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Fremantle makes most of Idol
Fremantle Media is hoping to capitalise on the success of its Pop Idol format by setting up a music subsidiary, write Jon Rogers and Georgina Lipscomb
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Sheffield International Documentary Festival: Asian doc wins C4 public pitch
A documentary following British Asians who travel to India to find love scooped the£30,000 Channel 4 deal for emerging film-makers at the festival, amid fears the session could lead to indies' ideas being poached, writes Penny Hughes
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Off the record - Starry i bash not a hit with World.
Controversy has exploded within the Ivory Towers of Bush House after the corporation's new media merchants
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Off the record - Model behaviour.
GMTV is poised to hang out the bunting at Madam Tussaud's waxworks museum for its 10th
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Off the record - On the job 24/7.
Being a government minister does have its perks. Just ask broadcasting minister Kim Howells. To his
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LEADER - Indie issue that won't go away.
If this week's total of 39 responses to the ITC's programme supply review (published or otherwise) proves anything, it's that this is one of the TV industry's hottest issues. Sadly the BBC - in its usual spirit of openness - has decided to keep its thoughts behind closed doors
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FREE TO AIR - BBC 2 on tip-top form.
There is nothing like watching a woman in stays wield a strangely stitched leather dildo around
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CARLTON/GRANADA MERGER - Grown-up stuff.
ITV's choice of CBBC's Nigel Pickard as its director of programmes came out of the blue, but his appointment could prove quietly effective
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Will the hybrid flourish?
Although the Carlton Granada merger is seen as a good idea, there is no shortage of difficulties to be overcome if and when the two companies do pull it off
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TV MANAGEMENT - Mind your own business.
Whenever a broadcaster goes in search of a new chief executive a familiar list of the usual suspects crops up. Is the television industry suffering from a debilitating lack of senior management talent at the top? Peter Keighron reports
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INTERVIEW - Open to change.
Peter Fincham, ex-Talkback boss and newly installed chief executive of Fremantle, is eager to usher in a new phase at the producer to keep in step with Mark Thompson's plans for radical change at Channel 4
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CITY WATCH - A second chance for ITV's giants.
The City's response to the proposed Carlton and Granada merger was muted to say the least, as analysts weighed up the obstacles that need to be overcome before investors can hope to get their money back
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TX - Men behaving oddly.
What makes us human is the all-encompassing question posed by BBC 1's new popular science series,
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Technology & facilities - Discreet rejig sees 37 jobs go.
Discreet is to centralise its European systems business in London with the loss of around 37
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Technology & facilities - XTV joins forces with 601.
Broadcast design firm XTV is joining Soho 601 and will be known as XTV at 601, writes Barbara Marshall
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Technology & facilities - MPC shakes and stirs Bond film.
Moving Picture Company (MPC) is behind the visual effects for some key sequences in the latest
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Technology & facilities - Pinewood-Shepperton set to broadcast over IP.
Pinewood-Shepperton's networking subsidiary Studiolink claims it is now ready to start real-time broadcasting over its IP fibre network, writes Barbara Marshall
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Technology & facilities - Clear effects boost latest Boyle project.
Clear Post-Production is expanding its 3D department and has completed the visual effects for its second feature film, 28 Days Later, writes Barbara Marshall
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - AVID IN FRENCH DEAL.
Avid Technology has revealed details of its biggest European deal to date with a EUR8.6m (#5.4m)