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The celebrity fix
They appeared an isolated group in the thick of the of the Australian jungle battling with torrebtial downpours, po...
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BBC to spend millions on leadership training for 5,000
The BBC is to send more than 5,000 staff on an eight-day resedential management training course in a multi-million-...
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Puttnam in bid to block changes on cross-media ownership
Lord Puttnam yesterday insisted that he would press on with the so-called 'Murdoch Ammendment' to the Communication...
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This was your life!
This Is Your Life is facing the axe after a 48-year run - because young stars think it is naff. ...
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Naked ambition of TV wannabes
Desperate Big Brother 4 hopefuls have been proving they will do just about anything to get on the programme. ...
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Revolutionary deal as TV adaption of Dr Zhivago is sold...to Russia
In the televisual equivalent of selling coals to Newcastle, Granada has persuaded a Russian TV channel to buy its l...
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The Explainer - Radio advertising
The rajar results for the first three months of the year were not good news for the commercial radio industry. ...
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TV executive dies from DVT after skiing accident
A Young TV executive collapsed and died from deep vein thrombosis after flying home from a skiing accident in Canad...
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NewsLive TV to make its comeback on Sky
Live TV, the infamous cable television channel that gave the world News Bunny and Topless Darts, is set to return, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsC4 sets up 4 Broadband channel
Channel 4 is launching a factual and entertainment broadband channel, 4 Broadband, to showcase programmes and clips from the broadcaster's back-catalogue, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsNTL to be bought out of ITV News
Carlton and Granada are to take full control of the ITV News Channel by buying out NTL Europe's 35% stake, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBig Brother house stays open till 2008
Big Brother is set to stay on British screens until at least 2008, even if ratings fall for the main Channel 4 show, according to the C4 executive in charge of it, write Leigh Holmwood and Paul Revoir
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NewsITV pushes on with back-room merger
The back-room merger of Carlton and Granada continued this week as the pair announced that all planning and scheduling operations will be moved to centres in London and the north from next month, writes Paul Revoir
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Survey: studies not best route into TV
The results of an independent survey into employment and training methods within post-production has delivered a blow to anyone who thinks that a media studies course is the best way of getting into television, writes Will Strauss.
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Production show premieres latest in technology
A number of the world's biggest broadcast technology developers will be using The Production Show 2003 to show off their latest new products - some of which will be seen outside of the US for the first time, writes Will Strauss.
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Capital and BBC to enhance networks with broadband
Two of the country's biggest radio broadcasters are installing 'broadband' style networks between their stations to allow programme material to be networked across the country, writes Kevin Hilton.
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West End's DGP goes east for Channel 4
Soho post house DGP has cut and graded A Bit of Oriental, a new show for Channel 4 produced by Spiritworld. The 1 x 30-minute programme is a light-hearted documentary that looks at the lives of Oriental women and how they are perceived in British ...
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Prime spot for cams
Prime TV is planning to turn London's Olympia into a giant Big Brother house next week for The Production Show by installing 16 mini-cams around the venue. As part of a competition to win a magnum of champagne, the kit hire company will hide the ...
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Clarke goes it alone
422 London creative director Simon Clarke has quit the company to set up his own design facility. Clarke, who has a background in creating visual effects work for science-based programmes, spent four years at 422 but felt he wanted to offer producers a different way of working. Clarke Associates will ...
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Formats showcase
The Production Show 2003 is giving over two full days of conferences sessions to new and emerging acquisition formats. Essential HD day and Essential DV day will provide producers and directors with an inside track on shooting effectively with the current and next generation of digital video with presentations from ...