All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 47
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Tarrant will host Challenge gameshow
Challenge has recruited Chris Tarrant to front a major new primetime gameshow format made by ITV Productions.
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DCD and Boomerang Plus set for marriage
Super-indie DCD Media is in advanced takeover talks with Welsh giant Boomerang Plus.
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Sky One pours millions into bestseller dramas
Sky One is investing its biggest sum yet in original drama, pumping more than£10m into adapting a trio of bestselling books.
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Nat Geo Int orders gambling and green inventions series
National Geographic Channels International will follow two renowned green inventors as they help others adopt a cleaner lifestyle in an eight-part series by Renegade Pictures.
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Housing sitcom among R4's Unique orders
Radio indie Unique has won a slate of commissions from BBC Radio 4, including a pilot sitcom about estate agents starring comedian David Schneider.
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GCap plans local push after buying website
GCap Media will use social networking site Welovelocal.com to reinforce its connection with regional listeners and access new classified revenue streams, according to chief executive Fru Hazlitt.
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Sky scores Champions League matches
Sky Sports has captured four out of the five Champions League packages in the first round of the tender.
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GCap acquires 'local' social networking site
GCap Media has acquired a majority stake in local social networking website welovelocal.com Limited for£450,000.
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MacIntyre heads to 5 Live
Donal MacIntyre will make his radio presenting debut next month in a new series of investigative programmes on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Geldof-led group retains Teachers TV
A consortium including Bob Geldof's production company Ten Alps and ITN has retained the Teachers TV digital television contract for a further five years.
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ITV hands£50,000 to three regional indies
Twofour Productions, YoYo Media and True North are the first producers to be handed cash in ITV's inaugural nations and regions production fund (NRPF).
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Brann signed up to spread Love overseas
Love Productions has appointed former Channel 4 head of business affairs Andrew Brann as managing director to help boost its prospects for international growth.
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Baines quits Paramount Comedy
Paramount Comedy head of acquisitions and digital media Sarah Baines has called time on her career at the Viacom-owned channel.
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Rock giants to reveal secrets for Sky Arts
Rock stars including Phil Collins and Mick Hucknall will reveal the art and craft of songwriting and perform their best-known songs in an eight-part series for Sky Arts.
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Chinese makeover for Ugly Betty
Chinese broadcaster Hunan TV is to make a local version of hit US series Ugly Betty.
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£2.5bn sale of NGW approved
The sale of National Grid Wireless (NGW) to Arqiva parent company Macquarie Group has been green lit with strict measures in place to safeguard competition.
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Wright and Gallacher to present Gladiators
Ex-England striker Ian Wright and sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher will host Sky One's relaunched Gladiators.
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Global ‘must spend millions' on Gcap
Global Radio will have to invest millions more in the GCap Media portfolio if its proposed£371m takeover is to be successful, industry figures have claimed.
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Fiona Phillips joins Smooth
London's Smooth Radio has signed-up breakfast TV star Fiona Phillips to present its Sunday afternoon show from Easter weekend.
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Freeview figures reach record high
Freeview sales hit an all-time high in 2007 as consumers purchased 9.7 million branded products - a 64% rise on the previous 12 months.