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    Talent could ruin us

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    Whether on pitch or in the pitch meeting, now is a lucrative time for talent. But, just as the investment boom turned out to be damaging for football clubs, could it bring mixed results for TV companies? By Alex Connock.

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    Trouble at the top

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    With swingeing job cuts, slashed budgets and the threat of strike action, the BBC is facing one of the most turbulent times in its history. But director of television Jana Bennett says it's necessary pain - and the viewer will benefit.

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    Fresh, hot and crunchy

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    Jamie Oliver has done more than stir up the school meals debate, says Stuart Cosgrove - he's made other PSB output look stale.

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    The view from Ofcom

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    Fresh from announcing that its costs have been reduced, media regulator Ofcom is poised to publish its Annual Plan which is to focus on several key areas affecting broadcasting.

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    Woe is me (and TV)

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    Steven D Wright reveals that a career in television has destroyed his taste for the finer things in life.

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    Can home-editing be made to pay?

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    Apparently it's never been simpler or cheaper to make TV, but as Leo Carlyon discovers, the costs of editing from h...

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    Five's co-pro money-spinner

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    From filming crocodiles to hunting international cash for co-productions, Lilla Hurst is determined to pull in quality programmes and young ABC1 punters for Five.

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    Wish you were here?

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    Splashing out on a Cannes jolly can seem extravagant, but the development producer's trip to Mip is an indie's best...

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    Votes of no confidence

    2005-04-07T08:00:00Z

    With a political process mired in cynicism and apathy, is there anything broadcasters can do to engage the electorate?

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    Mandabach signs BBC comedy deal

    2005-04-07T07:50:40Z

    Caryn Mandabach, the veteran US producer behind Roseanneand The Cosby Show, has signed a major sitcom development deal with the BBC.

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    RDF plans£55m May Float

    2005-04-07T07:50:30Z

    It is a fitting coincidence that RDF Media's first commission 12 years ago was for BBC2's Money Programme.

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    Hat Trick in buyout talks with IWC Media

    2005-04-07T07:50:16Z

    Hat Trick has opened talks to buy Scotland's biggest indie, IWC Media, producer of Channel 4 hit Location Location Location.

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    MTV glimpses home lives of top footballers

    2005-04-07T07:50:14Z

    MTV is to see how close the constructed world of ITV's Footballers' Wivesis to reality with a series that goes through the keyhole of a number of Premiership footballers' homes.

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    Cuts yield£100m for BBC TV output

    2005-04-07T07:50:12Z

    The BBC is to plough an extra£100m a year into its TV division, as a result of the massive cutbacks planned across the corporation.

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    Sky and Tiger Aspect to open wildlife shop

    2005-04-07T07:50:10Z

    Sky One is moving into wildlife programming by making content through a new joint-venture production entity with indie Tiger Aspect.

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    BBC loans staff to Bristol indies

    2005-04-07T07:50:08Z

    The BBC has taken the unprecedented step of hiring out staff to local indies in Bristol in a bid to help strengthen the city's independent sector and keep talented staff in the region.

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    ITV science thriller lures Stewart to UK TV

    2005-04-07T07:50:06Z

    Patrick Stewart is to star in a UK TV drama for the first time in around 20 years after agreeing to play the lead role in ITV1's£4.5m sci-fi drama Eleventh Hour.

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    Fox axes van den Bussche

    2005-04-07T07:50:04Z

    Peter van den Bussche, vice-president for format licensing Europe for 20th Century Fox Television, has been made redundant.

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    Thompson agrees to meet unions

    2005-04-07T07:50:02Z

    Union negotiators have been granted their first formal meeting with BBC director general Mark Thompson over his plans to axe 3,780 jobs.

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    C4 ends Discovery deal

    2005-04-07T07:50:00Z

    Discovery's co-production and output deal with Channel 4 for first-look multichannel rights to factual and lifestyle hits, such as Property Ladder, has ended and will not be renewed.