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ITC to hold seminar for teleshopping channels
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and leading players in the teleshopping industry will next week hold a one-day seminar on the future shape of regulation in the industry and how the sector can lose its cowboy image, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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It's Oasis vs McGee in Glasgow radio battle
Rock group Oasis will go head to head with estranged manager Alan McGee in rival bids for Glasgow's new FM radio licence. The Gallagher brothers have pledged their support to SMG's
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C4 orders second Prejudice
Channel 4 has recommissioned 12 Yard's controversial hidden-camera gameshow Without Prejudice?, writes Penny Hughes.
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Doc to profile 'love rat' Hewitt
The producer of Channel 4's The Real Heather McCartneyhas gained no-holds-barred access to Princess Diana's former lover James Hewitt for its next C4 film, writes Penny Hughes.
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Hit 40 UK grabs BBC's Meadows
Commercial radio chart show Hit 40 UK has poached a key BBC radio executive producer and extended its reach to over 100 stations, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsRights contest kicks off
The door has been opened to the BBC and ITV to end BskyB's exclusive live coverage of English Premiership football - but the big question now is whether they can afford to walk through it, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITV1 puts Fergie assistant in doc
ITV1 has commissioned a docudrama on the story of Jane Andrews - the former assistant to the Duchess of York who was jailed for killing her lover in a jealous rage,
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R2 revisits the 1980s
Thatcherism, Live Aid and the mullet will all feature in a BBC Radio 2 series chronicling the music, sport and politics of the 1980s. Produced by Mark Goodier's indie, Wise Buddah, The Real 80s will combine archive material with new interviews over 4 x 60-minute weekly spots from 29 July. ...
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BBC spends£2m on extending digital radio reach
The BBC has cemented its commitment to digital radio with a wave of new initiatives, including increased coverage, more exclusive content, and a major new promotional campaign, writes Michael Rosser.
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R2 doc investigates pirate radio's past
Leading lights of pirate radio will come under the spotlight in a new R2 documentary, writes Michael Rosser. The Radio Revolutionaries, produced by indie Heavy Entertainment, will trace the story of
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C4 looks at history of speed records
Thrill-seekers who risked their lives in a bid to break speed records are to be the focus of a new Channel 4 series, writes Michael Rosser.C4 commissioning editor, history Hamish Mykura
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BBC Communities project extended to Radio 4
A major BBC initiative aimed at forging closer ties with local communities is extending to Radio 4 and the Community Channel. Programmes created by the Voices project, handled by BBC Nations & Regions, have run on BBC TV since March but from 13 July a selection of 12 films will ...
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Leopard to soup up cars for Discovery and C4
Leopard Films has picked up a co-commission from Discovery Networks Europe and Channel 4 for a second 10-part series of Thunder Races. The 10 x 60-minute series, which will air first on Discovery and then later on C4, follows three teams of car enthusiasts as they transform an old banger ...
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Radio 4 reorders cross-dressing comedy
The comedy writing couple behind ITV's Faith in the Future and BBC1 series Next of Kin have been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor, drama and entertainment Caroline Raphael to pen a third series of cross-dressing comedy The Change. Scripted by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie, the series will ...
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Digital free to air reaches a fifth of homes
One in five digital TV homes now takes free-to-air services, according to new figures, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Italian Poirot to air
Poirot will be re-digitised and dubbed into Italian after Granada International sold a further 18 hours of the detective series to Italy. Mediaset has picked up the Agatha Christie thrillers as part of a package which also includes 8 x 100-minute episodes of sea-faring adventure series Hornblower.
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Rolf Harris to receive Albert Hall tribute
BBC1 is to commemorate artist and singer Rolf Harris' 50-year TV career with a major event at the Royal Albert Hall. The Animal Hospital host will host Rolf at The Royal Albert Hall in which he will perform a variety of musical and artistic endeavours including 'a giant sing-along'. The ...
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NewsGovernment seeks to appease Puttnam
Government ministers are holding eleventh-hour talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam in a bid to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups such as Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Five, writes David Rose.
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BBC mounts biggest Glastonbury set-up
BBC Outside Broadcast is throwing two brand-new trucks, 15km of video cable, 27 VTRs, 30 cameras and 100 technical staff at the coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival, writes Sam Espensen.As
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Blow-by-blow look at high-speed wedding
September Films has scored a bizarre 60-minute programme order from US broadcaster Lifetime Television in which a prospective bride and groom must organise their wedding in the time it takes for the world's largest blow-up church to inflate. Marry Me Nowwill follow one partner's proposal ...