All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 21

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    The Bill to move to 9pm

    2009-01-23T10:53:10Z

    The Bill is to become ITV's first year-round 9pm drama, but will be cut from 96 episodes a year to 52.

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    Man on Wire leads bumper Oscar nominations

    2009-01-23T10:25:17Z

    Wall to Wall's critically-acclaimed first cinema release, Man on Wire, has been shortlisted for an Oscar - one of 19 nominations for films funded by UK broadcasters.

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    Brooke leaves Discovery UK

    2009-01-20T11:58:31Z

    Discovery Networks UK managing director Dan Brooke is leaving the broadcaster after four years.

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    Sky Arts plans backstage opera simulcast

    2009-01-20T10:18:23Z

    Sky Arts has teamed up with the English National Opera to simulcast Puccini's classic opera La bohème from both sides of the curtain.

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    Virgin Media mulls UK listing

    2009-01-20T10:08:27Z

    Virgin Media is considering de-listing from New York's NASDAQ stock exchange and switching to the FTSE in London.

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    UKTV agrees Lonely Planet tie-up

    2009-01-20T09:53:12Z

    UKTV has inked a deal for BBC Worldwide-owned travel publisher Lonely Planet to sponsor the Adventure & Exploration strand on its soon-to-launch factual channel Eden.

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    Setanta to offer football on demand

    2009-01-19T09:55:00Z

    Setanta Sports has launched a VoD service that will make its Premier League matches available for up to a week after they are played.

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    Sunset + Vine wins Euro Badminton contract

    2009-01-16T12:15:38Z

    Sunset + Vine has won the contract to both produce and distribute the European Badminton Championships for the next two years.

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    Dave to get Argumental again

    2009-01-16T10:05:40Z

    Dave has ordered a second series of the John Sergeant-hosted panel show Argumental.

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    Sky frees up HD channel space

    2009-01-14T18:05:29Z

    Broadcasters will finally be able to apply to launch new channels on BSkyB after the satellite company developed software to free up capacity to launch HD channels.

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    BT Vision signs Living on-demand deal

    2009-01-14T11:52:00Z

    BT Vision has inked a pay-per-view deal with Virgin Media TV to showcase more than 25 Living shows.

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    LBC's Ferrari to cover Obama inauguration

    2009-01-14T10:25:31Z

    LBC 97.3 breakfast presenter Nick Ferrari will broadcast live from the US later this month to cover Barack Obama's presidential inauguration.

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    Tern TV hires factual trio

    2009-01-14T10:10:02Z

    Scottish indie Tern TV has bolstered its factual development team with three significant hires from the BBC and RDF Media.

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    VMTV lands first marketing boss

    2009-01-13T10:40:48Z

    Virgin Media TV, the content arm of Virgin Media, has appointed Jeff Dodds to the newly-created role of brand and marketing director.

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    R4 to air Vicious doc

    2009-01-13T10:20:06Z

    BBC Radio 4 will go in search of the real Sid Vicious to mark 30 years since the punk icon's death.

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    Ofcom: Atkinson's bible spoof was not offensive

    2009-01-12T11:43:57Z

    ITV1 has escaped censure from Ofcom despite 540 people complaining after Rowan Atkinson spoofed a bible story during a show to celebrate Prince Charles's 60th birthday.

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    Amnesty calls for award entries

    2009-01-12T11:10:50Z

    Amnesty International is calling for entries for its annual media awards, which recognise journalism that has helped create greater awareness and understanding of human rights issues.

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    Sky shares fall on Goldman downgrade

    2009-01-09T12:12:44Z

    BSkyB was among the heaviest FTSE 100 fallers this morning as its shares dropped 4.4% following a Goldman Sachs downgrade.

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    BBC Persian channel to launch mid-month

    2009-01-08T12:21:36Z

    BBC World Service's Persian language television channel, BBC Persian TV, will go live on Wednesday 14 January.

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    Wheatly in talks to buy Jazz FM

    2009-01-08T10:32:15Z

    The Local Radio Company (TLRC) is in talks to sell Jazz FM to a consortium led by the station's executive chairman Richard Wheatly.