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Expats show heads Chrysalis tv trio of new commissions
Head of Chrysalis TV Tony Moss has secured three new factual entertainment commissions, including a BBC 1 series looking at UK citizens who have moved abroad, writes Jason Deans.Brits Abroad, a
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CHRYSALIS SACKS NOBLE
Chrysalis Radio-owned Heart 106.2 has dismissed presenter Kara Noble after a photo she took of a topless Sophie Rhys-Jones appeared in The Sun on Wednesday (26 May). Noble was sacked from
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TV rapped for stunting children's development
Television was this week blamed for hampering children's ability to learn to speak and understand English.Gila Falkus, a speech and language therapist working mostly with pre-school children in west London, warned
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OFF THE RECORD - Catastrophe
Tearful reunions are the sort of thing more usually associated with Cilla Black than Peter Bazalgette (below right). But it was Baz's daytime show, Pet Rescue, which reunited a Surrey dinnerlady
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Carlton Communications sells post-production subsidiary TVI
Carlton Communications has sold its post-production subsidiary, TVI, in a move that could signal the sale of non-core businesses including companies in its products and film divisions, writes Dominic Timms.Chief executive
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LA SCREENINGS - California dreamin'
What is on offer this year as UK broadcasters again flock west to the LA Screenings? Claire Atkinson reports on the pilots making waves while Jeff Ford, C5's controller of acquisitions, gives us the benefit of experience.
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Flextech in talks to buy GSkyB stations
Flextech is in secret talks to buy the Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) pay-TV channels - Granada Plus, Granada Breeze and Granada Men & Motors - according to sources.The pay-TV operator is
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Granada picks Evans to build up comedy
Granada Television has appointed Kate Evans to the newly created role of head of development for the comedy department, writes Claire Handley.Working directly to comedy controller Andy Harries, Evans, 28, has
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Talk gets down to business with breakfast show
Talk Radio has stepped up the battle for breakfast-time listeners with a new 60-minute early morning business programme to be provided by business information giant Bloomberg.The 60-minute show, Bloomberg on the
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On Digital raises stakes with free set-top boxes
Digital terrestrial (DTT) outfit On Digital has unveiled an aggressive new offer of free set-top boxes in a bid to keep up with digital satellite rival BSkyB.The initiative was announced by
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MUELLER MOVES TO EMAP'S BOX MUSIC CHANNEL
Emap Radio's The Box Music Channel has appointed Daniel Mueller to the newly created position of commercial director. He will be responsible for building revenue and all areas of business development
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Myers quits Border to set up rival outfit
Border Radio Holdings (BRH) group managing director John Myers has quit unexpectedly to set up a rival radio business.Myers told Broadcast he already has backing for the new company and plans
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VTR seeks partner to boost Portman
Facilities-to-production group VTR is considering options to 'partner' its film production division, Portman Entertainment, with a third-party distributor or rights owner.VTR chief executive John Banks said the group was looking at
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OFF THE RECORD - Bum bongs
Tits and bums channel Television X - The Fantasy Channel has succumbed to the inevitable and announced plans to launch its very own news show, Nudes at Ten (geddit?). Station chief
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BKN EXPANDS NARDONNET'S RESPONSIBILITIES
New York-based children's programming network BKN has expanded Nadia Nardonnet's position to include control of international co-productions. She is elevated from president international TV sales and world merchandising, to head of
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JACKSON DENIES DG BID
Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has dismissed a weekend report he is being lined up as a 'parachute' candidate for the job of BBC director general. Jackson told Broadcast: 'I
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LWT to feature pickpockets in next instalment of Beware ..
Grant Mansfield, ITV Network Centre controller of documentaries and features, has commissioned LWT to produce four more programmes to follow Beware: Shoplifters at Work, writes Ashley Davies.The next instalment is Beware:
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BERTELSMANN CONFIRMS MICROSOFT TALKS OVER DT
German media group Bertelsmann has confirmed that it is in talks with Microsoft about buying a joint stake in Deutsche Telekom's (DT) cable TV network. Up to 20 potential investors have
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BECTU FIGHTS UTV CUTS
Ulster Television (UTV) announced 35 redundancies across its technical, journalistic and production staff this week. Broadcasting union Bectu said it would fight any compulsory redundancies. Assistant general secretary Gerry Morrissey said:
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BBC UNVEILS DETAILS OF RADIO SHOW THE CENTURY SPEAKS
The BBC has unveiled further details of a twentieth century history of the UK to be broadcast across all BBC local radio stations. The project, to be produced by BBC regional