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TENTH ANNIVERSARY FOR EDINBURGH NIGHTS
BBC Scotland is producing its tenth guide to the Edinburgh Festival. This year's Edinburgh Nights, which will air at 23.15 on BBC 2 over the last two weeks of August, will
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MERIDIAN TO DISH UP ANOTHER SERVING OF SURPRISE CHEFS
Meridian Broadcasting has commissioned a seventh series of regional show Surprise Chefs from Action Time. Produced by Pat Pearson and directed by Peter Chipping, the 10 x 30-minute series will be
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C4 to reveal Ideal World's Other Side
Channel 4 has taken the unusual step of commissioning Scottish indie Ideal World to produce 60 x 60-minutes of 'raw' late-night television documentaries made by film students, established film-makers and members
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Siriol to create animation of kids' book classic for S4C
S4C has commissioned Cardiff-based production firm Siriol to make an animated version of the classic Welsh-language children's book character, Sali Mali, writes Lexie Goddard.
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ITV prepares religious docu-soap
ITV controller of news, current affairs and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned indie Moore TV to make a religious docu-soap about a Christianity course for young people, writes Jason Deans.
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NewsLBC signs deal with Friction.tv
Talk radio station LBC 97.3 FM will air selected listener-generated content after signing a deal with online debate website Friction.tv. [ALL]
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History Channel strikes co-pro deal
The History Channel UK has struck a major new co-production deal with distributor Electric Sky and indie Basic Films to make a slate of documentaries, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Barbara sours repeat of Summer Wine
Carlton Television's new six-part ITV comedy, Barbara, more than earned its 20.00 Sunday (27 June) spot, writes Tim Dams.
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Celador unveils feature film arm
Indie Celador Productions has set up a feature film arm, Blue Films, in partnership with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight.Blue Films' first production will be Dirty Pretty
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Smith plans switch-off timetable
Media Secretary Chris Smith is to announce a 'trigger formula' for the switch-off of analogue TV - the first time the Government has committed itself to making a clear statement about its timetable for the move to digital, writes John Lewis.
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Jones sets up TV rights consultancy
Philip Jones, Carlton International director of international relations, is quitting after 17 years with Carlton and Central TV to set up his own TV rights consultancy.Jones, who will leave Carlton's distribution
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Talk catches cricket deal
Talk Radio has bought the exclusive live rights to England's cricket tour of Pakistan, the second overseas series it has signed in three months, writes John Plunkett.
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Garrigue and Lightfoot quit Resources
BBC Resources director of strategy Olivier Garrigue and acting director of operations John Lightfoot are both quitting the directorate, writes Dominic Timms.
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BBC may yet air 'hoaxed' Everyman
The BBC may still show a version of the Everyman programme that fell victim to a hoax by The Sun newspaper this week, writes Tim Dams.
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C5 RENEWS ITN CONTRACT
Channel 5 has re-awarded its news contract to ITN in an extended five-year deal, despite inviting a bid from rival news organisation Sky News. ITN has supplied news to the channel
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CARLTON SCRAPS HQ PLAN
The Carlton Media Group has scrapped plans to unify its London operations at a new building in Great Marlborough Street. The plan, which was announced last July, has been abandoned because
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NewsBBC1 benefits from football victory
BBC1's live coverage of England's crunch Euro 2008 qualifying game against Israel took the Saturday teatime spoils with 6.1m viewers (41%). [ALL]
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KEYTE TO LEAVE BSKYB
BSkyB general manager movies Andrew Keyte is leaving at the end of July to set up his own movie development and production company. Keyte, who joined Sky Movies in October 1997
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JOBS GO AT BBC WORLD
The BBC is to make what it calls 'efficiencies' at BBC World in a bid to reduce losses at the channel, which totalled£15.6 million last year. At least 19 newsroom
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JOHN WOOLF DIES AGED 86
Anglia Television founding director and Oscar-winning film and TV producer Sir John Woolf has died aged 86. Woolf ran Anglia's drama department for over 25 years. Before entering television he worked