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Digital costs force S4C to cut 2004 programming spend
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has been forced to cut its programming budget for 2004 by 2.5%, writes Penny Hughes.
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Advertisers hit out at ITV merger
Advertisers this week stepped up their opposition to a single ITV controlling its own sales house, dismissing the new compromise deals being offered by Carlton and Granada as desperate, writes Paul Revoir.
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Radio 4 to air interactive drama
BBC Radio 4 has put together a new interactive play which will allow listeners to change the direction of the story using mobile phones, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC Worldwide exec takes IP role at Tweenies indie
Kids indie Tell-Tale, the company behind Tweenies, has recruited a former senior BBC Worldwide figure, Mike Dee, to become its first director of intellectual property, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITC to hold seminar for teleshopping channels
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and leading players in the teleshopping industry will next week hold a one-day seminar on the future shape of regulation in the industry and how the sector can lose its cowboy image, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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It's Oasis vs McGee in Glasgow radio battle
Rock group Oasis will go head to head with estranged manager Alan McGee in rival bids for Glasgow's new FM radio licence. The Gallagher brothers have pledged their support to SMG's
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C4 orders second Prejudice
Channel 4 has recommissioned 12 Yard's controversial hidden-camera gameshow Without Prejudice?, writes Penny Hughes.
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Doc to profile 'love rat' Hewitt
The producer of Channel 4's The Real Heather McCartneyhas gained no-holds-barred access to Princess Diana's former lover James Hewitt for its next C4 film, writes Penny Hughes.
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Hit 40 UK grabs BBC's Meadows
Commercial radio chart show Hit 40 UK has poached a key BBC radio executive producer and extended its reach to over 100 stations, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsRights contest kicks off
The door has been opened to the BBC and ITV to end BskyB's exclusive live coverage of English Premiership football - but the big question now is whether they can afford to walk through it, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Capital and UBC plan pay-as-you-go radio
Capital Radio, the UK's biggest radio group, has entered a joint-venture with UBC Media to develop interactive services and pay-as-you-go radio, writes Michael Rosser.
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Fremantle exec joins Presentable
Cardiff-based indie Presentable has poached an award-winning entertainment executive from Fremantle Media to head a new factual entertainment department, writes Penny Hughes.
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Redmond gives film chance to Brookie writers
Scriptwriters from Channel 4's departing soap Brooksidehave been thrown a lifeline by Mersey TV boss Phil Redmond after being offered the chance to form part of the creative team for his new film venture, writes Paul Revoir.
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Blow-by-blow look at high-speed wedding
September Films has scored a bizarre 60-minute programme order from US broadcaster Lifetime Television in which a prospective bride and groom must organise their wedding in the time it takes for the world's largest blow-up church to inflate. Marry Me Nowwill follow one partner's proposal ...
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RTE reality show cast plan to sue
Rescued contestants from RTE's Cabin Feverreality TV boat are expected to sue the station for damages after the boat on which the show was based sank off the Irish coast last week.
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BBC spends£2m on extending digital radio reach
The BBC has cemented its commitment to digital radio with a wave of new initiatives, including increased coverage, more exclusive content, and a major new promotional campaign, writes Michael Rosser.
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Digital free to air reaches a fifth of homes
One in five digital TV homes now takes free-to-air services, according to new figures, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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BSkyB package on NTL
Cable operator NTL has secured a deal with BSkyB to give its 2 million subscribers access to Sky One Mix, Sky Travel, Sky Travel Extra, The Amp, Flaunt and Scuzz by the end of July 2003. The deal brings the NTL digital package in line with the country's other major ...
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Italian Poirot to air
Poirot will be re-digitised and dubbed into Italian after Granada International sold a further 18 hours of the detective series to Italy. Mediaset has picked up the Agatha Christie thrillers as part of a package which also includes 8 x 100-minute episodes of sea-faring adventure series Hornblower.
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ITV1 puts Fergie assistant in doc
ITV1 has commissioned a docudrama on the story of Jane Andrews - the former assistant to the Duchess of York who was jailed for killing her lover in a jealous rage,