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    The comedy unit scoops raft of shows

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Scottish indie The Comedy Unit has secured a raft of recommissions from the BBC. Digital channel CBBC has ordered a second 13 x 25-minute series of Yo!Diary for November and BBC Scotland commissioner Ewan Angus has given the go-ahead for a second 6 x 30-minute ...

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    Script-writers start company

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Two veteran British television comedy writers have set up a shop to develop script ideas and advise companies on TV promotion, writes Gavin Stamp.

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    Wood set to step in as Corrie producer

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    ITV head of continuing series Tony Wood is poised to take the helm as Coronation Street's new producer after Kieran Roberts announced he would be stepping down after two years in the job, writes Paul Revoir.

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    TWG does UBC deal

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    The Wireless Group has signed a 12-month deal with UBC Media to take a daily showbiz news package in exchange for airtime. Entertainment Newswill broadcast the two-minute bulletin throughout the day across 11 local stations owned by TWG. UBC will then sell advertisers airtime immediately ...

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    Debbie Harry fronts rock doc for Discovery

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Debbie Harry, the princess of new wave, has been recruited by the Discovery Channel to present a series on rock and roll for the autumn, writes Gavin Stamp.

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    Reuters touts digital news

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Reuters will be the first global news agency to deliver video, scripts and story information to broadcasters in a single integrated digital file when it debuts a new service at the

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    Vitec profits dive

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    The Vitec Group has announced a halving in interim pre-tax profits for this year. The company, which makes camera and lighting equipment, blamed the ongoing squeeze in ad spend, a strong Euro and reduced capital expenditure by clients for the loss. Its broadcasting services division was the worst hit in ...

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    Mentorn sets up drama division

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Television Corporation subsidiary Mentorn is launching a drama division on the back of a number of factually based projects, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Insight films in 'extended' school doc

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Indie Insight Films is set to produce a film about Quintin Kynaston School, the first school in London to be given 'extended' status by the government. Ordered by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, the 60-minute piece will follow a year in the life of the school, which is open between 07.00 ...

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    Sergeant ordered to lead OSF growth

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Oxford Scientific Films, the natural history-focused indie, has hired Leopard Films producer Will Sergeant in an ongoing effort to expand its output, writes Gavin Stamp.

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    UK History orders war series

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    UK History has commissioned its first original series, which will look at the role of women in war.

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    Leopard leaps into US market

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Indie Leopard Films is preparing to open an office in Washington after receiving two commissions from networks in the US.

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    Swain in for Moyle

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC specialist factual commissioner Emma Swain is to add the arts and performance brief to her role when head of arts commissioning Franny Moyle goes on maternity leave later this month. Swain will be assisted by specialist factual development producer and commissioning newcomer Hannah Beckerman in the role. Moyle is ...

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    NHU nets new Oddie series

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) has secured a brace of commissions, including a follow-up to Wild in Your Garden that will be the department's biggest ever series order, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Radio revenue rise

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Commercial radio revenue has grown for the sixth successive quarter, according to new figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau. Ad expenditure from April to June 2003 grew 3.3% year-on-year to£144.1m, with household goods manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Lever Faberge Homecare looking for a cheaper alternative to TV ...

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    Voluntary redundancies at YTV

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    The entire production team at Yorkshire Television's documentaries and factual department have been invited to apply for voluntary redundancy, in a bid to downsize the struggling department, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Touch upgrade

    2003-09-04T08:30:00Z

    Lightworks has released the latest version of its software for its Lightworks Touch editing system. Version 1.5 has more than 300 enhancements after seven months R&D. The most significant change is that the software now includes low bandwidth shared storage networking as a standard non-chargeable feature. V1.5 is now shipping ...

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    BBC admits to error over Kelly

    2003-09-03T17:43:21Z

    The BBC has admitted it wrongly inflated the importance of Dr David Kelly as Andrew Gilligan's source in a statement issued after the BBC governors' emergency meeting in July, it emerged this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC renews faith in docu-soaps

    2003-09-03T17:41:13Z

    The BBC has given a new lease of life to the docu-soap - which went out of favour in the late 1990s after a glut of cheap imitations - by commissioning a raft of new series on subjects including the Sylvia Young Theatre School, writes ...

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    'Cot potatoes' gorge on TV

    2003-09-03T10:40:15Z

    First it was the couch potatoes - now a new breed of 'cot potatoes' is emerging. A new study out today has revealed that over 80% of children under six are watching up to six hours of television a day, ' writes Sam Matthews.