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    RDF bags rights to hyped new ITV format

    2004-10-01T11:20:07Z

    Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to the new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.

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    PEER POLL: Panorama

    2004-10-01T08:30:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Panorama in need of a revamp to improve?

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    Ofcom proposes£300m new PSB channel

    2004-09-30T16:47:00Z

    Ofcom today said a new interactive not-for-profit TV channel should be set up to show public service programmes.

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    Enter the firefighter

    2004-09-30T11:12:08Z

    It's a great time to be taking the show forward,' says Kathleen Hutchison on her appointment as EastEnders ' new executive producer. But if it's the best of times to be taking over, it's also the worst of times.

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    Bland: increase indie quota to 40%

    2004-09-30T10:44:11Z

    Former BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland has called for the independent quota to be raised to 40% within the next three to five years and to widen the definition of what constitutes an independent.

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    ITV presses for on screen logos

    2004-09-30T10:39:34Z

    ITV is pressing for regulatory change that will allow programme sponsors to have their logos on the screen throughout a show rather than just at the beginning and end.

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    BBC2 to examine world disasters

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to recreate how some of the world's most horrific recent disasters occurred, in a new series of drama-documentaries for BBC2.

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    Channel 4 targets grey market for daytime

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to cash in on the grey market in its daytime schedule, ordering a long-running series about middle-aged people undergoing major life changes.

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    C4 to air health treatment doc

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is continuing the quest for self-improvement with a documentary series in which a series of celebrities try extreme health treatments around the world.

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    Channel 4 rebooks Green Wing

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered a second series of hospital comedy Green Wing from indie Talkback before the first run has even finished.

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    Tiger to make Vicar Christmas special

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Tiger Aspect is producing a Christmas special of comedy series The Vicar of Dibley for BBC1. Richard Curtis will be writing the show with Paul Mayhew-Archer, as well as executive producing alongside Jon Plowman and Peter Bennett-Jones. While the storyline has not been re-vealed, the ...

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    C4 orders second Shariah TV series

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4's commissioning editor for religion, Aaquil Ahmed, has ordered a second series of Shariah TV. The 8 x 60-minute show explores what it means to be British and Muslim in the current political climate. Produced by CTVC, the series will feature Islamic scholars ...

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    Silicone chicks gets second run

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Discovery Health has commissioned indie TwoFour to produce a second series of factual entertainment show Silicone Chicks for next year. The 15 x 30-minute run tracks five people undergoing the latest cosmetic procedures available in the UK, as well as showing non-cosmetic alternatives in each ...

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    Animal Planet lines up new shows

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Animal Planet has commissioned a raft of new series, including two from indie Oxford Scientific Films (OSF). Lyndal's Lifeline sees presenter Lyndal Davies travel to an animal sanctuary with over£5,000 to help the project. OSF will also produce Meerkat Manor ...

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    BBC3 to air the real Little Britain

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Carbon Princess, the joint-venture between Carbon Media and Princess Productions, is working on a one-hour documentary for BBC3 to sit alongside the upcoming second season of comedy series Little Britain. Titled The Real Little Britain , the programme looks ...

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    Commissioners Q&A: Martin Morgan

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    The History Channel's deputy head of programming is excited about a new series that focuses on second world war stories and is looks enviously at C4's Time Team

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    Jowell approves Technology sale

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    The sale of BBC Technology is to go ahead this week despite broadcasting union Bectu's continuing campaign to stop media secretary Tessa Jowell from granting approval.

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    Jobs go at C4 as it merges creative services

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has merged its in-house creative services departments at the cost of five jobs as it aims to implement a more fluid working practice.

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    Locomotion buys four Final Cut systems

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Locomotion Creative Production Services is installing Final Cut Pro editing facilities at three further production companies.

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    Design co launches

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Ex-BBC design directors Dave Freeman and Simon Brown have set up Pixels and Potions and Kiss My Pixel as part of a new collective based in Bristol. Freeman and Brown, both formerly of BBC design in Bristol, set up last week to focus on broadcast and feature film design. They ...