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Leslie TV Bash?
John Leslie could be quized by Martin Bashir - the man behind Monday night's explosive Michael Jackson documentary ...
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Edward: I want to be in TV
Prince Edward could return to film-matching, less than a year after quitting his controversial TV firm to concentra...
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Porn Site hits at TV site
Viewers Logging on for TV programme details have instead found images from an internet sex site. ...
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Turner counts cost of AOL merger at $8bn
Ted Turner lived up to his reputation as the 'mouth from the south' last night, revealing in an explicit interview ...
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Two new indies take flight
Two new indies launched this week, backed by former BBC programme-makers, writes Penny Hughes
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Profits scare for TV Corp
Indie Television Corporation has been forced to issue a profits warning following the decision of US channel TNN not to re-commission a new series of its hit franchise Robot Wars, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Turner finds new Euro chief
The Turner Broadcasting executive who launched Cartoon Network throughout the UK, has been given control of the company's non-news channels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, writes Paul Revoir
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C4 schools arm goes into profit
Channel 4's educational division 4 Learning, one of the channel's core public service initiatives, has moved into profit for the time, writes Penny Hughes
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Quantel shows at nab
Manufacturer Quantel will be demonstrating the full range of its generationQ products at NAB 2003. Corporate communications manager Roger Thornton told Broadcast that after numerous announcements the company is now ready to offer the full range for sale. Like both Grass Valley and Pinnacle, the emphasis at this year's NAB ...
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NewsIndies rap Discovery
Producers' alliance Pact has issued a warning to producers over what it claims is a restrictive clause in Discovery Networks' contracts, which blocks programme-makers or their distributors licensing anything it has commissioned to National Geographic, writes Paul Revoir
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TV director warns of death risk to crews
The head of one of the UK's leading directors agencies has warned indie producers that a fatal accident on a DV (digital video) shoot is a real possibility if they continue to fail to comply fully with health and safety regulations, writes Will Strauss.
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Reviving Cary's celluloid charm
Metro Broadcast has invested a further£500,000 in video restoration equipment, buying a second Archangel restoration tool from Snell & Wilcox, an Edifis Scratchbox repair tool and a Cedar audio restoration suite. Currently working on three Hitchcock films for Universal's DVD arm including Suspicion, technical operations ...
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NewsDyke to take chair at RTS Cambridge
BBC director general Greg Dyke will take centre stage at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge convention this year after agreeing to chair the biennial event, writes Paul Revoir
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Rushes buys two Shakes
Soho visual effects house Rushes has bought two new Shake licences after winning a graphics commission from the BBC, writes Sam Espensen.
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Five buys wobbly cartoon classic for Shake
Five has bought the rights to children's animated classic Roobarb and Custard. The 30 x 5-minute series from Green Dog Films, will air in Five's Shake strand from 22 March. The cartoon was created by Grange Calveley and produced and ...
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Granada brings sopranos style to London
Granada has started production on Family, a six-part gangster series for ITV1 starring Martin Kemp. The drama, which also stars Jamie Foreman and David Calder, is being directed by David Drury and executive produced by Tim Vaughan and Michele Buck. ...
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BBC goes to Belgian firm for high-def truck
BBC Outside Broadcast has come to an unofficial preferred supplier agreement with Belgian outside broadcast (OB) company Alfacam for the supply of a high definition (HD) truck , writes Will Strauss.
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BBC to tell secrets of Edward VIII romance
The BBC is set to dramatise the romance between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII in a major new film for BBC1 that will take advantage of recently released FBI and British government intelligence reports. The American Woman, which is in the late stages of development ...
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Scream bags Living chat slot
Living TV is to double its original programming output with its biggest ever commission - Loose Lips, a live daily talk show from Scream Films, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsCrossroads faces the axe
They axed half the cast, demolished the infamous shaky set and turned the sauce factor up to 11 - but not even Emma Noble in a hot-tub could revive the fortunes of ITV's troubled soap Crossroads, which is set to be axed from its teatime slot within weeks, ...