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Fresh, hot and crunchy
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
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)
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?
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
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?
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
With a political process mired in cynicism and apathy, is there anything broadcasters can do to engage the electorate?
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NewsMandabach signs BBC comedy deal
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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NewsRDF plans£55m May Float
It is a fitting coincidence that RDF Media's first commission 12 years ago was for BBC2's Money Programme.
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NewsHat Trick in buyout talks with IWC Media
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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NewsMTV glimpses home lives of top footballers
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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NewsCuts yield£100m for BBC TV output
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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NewsEmap FD quits suddenly
Gary Hughes, the finance director of media group Emap, has unexpectedly resigned with no job to go to.
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NewsRadio players unite for election special
Commercial radio rivalries are to be set aside for the broadcast of a special one-off show featuring all three major political party leaders.