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Senator fails to see the joke of reality TV's Hillbillies
Georgia senator Zell Miller has criticised a television company for seeking to mock hillbillies such as himself ...
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Watchdog upholds criticism of Paxman interview
Television interviewer Jeremy Paxman has been criticised by the television watchdog for being 'overly intrusive' by...
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Paxman carpeted over Kennedy interview
Television interviewer Jeremy Paxman is criticised by a broadcasting watchdog today over a ...
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Judge calls radio phone-in to say CCTV is useless waste of money
A judge phoned a radio phone-in programme from his chambers to say that film from CCTV cameras was often 'completel...
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TV crew hunt for Belgrano
A film crew plans to find and film the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano for a television documentary ...
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NewsPop Idol's Mr Nasty to front dating show
Simon Cowell, Pop Idol's Mr Nasty, is to make an unlikely Cupid in a dating show being developed for ITV1, writes Penny Hughes.
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Granada Kids chief moves to top CITV role
Granada Kids director of programmes Steven Andrew is to succeed Janie Grace as controller of children's and youth programming at ITV, writes John Plunkett.
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NewsNow Airey brings in Bravo man
Sky has poached Flextech Television's rising star Matthew Paice, controller of Bravo and Trouble, to take up the new position of head of factual programmes and multiplexes at Sky One, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsBBC launches major shake-up of factual
The BBC is to implement a major restructure of its factual and learning commissioning structure that will see the creation of a new single controller role overseeing the whole of its£300m television slate, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Simple treatment for Sky show
The Sky News graphics team has created images for a new live evening talk show called 3Dto air on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 March.
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Watchpoint in London
Interactive specialist WatchPoint Media has opened a London office. The company offers solutions for creating, broadcasting and collecting responses for interactive TV applications and its biggest product is Storyteller, an authoring system and graphical tool built on a proprietary visual programming language.
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Machine Room hiring
Soho facility The Machine Room has added former 4MC/Ascent Media colourist Brian Metherell to its telecine team to help with an increase in TK projects. Metherell, who has 25 years' experience, has previously worked at VTR and TVP among other facilities. His credits include The ...
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Good Life sex symbol returns as ITV sleuth
Actress Felicity Kendal is to return to TV for the first time in nine years to star in a new detective series for ITV1 produced by indie Carnival Films, writes John Plunkett.
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Gong for Morris film
Chris Morris' short film My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, which was posted at The Mill, has won a Bafta for best short film at this year's awards. The project was co-produced by Mark Herbert ( Phoenix Nights), and was adapted ...
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Opie tops Flextech list to fill Lighting's shoes
Flextech Television has drawn up a list of potential candidates for the replacement of chief executive of content Jane Lighting who takes over the reins at Five in April, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five knocks out deal for Frost-Ali head-to-head
Five has secured broadcast rights to the first major interview with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in more than two decades. He will talk to Sir David Frost about his ideals, life and career in The Then and Now of Muhammad Ali, which will air in ...
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MTV forum to grill Blair over war in Iraq
Prime Minster Tony Blair is to appear on MTV in a special 60-minute discussion programme in which he will set out his case for war with Iraq. MTV Forum with Tony Blair: Is War the Answer?, to be made by MTV Europe in London, will include questions from 40 young ...
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Endemol's bizarre clip show for Five
Five has ordered a catastrophe clip show series from Big Brotherproducer Endemol UK, as well as three movie documentaries from Endemol subsidiary Initial, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC buys news software for war
The BBC has ordered 13 LNG (laptop news gathering) software systems from web and newsgathering partners TVZ and 4BN, for journalists to use in covering the impending war in Iraq.
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Ascent redundancies
Thirty five Ascent Media staff have been axed as a result of the merger of post houses Soho 601 and SVC into One Post. Those affected are being encouraged to apply for other jobs within the group. One Post will have 58 employees comprising 23 people from SVC, five from ...