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Bazal rejigs as BBC 1, C4 ask for more
GMG Endemol Entertainment subsidiary Bazal is reshuffling its management and has secured new daytime commissions from BBC 1 and Channel 4, writes John Plunkett.Linda Clifford, former executive producer of Bazal's Changing
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Council fails to halt C4 'runaways' film
Channel 4 is to go ahead with a controversial October Films series about runaway children, after Nottingham City Council (NCC) failed in its High Court bid to block parts of it.The
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UK shows strike gold at Montreux
UK shows walked off with six of the eight major prizes at this year's Golden Rose of Montreux festival, including the top award, the Golden Rose.UK entries won through in a
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BBC fee would hit digital take-up says report
Almost two-thirds of those people thinking about buying digital TV in the next 12 months would be less likely to do so if the BBC went ahead with plans to introduce
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DG BETTING LATEST
While Greg Dyke, chairman and chief executive of Pearson TV, remains the bookies' favourite (5-2) for the BBC director general's post, the odds on ITV chief executive Richard Eyre getting the
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BSC UPHOLDS COMPLAINTS
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has upheld in part 19 complaints about the explicit nature of Channel 5 series Sex and Shopping in its monthly report for April. Ruling that six
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NewsDigital Vision to unveil restoration tool
IBC:Colour grading and finishing specialist Digital Vision will launch two new products at IBC. Also includes other IBC product stories. [ALL]
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DAVIES QUITS LAMBIE-NAIRN
Lambie-Nairn commercial director Sarah Davies is leaving to set up her own business. Davies, who joined the branding specialist 17 years ago, retains both a consultancy and a significant shareholding in
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£1.5M RAISED FOR LEW
Michael Grade last week announced the completion of a£1.5 million fundraising campaign to create the Lew Grade chair in television production at the National Film & Television School. Grade said:
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Cruickshank signs up with SMG board
The Scottish Media Group (SMG) has signed up former Oftel director general Don Cruickshank as its new non-executive chairman.The move comes at a time when SMG is facing an uncertain future,
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BBC may pull antiques show
The BBC is considering pulling leisure series Antiques Inspectors following the murder of presenter Jill Dando this week.The first episode of the eight-part series, produced by BBC features in Bristol, aired
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Med TV appeal to ITC fails to get ban lifted
Kurdish satellite broadcaster Med TV has had its licence revoked after failing to convince the Independent Television Commission that its broadcasting ban should be lifted, writes Liz Shackleton.The notice revoking Med
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Pitcher appointment bolsters NHU team
Fiona Pitcher is moving from BBC adult education to BBC Production's natural history unit (NHU), where she will take up the post of editor of zones and events, writes Liz Shackleton.Pitcher
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AIREY URGES INDIES TO PRODUCE 'EVENT TV' FOR CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has called on independents to produce more one-off documentaries and 'event TV' for the channel. Speaking at a Bafta My Channel event last week,
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EYRE CLAIMS REACH SHOULD BE MEASURE OF BBC SUCCESS
ITV chief executive Richard Eyre has suggested that the key measure of the BBC's success should be reach instead of share of audience. Speaking at the Voice of the Listener &
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BBC ONLINE LEADS UK CONTENT INTERNET SITES
BBC Online is the UK's leading content website, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures registering three million individual users and 80 million page impressions for March. The most popular
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GRANADA TV TO SUE NEWS OF THE WORLD
Granada TV is suing the News of the World for libel over claims in an article published last Sunday (25 April) about the money spent on interviewing the five men connected
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NewsWorldwide sells Jekyll to Australia
BBC Worldwide Australasia has sold a raft of new scripted and natural history series, including Hartswood Films' Jekyll, to Australian public broadcaster ABC.
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WALKER FUTURE ON THE LINE OVER COCAINE ALLEGATIONS
The future of BBC Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker, suspended following Sunday newspaper allegations that he took cocaine and offered to supply undercover reporters with prostitutes, was due to be decided
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MOTOR MANUFACTURERS BOOST ITV AD REVENUES
ITV saw its first-quarter 1999 revenues reach an estimated£438.8 million, thanks in part to high advertising spends from motor manufacturers in the run-up to the March car registration period. January's