All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 54
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NewsPollard to help launch Indian channels
Former Sky News chief Nick Pollard is part of a UK group of TV execs and companies helping to launch 12 new channels in India.
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NewsOprah Winfrey to get her OWN network
US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will launch a new television network with Discovery Communications that will be a 'natural extension' of her show.
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NewsShopping channels given extension for original material by BSkyB
BSkyB has given shopping channels on its EPG more time to reach the preferred threshold for original programming by halving the level they initially need to reach by 1 July.
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FeaturesInterview: Ben Fogle
He has fans and detractors in equal measure, but one-time ‘reality' star Ben Fogle has managed to carve out a successful career as a television presenter. He tells Rob Shepherd about life after Castaway.
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NewsEurosport pens Euro 2008 deal
Eurosport will screen time-shifted coverage of all 31 matches of Euro 2008 this summer after signing a deal with European controlling body UEFA.
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NewsThe Office heads to Chile
David Brent will become Chilean following the first deal to remake BBC series The Office in Latin America.
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NewsBSkyB gets extension to ITV appeal deadline
BSkyB has been given until the end of the month to appeal against the Competition Commission's recommendation that it reduces its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV to less than 7.5%.
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NewsElstein to leave Virgin Media
David Elstein is expected to step down from the Virgin Media board after serving five years as a non-executive director.
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NewsBSkyB gets extension to ITV appeal deadline
BSkyB has been given until the end of the month to appeal against the Competition Commission's recommendation that it reduces its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV to less than 7.5%.
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NewsFrench resistance
France 24 has strongly criticised French president Nicolas Sarkozy for saying the broadcaster should ditch its English and Arabic services and stick to French.
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NewsWeinstein Co strikes deal with US writers
The Weinstein Co., the US film and TV company run by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, has reached a deal to allow striking US writers to return to work for the studio.
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NewsSir John Harvey-Jones dies
Britain's first 'reality TV' businessman, Sir John Harvey-Jones, has died aged 83 after a battle with a long-term illness.
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NewsUKTV mulls another channel rebrand
UKTV is considering rebranding its entire portfolio of channels after the success of renaming UKTV G2 as Dave.
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Clark scoops Broadcast/AP news bursary
Freelance journalist Mary Clark has been awarded the first AP Television News/Broadcast training bursary to fund training for working in hostile environments.
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NewsC4 to track 'real Elephant Man' doctor
Channel 4 will follow a maverick doctor in China who treats the people no one else will as part of its Bodyshock strand.
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Rhodes sets out across China for UKTV
UKTV aims to build on the success of Gary Rhodes' culinary travel show, Rhodes Across India, by sending the TV chef to China to celebrate authentic regional cuisine.
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NewsSarkozy says 'non' to English-language news
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said the government will stop funding the English-language version of round-the-clock news channel France 24.
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NewsDarlow Smithson in McCann doc talks
Darlow Smithson has had “a preliminary meeting” with representatives of Gerry and Kate McCann about making an observational documentary on the ongoing search for their missing daughter Madeleine.
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NewsNews Corp re-enters German TV market
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has acquired a near 15 percent stake in Germany's largest pay-TV broadcaster, Premiere, for£214m.
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NewsMotorola lands BT Vision box contract
BT Vision will launch redesigned, energy efficient set-top boxes next year after handing the manufacturing contract to Motorola.