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Overseas ownership threat to regions
Regional production in the UK would be threatened if a foreign media company were to buy Carlton or Granada, Granada chief executive Steve Morrison said at the weekend, writes Colin Robertson.Speaking
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Walmsley to leave Carlton
Carlton deputy chief executive Nigel Walmsley has unexpectedly stepped down from his role at the broadcaster, writes Steve Aston.Walmsley, 59, leaves his deputy chief executive position at the end of the
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ITN bolsters case for ITV news deal
Consumer groups claimed this week that ITN's performance during the World Trade Centre attacks had strengthened the case for the renewal of its ITV news contract, writes Steve Aston.But Richard Huntingford,
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NewsBrown joins Celeb BB race debate
Chancellor Gordon Brown has waded into the Celebrity Big Brotherracism row, saying remarks by the housemates had 'rightly' been seen as offensive.
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Granada takes reshuffle path
Granada has called off the search for a controller of entertainment for its content division and instead has reshuffled its existing staff.The move is the latest change of direction from the
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CARE WINS FOR BBC AT AWARDS
Care, the BBC's controversial drama about child abuse, won the top prize at IBC's production festival last weekend, writes Barbara Marshall.Written by Kieran Prendiville, produced by Ruth Caleb and Louise Panton
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RATINGS - Terrorism propels viewers to current affairs
The controversial BBC 1 Question Time Special debating the terrorist attacks in the US grabbed the nation's attention last week, writes Jon Rogers.According to unofficial overnights, the discussion on Thursday (13
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ITV Unions takes anti-cuts stance
Newly established pan-union body ITV Unions has agreed to oppose cuts in programme budgets and any future compulsory redundancies from ITV companies, writes Simon Ellery.At its first meeting this week, the
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CHOWNS MAY QUIT ITV
ITV2 commercial director Andrew Chowns is believed to be poised to leave the network. Chowns' position has been in question since the ITV reshuffle in June when his responsibilities were taken
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LIVING TO GAIN BOSS
Planet 24 controller of entertainment Richard Woolfe is to join Flextech in the newly created position of Living TV channel controller. He will oversee all acquisitions and commissioning while exploring and
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C4 BOSS SAYS NO TO RACE
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam this week ruled himself out of the race to become C4's next chief executive. 'Due to personal reasons, unrelated to work, he feels it
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ITV SPORT GAINS RUGBY
ITV Sport Channel has struck a two-year deal to share UK coverage of pan-European rugby tournament The Heineken Cup with the BBC. ISN and Granada Sport will produce the coverage, which
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BBC FULFILS INDIE QUOTA
The BBC met its statutory target to commission at least 25 per cent of its programmes from independents, according to the latest Office of Fair Trading report on the issue. The
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BROADCAST FEEDBACK
Broadcast wants your feedback. Every issue of Broadcast this week carries a questionnaire as an insert. We're asking for your opinions on which areas of the magazine are most useful to
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NewsBBC moves to sell-off BBC Resources
The BBC has hired a project director to prepare the sell-off of BBC Resources, in the face of opposition from staff.
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KILROY GAMESHOW PLAN
Endemol Entertainment UK arm Initial has been commissioned by ITV to produce new primetime psychological gameshow Shafted. Presented by Robert Kilroy-Silk, the show features 10 contestants who second guess questions and
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NHU'S HI-TECH PILOT
The BBC is piloting a state-of-the-art asset management system at its Natural History Unit in Bristol. Project Mercury is intended to be a fully networked system allowing desktop access to all
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CABLE TAKE-UP SLUMPS
Statistics from the ITC show that the uptake of cable TV has slowed. Year-on-year take-up for the first quarter of this year increased by 8.8 per cent compared with 10.1 per
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Zenith to boost factual output
Zenith Entertainment is to plough an extra£500,000 into new programming and plans to drive forward its factual output.The figure was agreed by the Zenith Entertainment board at a meeting this
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Shed gives Bad Girls new jail
Shed Productions revealed a new set for ITV drama series Bad Girls last Thursday (13 September), writes Steve Aston.The exterior set - the largest in the UK for a drama other