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15 seconds of fame
Freelance storyboard artist Rob Glenny has won the first Nokia Shorts competition. Entrants had to make an original 15-second film for mobile phones for the competition run by Nokia in partnership with Raindance, the organisation dedicated to promoting independent film. Glenny won with The Final ...
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NewsBBC plans sale of Technology arm
The BBC is set to announce plans to sell its commercial technical offshoot BBC Technology in a radical pre-Charter renewal move that could also signal the end of its BBC Ventures group of companies.
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NewsChambers' Five grows up
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers said this week that he wanted to put the channel on a more 'mature' footing by commissioning programmes with 'intelligence' and 'mischievousness'.
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NewsThompson warns indies over extra rights
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has warned that the new broadcaster codes of practice, set to be introduced by Ofcom next year, could hit the number of commissions available for small and medium-sized indies.
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NewsMillionaire to give viewers chance to win
The international gameshow hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire?is to have its format changed for the first time since its launch in 1998.
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ITV gets in quick with rugby specials
ITV is cashing in on the mania surrounding Rugby World Cup star Jonny Wilkinson. A 60-minute special Jonny Wilkinson - The Real Story, from indie 3DD and Wilkinson's management company, SFX Sports Group, will feature exclusive footage of the fly-half as well as interviews with ...
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Allen plans to save£100m
more jobs are to go in the ITV regions after ITV's chief executive designate Charles Allen announced that he plans to make savings of around£100m as a result of the merger between Carlton and Granada.
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LWT focuses on creating formats
LWT has set up a new formats arm at its London base with a view to developing more shows for the US and ITV.
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ITV plans latest daytime drama
ITV1 is set to take another chance with original drama in daytime despite the high-profile flops of Crossroadsand Night and Day.
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Bellamy gets extra powers to keep him at C4
Channel 4 has given head of factual entertainment Julian Bellamy a beefed-up role in a bid to keep him at the broadcaster.
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My Family man to oversee comedy
Fred Barron, the creator of BBC1's hit comedy My Family, is to oversee a new team written series about the life of a twentysomething secretary - his first commission since joining the BBC in April.
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Bennett backs Restoration's second series
The BBC is pushing ahead with a second series of Endemol UK's interactive series Restoration.
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Penk returns to roots and joins Key 103
Controversial DJ Steve Penk is turning his back on London and returning to the Manchester station where he launched his career.
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NewsFive's big spend on reality show
Five has made its biggest single investment in programming by putting£4.7 million into a new reality show.
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The Importance Of Being Famous (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The beauty of this documentary was that its very existence proved eloquently its own thesis about the debased curr...
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The Importance Of Being Famous (C4) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'The effect last night's celebrity show had on me was of being confined in a dentist's waiting room for all eternit...
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The Hand of God (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'Always striving to make religion hip, the BBC has come up with The Hand of God.'...
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The Hand of God (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A shallow and confused exploration of something not worth exploring in the first place.'...
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Lost for Words (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The film ended with a little note which reminded non-sufferers that it was they who had the problem? a pious bit o...
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Chatting to Death (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Chatting to Death resisted cheap shots and easy answers.'...