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SCOTS UMBRELLA BRAND MAKES MARSEILLES DEBUT
(100%) proof, a new umbrella brand under which a group of Scottish indie factual producers are marketing their output internationally, made its debut at the Sunny Side of Doc festival in
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PERES TO DEPART REED MIDEM FOR CONSULTANCY ROLE
Reed Midem director of television Rene Peres, whose responsibilities include Mip-TV, Mipcom, Mipdoc, Mipcom Junior and Mip Asia, is leaving the company at the end of the year to set up
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Happy landing?
As new head of BBC Resources, Margaret Salmon will handle big budget shows like Navy In Action. Is she out of her depth, asks Dominic Timms.
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Sparks fly over C4 remit
Channel 4 may no longer be seen as a minority channel, but in the light of the growth of such populist shows as Blaze Jason Deans asks if it is still fulfilling its public service commitments.
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OPINION - BBC's power play turns to high farce
The BBC can still get many things right, but when it comes to appointing its own leader the corporation's worst instincts have an unpleasant habit of coming to the fore. When
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EDUCATION - GENRE AUDIT: TV's broader education
Educational TV, once thought worthy but dull, is reinventing itself by borrowing from mainstream genres. Andy Fry reports in the first of a series of new-look Genre Audits.
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Soap rubs off
Brookside an educational show? 'Tis so, says Liz Warner, commissioning editor at Channel 4, who argues that educational programming must quit the ghetto to survive.
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EDUCATION - GENRE AUDIT: On a learning curve
Educational programming is likely to undergo a radical transformation with the use of interactive technology. Jane Marlow examines how broadcasters are developing the genre and, right, educational shows on the radio.
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INTERVIEW - The popular touch
Departing the BBC after 20 years, Peter Dale found himself fighting fakery claims as head of C4 documentaries. Now that the channel is shedding its 'minority' tag, his latest challenge is to introduce genuinely popular fare.
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BROADCAST RATINGS - TX
APPLE OPERABroadcaster: BBC 2Producer: BBC features (Bristol)Start: 21.50, 27 JuneLength: 10 x 10-minutesSeries producer: Jeremy HoweDirector: Wiz HokApples may not sound like the most enticing of subjects to kick off the
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OFF THE RECORD - No invitation to the ball
Hurrah! It's the end of June - the time when our attention turns to one of Auntie's most beloved events. No, not Wimbledon, silly. We're talking about OTR's annual invite to
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NewsTwofour hires former Leopard exec
Twofour Broadcast has hired former Leopard Films head of programmes Bernard Periatambee as a development executive. [ALL]
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OFF THE RECORD - Secrets and spies
As a hyphenate novelist-TV exec, Docherty will of course be familiar with the way an author's work is frequently refashioned for television.Only last week at Canada's Banff TV Festival, for example,
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OFF THE RECORD - Barking mad
But if Andrew Davies raised the tone of this year's Banff, Canadian indie Bark Productions soon had it back where it belonged. Throughout the week, Bark could be seen promoting its
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OFF THE RECORD - A talent for borrowing
OTR was busy scanning cyberspace for scoops this week when we happened upon Carlton's website - every bit as good as its programming, as we're sure you'll agree. We were particularly
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OFF THE RECORD - A plague on your house
Sources in the book trade rumour that the BBC's multi-talented deputy director of television and new services David Docherty is so busy mapping the BBC's future that he's found time to
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OFF THE RECORD - Fans blow hot and cold
At last it's the time of year when we can all come out in The Sun and popstar Stephen Gately from Boyzone is no exception. In fact, his frank confession that
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY...
Don't bully Andy Ivy, editor of Sky's radio news arm - he drinks gunpowder.
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Neal lures C4 soap expert
Outgoing Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal has dealt a further blow to the broadcaster's drama department by taking its commissioning editor, drama serials Johnathan Young with him, writes Ashley Davies.