All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 18
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Setanta/ITV may delay FA Cup payments
Setanta and ITV are seeking to renegotiate the terms of contracts worth£425m for their FA Cup coverage due to financial pressures.
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UKTV to go Dancing with the Stars
UKTV has bought the exclusive British broadcast rights to the eighth series of US series Dancing with the Stars.
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No rematch for University Challenge losers
The Manchester team that lost this year's University Challenge are taking their defeat in good grace despite an investigation by the BBC into claims that one of the winning team was ineligible to compete.
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Boomerang flies in the face of downturn
Boomerang Plus, the Welsh indie behind Channel 4 series Freesports on 4, posted a strong first-half profit of£754,000, up from£48,000 last year.
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London job cuts on the horizon at Discovery EMEA
Discovery Networks EMEA is to “decentralise” some of its London-based support services, affecting between 20 and 30 staff.
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BBC3 gets weighty with diet-and-dilemma docs
BBC3 is to tackle some of the major issues facing young women - ranging from diets and plastic surgery to rehab and abortion.
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Five poised to slash third of workforce
Five is expected to announce it is cutting around a third of its workforce next week.
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Living to air Jade Goody wedding in March
Living will air Jade Goody's wedding to Jack Tweed in two parts next month, it has confirmed.
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Virgin Media may decide TV channels sale this week
Virgin Media is to decide on whether to offload its content division imminently, according to reports.
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Virgin Media Q4 results in line with forecasts
Virgin Media has reported a fourth-quarter net loss of£241m compared with£163.2m year-on-year.
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Ban lifted on radio format changes
Ofcom's radio licensing committee has lifted the ban on broadcasters changing the format of a station within two years of its launch.
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Yesterday to launch in March
UKTV History has set the launch date for its rebrand as the 'more accessible' Yesterday.
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Discovery's Freeview channel to launch in May
Discovery Networks UK has set the launch date for its first ever Freeview channel, Quest.
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Man on Wire team reveal next project
Fresh from their Oscar success for Man on Wire, indie Wall to Wall and director James Marsh are working on another original documentary collaboration - this time focusing on the world of dreams.
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Buzz Aldrin to land in Brighton
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, is travelling to Brighton for BBC Woldwide's annual Showcase promoting new drama Moonshot, which has already sold to five countries.
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Oscar success for Film 4's Slumdog
Film 4 scooped an incredible eight Oscars in Los Angeles last night, including best motion picture for Slumdog Millionaire.
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Murphy lands top job at Sky 1
TwoFour Broadcast creative director Stuart Murphy has been named director of programmes for Sky 1, Sky 2 and Sky 3.
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Sky 1 to follow credit crunch strippers group
Sky 1 will say “balls to the recession” as it follow six jobless would-be male strippers who are attempting to put on a saucy show to raise some much-needed cash.
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MTV hands 500 hours of content to Remedy
Indie Remedy Productions has won a contract to produce up to 500 hours of short-form content for MTV Networks UK that was previously made in-house.
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BBC2 challenges celebrity chefs to make money
BBC2 will ask TV chefs to prove themselves in a busy restaurant in a spin-off of Reef TV's Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is.