All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 17
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Global Radio rejects Ofcom warning
Global Radio has rejected the ‘yellow card' it was handed by Ofcom after one of its stations was adjudged to have played the wrong style of music.
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BBC to test hour-long version of The One Show
BBC1 will trial an hour-long version of The One Show next month that could see it shake up its mid-week schedule.
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Bigwigs join DCD to form Scottish indie
DCD Media has created a new indie by teaming up with six senior figures from the Scottish production community.
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ITV calls for factual at 9pm
Factual Commissioning Forum: ITV controller of documentaries and current affairs Jeff Anderson said the broadcaster was searching for up-market factual content for 9pm - traditionally filled by drama.
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Discovery's Korn calls for more celebrity-led series
Factual Commissioning Forum: Discovery Channel is seeking to invest in celebrity-led series - but only when the celebrity has a connection with the subject matter.
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BBC2's Hadlow chasing impact, not ratings
Factual Commissioning Forum: BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has said she is more interested in commissioning shows with impact than crowd pleasers.
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Fitness TV to launch on Sky
The UK's first digital TV channel dedicated to health and fitness will go live on the BSkyB platform later this year.
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R2's Shennan to outline vision at Salford event
BBC Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan is expected to reveal his ambitions for the station at an indie-run conference in Manchester this month.
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Bennett: BBC should not give C4 money
Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett has said the BBC should do everything it can to help Channel 4 - except give it money.
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Darroch: Gap between free and pay-TV growing
BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch has warned free-to-air broadcasters that the gap between what viewers can get for free compared to what they can get with pay TV “will keep growing fast”.
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UKTV joins Sky Player
BSkyB's online TV subscription service Sky Player has added six channels, including two from UKTV.
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Living unveil Jade's wedding preparations
Video: Living has released footage from the latest instalment of its reality series with terminally ill celebrity Jade Goody, based around preparations for her wedding to partner Jack Tweed.
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Discovery to sell Quest overnight airtime
Discovery's Freeview channel Quest is set to air only from 10am to midnight when it launches in May, with the rest of the airtime likely to be sub-let to third parties.
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BBC1 tracks kids medical teams
BBC1 will follow the mobile intensive care teams that move critically ill children to specialist hospitals in a major prime-time series.
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Malcolm Wall quits Virgin Media
Malcolm Wall, chief executive officer of Virgin Media's content division, is to stand down.
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UKTV's Wright to seek out Sky's next big things
UKTV's Sarah Wright will be tasked with finding the next Lost and Battlestar Galactica after being named head of acquisitions for Sky 1, 2 and 3.
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Waddell gets a kick out of Bruce Lee deal
Waddell Media has secured a major commission from History US and Biography Channel UK/EMEA to make a two-hour special on Bruce Lee.
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Richard Deverell lands deputy role at BBC North
Controller of BBC children's programmes Richard Deverell has secured the number two job at the corporation's new broadcasting and production centre in Salford Quays.
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BBCW investigation delayed
The BBC Trust is to delay publishing its report on the commercial activities of BBC Worldwide until the wider PSB debate has been completed.
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City Talk applies for format change
Liverpool's City Talk 105.9 is hoping to introduce music and share programming with other Bauer-owned stations following a recent change in format rules.