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C4 loses news man
Channel 4 News senior foreign editor Andrew Macdonald is leaving the programme. Since he joined in 1989 he has worked as a field producer, covering uprisings in eastern Europe, and was responsible for setting up Channel 4 News' Moscow bureau before becoming senior foreign editor. He has yet to reveal ...
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BBC opens archive
The BBC has launched a website which will allow people to use its archive to make their own one-minute-long movies. The site - at bbc.co.uk/films/oneminutemovies - will let film-makers download BBC archive soundtrack music for free and showcase their films on the BBC website. It will also include tips on ...
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Emap gears up for radio deals
Emap has handed its managing director of programming, Mark Story, a beefed-up pan-group role as it gears up for consolidation in the radio sector.
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Lads' Army indie hires factual head
Twenty Twenty, the indie behind shows such as Lads' Army and That'll Teach 'Em , has appointed freelance series producer Jamie Isaacs as its first head of factual.
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Anglia factual hires Thomas
Marie Thomas, the commissioning editor behind ITV's forthcoming reality co-production Desperately Seeking Sheila , is leaving Australian broadcaster SBS to become part of Granada's Anglia network factual team in Norwich.
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Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform.
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Talent group opens
The Stellar Network, a US-based talent agency, is to launch in the UK. BBC Films head of rights and commercial affairs Jane Wright will be on the board of the organisation's UK arm, alongside actors Jude Law and Alan Rickman, director Anthony Minghella and playwright Sir David Hare.
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BBC debate draws solid ratings
BBC1's Panorama debate over the role of the corporation brought the current affairs programme a respectable 2.4 million (15%).
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Quickfire scores two BBC series
Former Granada head of history Mark Fielder's new indie, Quickfire Media, has picked up its first commissions with orders from the BBC and for a South Bank Show film for ITV, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV Saturday night show gives the talentless hope
RDF Media is to produce a new Saturday night entertainment show for ITV in which two of Britain's top music managers will each have to transform a talentless group of friends into a credible band of performers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Heggessey brings back drama favourites
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8 x 60-minute run of Down to Earth - now in its fifth series - begins in May with Sharon Houlihan returning as producer and Mervyn Watson executive producing. A ...
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C4 pays tribute to influence of friends
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about the series. What Friends Did for Us , produced by indie Shine, looks at the effect the hugely popular sitcom has had both on ...
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Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute documentary on women who fall in love with foreign men. Leaving for Love - produced by Nathalie Goldberg and executive produced by Rob Carey - will follow the stories of women who have left ...
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It's all in the worst possible taste
Sky One head of factual Matthew Paice has commissioned three independents to make 4 x 60-minute programmes each about medical mishaps, sick movies and other tasteless subjects. The as-yet-untitled 12-part series will be made by Shine, Ten Alps and Bullseye Television.
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Year of the deal
Deals and mergers are set to change the face of the indie sector as size becomes increasingly important.
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Post industry body given name
UK Post has been confirmed as the name for the trade body representing the UK's post-production industry which last week attracted 250 people to its inaugural meeting. The new body has been given around£45,000 by the Department of Trade and Industry and the UK Film Council and post companies will ...
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BBC checked for misleading advertising
The BBC has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for promoting six digital channels as 'new'. The advert carried the line: 'Six bright new channels for your bunch - BBC.' The ASA upheld a complaint from a member of the public who pointed out that some of the channels ...
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SMG divisions suffer fall in profits
SMG, the owner of Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Virgin Radio, has recorded a 28% slump in pre-tax profits for 2003, pulling in£17.5m compared to£24.2m in 2002. Turnover from continuing operations fell 6% from£199.8m in 2002 to£188.2m in 2003. Turnover from STV and Grampian fell by 5% and total revenue ...
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BBC4 to invite tenders for media series
BBC4's flagship new media series, announced last month as part of an£8m corporation-wide boost to cultural programmes, is to be tendered out to indies. Pitches for the working-titled The Media Programme are set to be invited within the next six weeks once an editor ...