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    Fred Basset revived after 30 years

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Fred Basset is to return to TV in a new£2.3m series after an absence of three decades. Indie VGI Entertainment is developing a 26 x 12-minute animated series for delivery in autumn next year and will be pitching the series to broadcasters at the Mipcom television market in Cannes.

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    BBC3 to air the real Little Britain

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Carbon Princess, the joint-venture between Carbon Media and Princess Productions, is working on a one-hour documentary for BBC3 to sit alongside the upcoming second season of comedy series Little Britain. Titled The Real Little Britain , the programme looks ...

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    All3Media secures Inquisition sales

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    All3Media International has secured a raft of sales for period drama Inquisition. The one-off costume drama has been picked up by SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland, TMC in France, Canal 22 in Mexico and RTV in Slovenia. The TV movie, made by indie ...

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    BBC2 to examine world disasters

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to recreate how some of the world's most horrific recent disasters occurred, in a new series of drama-documentaries for BBC2.

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    Chippendale leaves sky after 14 years

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    BSkyB's director of sales, Mark Chippendale, has decided to quit the company after 14 years. His decision comes only three months after Nick Milligan's appointment as managing director of Sky Media.

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    Carter: we won't top slice the BBC

    2004-09-30T07:51:02Z

    Ofcom chief Stephen Carter has told Broadcast that the BBC should continue to be 'fully funded' - suggesting Ofcom will not propose 'top slicing' the licence fee as part of its strategy for public service broadcasting beyond 2007.

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    Wright buys into Portman

    2004-09-30T07:51:00Z

    Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright has taken a controlling stake in Portman Film and TV, the distributor of shows including Buffalo Pictures' ITV drama Doc Martin.

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    New owner lined up for TWI

    2004-09-30T07:50:36Z

    TWI, one of the UK's biggest indies and the producer behind Superstars , is about to be bought out by a new owner - pumping significant investment into the company for acquisitions and expansion.

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    Sky exec exits suddenly after heckling Dyke at RTS

    2004-09-30T07:50:34Z

    BSkyB's commercial director, Martin Goswami, has left the satellite giant suddenly just days after he loudly heckled Greg Dyke during the former director general's speech at a special RTS dinner last week.

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    Nickelodeon set to take ITV1 kids slot

    2004-09-30T07:50:32Z

    ITV1 is close to signing a deal with Nickelodeon UK, which will see the terrestrial broadcaster handing over its weekday afternoon CiTV schedule to the Viacom and BSkyB joint-venture.

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    BBC: watershed move jeopardises factual

    2004-09-30T07:50:30Z

    Important factual programmes could be pushed out of peaktime slots under Ofcom proposals to tighten up the watershed, the BBC has claimed.

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    Carling considers music TV channel

    2004-09-30T07:50:25Z

    Lager giant Carling is exploring launching a music TV channel to showcase concerts from major venues like Brixton Academy.

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    BBC mulls over Panorama shift

    2004-09-30T07:50:20Z

    Proposals to move Panorama back to a weekday peaktime slot have been prepared by BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks.

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    Wrigley in exit from Talkback

    2004-09-30T07:50:15Z

    Talkback Thames' head of factual entertainment, Ruth Wrigley, has quit the company amid a restructuring of her department and a raft of new arrivals.

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    BBC loses second drama head as 19 hires Young

    2004-09-30T07:50:10Z

    BBC controller of continuing drama series Mal Young is to join Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment as director of drama.

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    Ex-ITV head to take Mentorn creative post

    2004-09-30T07:50:05Z

    ITV's former controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion, Steve Anderson, is joining the indie sector as creative director of Mentorn.

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    Lewis quits GWR for ITV Wales

    2004-09-30T07:50:00Z

    Roger Lewis has quit as managing director of GWR's Classic FM to become managing director of ITV Wales.

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    Ofcom to set out future framework of PSB

    2004-09-29T12:47:42Z

    Ofcom will tomorrow propose a new framework for public service television in the UK - amid growing speculation over the BBC's monopoly on the licence fee.

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    Classic FM chief quits for ITV role

    2004-09-29T11:52:06Z

    Roger Lewis has quit as managing director of GWR's Classic FM to become managing director of ITV Wales.

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    GWR and Capital unveil merger terms

    2004-09-29T10:17:01Z

    The boards of radio groups GWR and Capital Radio today said they had agreed terms for their proposed£700m merger.