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BBC2 to examine Harley St doctors
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a series looking at the doctors and patients in London's famous Harley Street in the latest example of the resurgence of interest in docusoaps, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Greece takes 200 ready steady cooks
Screentime Partners has secured a raft of new distribution deals with formats including Ready Steady Cook and The Chair. A further 200 episodes of Endemol UK format Ready Steady Cook have been picked up by Mega Channel in Greece while another 44 episodes of quiz show The Chair have been ...
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How the BBC will hit indie quota in 2004
The BBC is banking on a package of measures to help it exceed its 25% indie quota this year after it met a barrage of criticism following confirmation that it failed to meet the target last year for the third time in a row.
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Kiss signs Bam Bam for 3 more years
Emap has held on to its breakfast DJ Bam Bam, handing him a£1m contract to stay at Kiss FM for another three years. The deal is an important one for Emap, publisher of Broadcast, which is keen to maintain consistency at Kiss before the London ...
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Bowling for Columbine to screen on C4
Channel 4 is to screen Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary film Bowling for Columbineafter picking up the rights from Momentum Pictures. Directed and fronted by US left-wing film-maker Moore, the 114-minute movie, which was made last year, will be shown on FilmFour and then C4 before ...
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Lygo reshuffles T4 and 4Music staff
Channel 4's new director of television, Kevin Lygo, has made his first staff changes since joining the channel on Monday (3 November). He has handed head of scheduling Jules Oldroyd the extra responsibilities of T4 and 4Music and promoted deputy editor, T4 and 4Music Neil McCallum to editor.
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C4 goes inter sex
Channel 4 has ordered a brace of films from indie Wag TV looking at people with a rare disorder which makes them genetically one sex, although they look like the other, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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Highfield pledges limits to online activity
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield has pledged to stay out of key commercial areas following criticism from commercial rivals.
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Leitch defers agm
Leitch Technology has rescheduled its annual general meeting after receiving a vote of no confidence from shareholders. According to Leitch, the company does not have to postpone the AGM but has chosen to do so because it 'gives an opportunity to see the argument that these shareholders are presenting'. The ...
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BBC World to air on Italian DTT station
The BBC is poised to launch its 24-hour news and information channel BBC World on Italy's new digital terrestrial television service, which launches next month. The deal between BBC World and Italian broadcaster Mediaset will give the commercial channel access to around 50% of the Italian population through the free-to-air ...
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Fox & Science Museum make aliens series
Fox has teamed up with the London Science Museum on a TV project that will become the first original production to air on its new UK entertainment channel, FX.
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Apes prove big hit for Granada
A regional ITV wildlife show made for the Meridian region has made its way into the top five of Granada International's best selling programmes alongside Coronation Streetand Agatha Christie's Poirot, following a deal with Discovery Networks International.
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Pitman is appointed head of Merged ITV
Carlton's senior non-executive director Brian Pitman has been confirmed as the new interim chairman of the merged ITV. The appointment of the former head of Lloyds TSB followed the resignation of Carlton chairman Michael Green. The choice of Pitman in an interim role will go some way to quell fears ...
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Radio big guns await Glasgow FM decision
Thirteen of the country's biggest radio owners will today (Thursday) hear who has won the new FM licence for Glasgow, which is expected to yield as much as£15m in advertising revenue.
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Iraq war footage wins Rory Peck news award
An American cameraman's footage of the Iraq war friendly fire tragedy that almost claimed the lives of BBC veteran John Simpson and his camera crew has been named the hard news image of the year by the prestigious Rory Peck Trust.
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Promax awards
Changes to the way the Promax UK Awards are judged have brought an end to the BBC's dominance of the design and branding category. Amendments were made to both the make-up of the judging panels and the awards categories and the result saw this year's Gold awards being shared out ...
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BBC takes flak for war stance
Coverage of the war in Iraq by UK broadcasters - including the BBC - was frequently one-sided, with newscasters often taking government information as fact regardless of its accuracy, according to a major new study on the media's coverage of the conflict.
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Management finalises deal to buy Red Post Production
The management of Soho's Red Post Production has completed a deal to buy the company, writes Will Strauss.
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Talpa buys in to Fox
Talpa Capital BV, the Dutch company owned by Endemol founder John de Mol, has taken a 5.1% stake in Fox Kids Europe, the kids channel and content business in which Disney holds a 76% stake.