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NewsPopetown set for DVD release
Popetown, the controversial cartoon series, which was dropped by the BBC before it even aired, is to finally be released to viewers in the UK as a DVD.
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NewsMcCall signs up for BBC1 primetime
Big Brotherpresenter Davina McCall is to make her first programme for BBC1 - a parenting show called He's Having a Baby.
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NewsBBC kicks off redundancy talks
Unions and BBC management will begin division-by-division talks on job cuts this week after members of Bectu voted overwhelmingly in favour of negotiations.
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NewsNigella charms 800,000
ITV1's new chatshow Nigellahad a modest start yesterday with 800,000 (12%) at 1.30pm, which was just one of a trio of new daytime shows for the commercial network.
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NewsGCap: we'll sue Ofcom over digital plans
Radio giant GCap Media said today it would sue Ofcom if the regulator decides to license further national digital multiplexes.
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NewsAudit chief: BBC should be more transparent
BBC chiefs are facing a renewed bid to force them to open all their books to the National Audit Office (NAO) to prove they provide value for money in the way they spend the licence fee.
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NewsNew BBC rights deal for radio indies
Independent radio producers are to get a better deal from the BBC after trade body the Radio Independents Group (RIG) and the BBC agreed new terms of trade.
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NewsHenson shuts London arm
The London arm of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has been shut down with the loss of 23 jobs.
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NewsGoddard Norwich return scuppered
Daytime chat show host Trisha Goddard has been dealt a blow after plans to move production of her Five show back to her home town of Norwich were scuppered.
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NewsSharman bids to boost CBBC interactive
Incoming controller of CBBC Alison Sharman will use her first speech in the role to put new media at the heart of the department's output.
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NewsSuperted producer goes it alone
Robin Lyons, the writer and producer of kids' series Superted, has quit Welsh indie Siriol Productions to set up his own production company.
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News1.8m follow Ann Widdecombe's advice
Ann Widdecombe's agony aunt show for BBC2 could be turning into a minor hit for the channel as the show picked-up a reasonable 1.8 million (8.1%) at 8.30pm.
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NewsEvans signs to Radio 2
Chris Evans is officially back. The maverick DJ today agreed a seven-month deal with BBC Radio 2, signing the contract in typically flamboyant style - in front of a packed auditorium at the Radio Festival in Edinburgh.
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C4 to put£2m into broadband
Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to grow its new media presence by ploughing£2m into new broadband services.
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19TV makes M15 conman drama for Five
Simon Fuller's indie, 19TV, is developing a one-off drama for Five on the astonishing true story of a conman who posed as an MI5 agent and ruthlessly deceived victims over a 10-year period.
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Producers launch Moxie
Sharon Bloom, the executive producer behind the last reincarnation of Crossroads, has teamed up with Auf Wiedersehen, Petproducer Joy Spink to launch an indie.
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True North sells cop-killer documentary to America
Leeds-based indie True North has sold its cop-killer documentary Death of a Policemanto US broadcaster CBS.
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C4 gets first look at Kosminsky
Channel 4 has signed a first-look deal with Peter Kosminsky, the writer/director behind The Government Inspector.
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NewsMarquess in deal with Endemol
Former Talkback Thames head of drama Paul Marquess has unveiled his new deal with Endemol, which will see him set up a new drama production arm backed by the Big Brotherproducer.
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BBC show spend rises to£2.4bn
The BBC is to reveal that it pumped an extra£100m into programme-making last year, but the amount given to the indie sector grew by only£3m.