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Still Game gets UK airing
BBC Scotland's hit comedy series Still Game has received a network commission from BBC2.
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Scot producers want 9% target
A Scottish pressure group backed by producers' alliance Pact is calling on terrestrial broadcasters to use Scottish producers for 9% of their commissions over the next five years.
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ITV planning chief quits
ITV's director of planning and strategy, Julia Lamaison, has quit the network with no job to go to.
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Alain de Botton launches indie
Author Alain de Botton has joined forces with director Neil Crombie to launch a factual indie - Seneca Productions.
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NewsRTL chief to address Edinburgh
Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of Five majority shareholder RTL, is to deliver this year's Worldview Address at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsTen O'Clock News goes interactive
The BBC is to launch a new digital interactive service for the Ten O' Clock News bulletin.
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NewsUS advertisers call for electronic radio measurement
US advertisers have slammed the 'archaic' way radio audiences are being measured, echoing calls by their UK peers to introduce electronic measurement.
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NewsHewlett joins BBC digital review
Former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett is to scrutinise BBC3 and BBC 4 as part of Patrick Barwise's investigation into the BBC's digital TV services.
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NewsBBC explores selling off commercial arm
The sale of BBC Worldwide is one option being explored as part of a review of the BBC's commercial operation ordered by new chairman Michael Grade and director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsBBC axes websites
The BBC has axed a handful of websites following a critical government report into the scope and scale of the corporation's on-line services.
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NewsOfcom bans Top Up TV ads
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview customers, has been forced to change its advertising campaign after Ofcom said it was misleading.
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NewsZig Zag boss received death threats
Senior executives at indie Zig Zag Productions, including managing director Danny Fenton, were issued death threats by Britain's most notorious prankster, a court heard yesterday.
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NewsShameless indie storms Golden Nymphs
Company Pictures, the indie behind Shameless , has walked away with a hattrick of Gold Nymph awards at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
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NewsGraf calls for BBC new media indie quota
A government sponsored review is urging that the BBC appoint two new governors to oversee the way it runs its on-line services and farm-out at least 25% of its web content to independent suppliers.
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NewsScot producers lobby for more commissions
A Pact-backed think tank representing the Scottish media industry is calling on public service broadcasters to commission almost 10% of their output from producers in Scotland over the next five years.
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NewsBrits hog Wildscreen nominations
British filmmakers that use techniques such as CGI and special effects to enhance their wildlife programmes are prominent in the shortlist for this year's Wildscreen Natural History awards.
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NewsBBC viewers to quiz editors
The BBC is launching a new weekly feedback programme where viewers can question news executives and editors about their decisions.
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NewsDuncan pledges to 'protect' C4
Andy Duncan pledged to 'protect the soul of Channel 4 in a digital world' after being unveiled as the broadcaster's fifth chief executive earlier today (2 July).
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NewsTV Corp appoints Chandos as chairman
The Television Corporation, producers of Paradise Hotel and Robot Wars , has named Labour peer Tom Chandos as its new chairman, replacing Michael Grade, who left to become chairman of the BBC in May.
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NewsClinton to appear on Richard & Judy
Channel 4's Richard and Judy have snared an interview with former US president Bill Clinton.