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    RDFR in Aussie deal

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    RDF Rights has grown its international footprint by signing a first-look deal with new Australian producer the Essential Viewing Group.

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    Saturday night bounces back

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    The return of old-fashioned family entertainment shows has revitalised Saturday night viewing.

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    Local Radio Company back in profit

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    The Local Radio Company (LRC), owner of a string of stations across the country, has reported an operating profit of£324,000 reversing last year's operating loss of£712,000. Reporting preliminary results for the year ending 30 September, the company, said advertising sales increased by 13% during the period and 11% on a ...

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    More Trauma for BBC

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has given a vote of confidence to its gritty hospital documentary series Trauma by commissioning more than 16 hours of new shows to air across BBC1 and BBC3.

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    BBC docs exec to boost Bristol

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Producers in Bristol have welcomed the BBC's decision to move a key factual commissioner to the city, saying it will boost both in-house and indie production.

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    BBC: wait until March for job cut details

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details on plans to slash jobs and programme budgets.

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    BBC Scotland moves

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    BBC Scotland has appointed Jeff Zycinski as head of Radio Scotland and Margaret Mary Murray as head of Gaelic. Zycinski, former editor of entertainment and events, previously launched The Lesley Riddoch Programme and The Gary Robertson Show. Murray ...

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    Frost hands Emmerdale reins to Beedles

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Emmerdale series producer Steve Frost has stepped down to take a new drama role at ITV Yorkshire. He will be replaced in January by Kathleen Beedles. She joined Yorkshire Television as a story editor on Emmerdale in 2001 and became a producer in May ...

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    DABs set for Xmas boost

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts.

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    Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000.

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    Bravo follows Vigilantes and their videos

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Bravo has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute factual documentary series featuring video footage of criminals filmed by the public. Video Vigilantes , from indie Bullseye, follows vigilantes who film crimes such as prostitution and drug dealing in order to inform the authorities. The programme is ...

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    Skaramoosh posts Burrell doc

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Skaramoosh has completed editing, animation and finishing on an October Films documentary about butler Paul Burrell's experiences working for the royal family. Skaramoosh used previously unseen stills placed in 3D environments to recreate scenes and key events. The art direction and animation was done by Piers Helm, the online and ...

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    Format Focus: Taking Care of Business

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    It seems likely this US format, in which experts turn around failing businesses, will come to UK screens.

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    Lola buys Flame

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Visual effects facility Lola has bought another Flame and an HDCam tape deck. The compositing and finishing tool was purchased for use on the BBC's docu-drama Supervolcano and has also been used on the latest Maroon 5 video. Reseller XTFX completed the deal. Lola is run by Oscar-winning compositor Rob ...

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    Commissioners Q&A: Estelle Hughes

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    CiTV editor Estelle Hughes is looking for a sitcom to sit comfortably beside the hit series

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    Committee reports

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    The House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee is due to publish its report on the BBC Charter review today (16 December). The committee, chaired by Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, is expected to make recommendations on a number of issues including the BBC's funding and governance and the ...

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    Craft workshops

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Next year's Broadcast Production Show will feature two new elements. Acknowledging the rise in interactive and branded TV the 2005 show will host a workshop called The Channel Centre. There is also a new feature for cameramen, DoPs, lighting directors and videographers called the Camera Skills & Craft Work-shops which ...

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    CTVC to desert Hillside Studios

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    Indie CTVC is abandoning its Hillside Studios facility in Hertfordshire and moving its offices to central London.

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    ITN/Fox footage deal

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    ITN and Fox News have come to an agreement that will create the biggest news stock footage service in the US market and make historical Fox News footage available worldwide for the first time. ITN Archive will take over the commercial management of the Fox News video library and the ...

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    Digital learning list

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has unveiled a list of 25 companies that will be able to tender for£75m worth of work on the forthcoming digital curriculum. The preferred suppliers list includes companies such as Granada Learning, Pearson Education, Research Machines and Welsh indie Tinopolis, which appears twice under the guises Tinopolis Interactive ...