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LNN man back to BBC
London News Network (LNN) head of news Malcolm Balen is to return to BBC News as a consultant when he steps down from his post this week. The former BBC News executive editor, who said he made the decision to leave in the summer and was not affected by the ...
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Beck back in Russia
BBC World Service has appointed Sara Beck as head of its Russian division. Beck began her BBC career in 1991 as a producer with the Russian service and became Moscow bureau editor in 1998, covering both Chechen wars and the resignation of Russian president Boris Yeltsin. She relocated to Jerusalem ...
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BBC comedy cash
The BBC is to launch a new comedy writers' bursary worth£6,000 to mark the opening of its comedy development unit in Manchester on Thursday (30 October). The bursary, which will be open to comedy writers across the north, will give the winner two days a week with the BBC, developing ...
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BBC and HBO team up for epic Rome drama
The BBC and US network HBO are to undertake their first series co-production with an epic drama series chronicling the rise of the Roman empire through the eyes of two foot soldiers. The 12-episode Rome, which is due to air on BBC2 and HBO in ...
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Commercial digital stations beat BBC
The BBC's four new digital radio stations have been dwarfed by the commercial sector after their first listener results showed they attracted just over a million listeners in the three months to 14 September.
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BBC in trade mission
The BBC is preparing to travel to Japan with the Digital Radio Development Bureau and the Digital One multiplex to encourage electronics manufacturers to back digital radio. During the 10-day trade mission, the joint industry initiative will present information to manufacturers such as Panasonic to entice them into producing digital ...
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Two join Blue Post
Senior editor Dan Goldthorp has joined Blue Post Production. Goldthorp, whose credits include the documentary series Jamie's Kitchen, Would Like to Meetand How Clean is Your House?,joins after a spell as a freelance editor and 18 months at TSI. His ...
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British series in global distributions
Distributor Minotaur International has made a raft of sales to broadcasters across the globe, including selling the last six episodes of long-running crime drama Taggart (pictured) to ABC in Australia, French channel FR3 and Denmark's Danmark Radio. Challenge format Travel Sick has been picked up by German music channel Viva ...
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Ex-Loaded ed James Brown moves into TV
Former Loadededitor James Brown, ex- Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon and Lord Bell's Chime Communications have formed an unlikely alliance to create a new television show.
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SRH buys into Eire
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) is set to strengthen its foothold in the Irish Republic with an£18m deal to buy Dublin station FM104 from Capital Radio Productions. SRH, which owns national Irish station Today FM as well as Radio Clyde, is awaiting clearance from the Irish competition authorities after the Broadcasting ...
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Heart sneaks up on Capital in London
Capital Radio is to make further changes to its programming after losing the title of London's most listened to station for the first time in 30 years.
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Clear Channel says Capital is vulnerable
Roger Parry, chief executive of US media giant Clear Channel's international division, has described Capital, the UK's largest radio group, as vulnerable to takeover, writes Michael Rosser.
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Five plans Xmas Eubanks clip show
Five controller of youth and music Sham Sandhu has commissioned a one-off special from Carlton featuring the best bits of the channel's fly-on-the-wall series At Home with the Eubanks. In the 60-minute The Best of at Home with the Eubanks, ...
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MTV signs OB Crew
Scottish TV and Grampian TV Resources have won the contract to provide outside broadcast facilities for the MTV Europe Music Awards. The team will deploy extensive digital OB equipment, including WiCam digital wireless cameras supplied by McMillan, to help put together content in the run-up to the event, as well ...
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Waking The Dead gets two more series
BBC1 crime drama Waking the Deadhas been commissioned for a further two series by controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter. The fourth and fifth series, which will comprise six two-parters, will again feature a crack team of police forensic experts looking into 'cold cases'. Filming ...
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Discovery wants Thunder races for US
Leopard Films has been commissioned by Discovery Channel US to produce a 60-minute special based on its Thunder Racesformat. The show, which sees teams turning broken-down cars into racing machines, will be shot this autumn in the Las Vegas desert. Executive producer for Discovery is ...
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ITV lines up trio of new dramas
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a trio of dramas, including a topical two-part action thriller featuring a corrupt Special Operations investigator battling to save the UK from a major security threat, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Emap seeks metal MD
Emap, publisher of Broadcast, is hunting for a managing director to spearhead its Kerrang! radio brand as it prepares to launch the station in the West Midlands. The position has been created to grow the Kerrang! radio business which will bring together its existing digital ...
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Liverpool writers fund
Mersey Film has secured£25,000 worth of funding from North West Vision to find and develop writers in the north-west. The money will be used to develop script-writing talent to help regenerate local film production. Mersey Television, led by Brooksidecreator Phil Redmond, will pick up development ...