 , which is to launch early next month. ITV News editor David Mannion said the appointment 'enshrines and recognises the major editorial contributions made by Trevor on a daily basis'. ...
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MTV hires editors
MTV Studios has picked up two new editors. Franco Pistillio and Jim Wilson will join this month as senior editor and editor respectively. Pistillio has 16 years' editing experience, three Emmys and a Peabody for 60 Minutes. Wilson has been an Avid editor for the past eight years and has ...
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Wilde takes entertainment post at Hat Trick
Leon Wilde, co-devisor and producer of Granada's Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , has been poached by Hat Trick Productions to become its head of entertainment.
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Start-up fills gap left by McMillan
Former McMillan sales and marketing director Gary Langlands has set up a broadcast equipment supplier business in his native Scotland, writes Will Strauss.
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Fox Sports Net to play Late Night Poker
Indie Presentable has sold its Channel 4 show Late Night Poker to US network Fox Sports, writes Glen Mutel.
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Pinewood TV head
Pinewood Shepperton Group has appointed Rachel Joseph as its director of television. Joseph joins from 3sixtymedia where she spent three and a half years. She will be responsible for the continued investment and growth in TV for the Pinewood Shepperton Group and oversee the existing studio resources, operational logistics and ...
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Howie moves to UKTV
UKTV has appointed Diana Howie as editorial executive to develop event-based programmes for the network's entertainment and drama channels. She joins from indie Cactus TV, where she worked as a senior executive producer. Reporting to UKTV head of entertainment and drama Matt Tombs, she will oversee commissioning of programming stunts ...
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Kingston wins out
Kingston Inmedia has won the contract to provide playout and satellite uplink for the Horror Channel.
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Schoonmaker looks at work outside radio
Tim Schoonmaker, Emap's radio chief who quit suddenly last week after 20 years, is looking to broaden his skills base outside radio and is talking to venture capitalists and 'multinational corporations' about his next move.
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Mansfield to Oasis
Editbox editor Jim Mansfield has joined Oasis Television from Molinare. Mansfield worked at the Fouberts Place facility for five years and his credits include T4 Pop Beach, on which he completed the titles, and Wish You Were Here? on which he did both titles and stings. Other credits include Doubletake ...
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NewsBBC's Kilroy ban puts jobs at risk
Jobs will be threatened at Robert Kilroy-Silk's indie if the BBC's investigation into the presenter's controversial comments about Arabs drags on.
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NewsBBC restricts reporters
The BBC is to rein in the amount of comment and speculation in its news output in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry.
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NewsBSkyB to terror-proof transmission service
BSkyB is building a state of the art emergency back-up centre in Hampshire amid fears that its Osterley HQ could be exposed to an environmental disaster or a terrorist attack.
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Setanta puts off Freeview launch
Irish broadcaster Setanta has postponed plans to launch a digital free-to-air sports channel on Freeview.