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BBC3's Taylor makes case for 'meaty' shows
Celia Taylor, BBC3 commissioning editor for factual, has bit back at suggestions that BBC3 is just a 'youth' channel, focussing on 'frothy' programmes, writes Nick Radlo
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Facilities call for major skills push
Facility companies and industry training body Skillset are coming together in an attempt to address the current chronic shortage of suitably trained young people coming into the industry.
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New Euro channel prompts renewed optimism in HD
The launch of a new European high-definition broadcaster and the arrival of blue laser or HDDVD will provide new opportunities to producers working with the new high resolution format, delegates at The Production Show were told yesterday.
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Police will avert Big Bother
Police officers are being drafted in to guard the 12 Big Brother housemates after fears that they could be attacked...
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Carlton cuts costs ahead of merger
Carlton Communications has accelerated cost savings ahead of its proposed merger with fellow ITV broadcaster Granad...
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Elstein to head Tory review of BBC funding
David Elstein will head a Conservative party review of the uture funding of the BBC ahead of the renewal of the cor...
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Daytime TV scales unimagined heights with broadcast from Everest
Thousands of couch potatoes were able to enjoy the sublime experience of seeing the peak of Everest after three cli...
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Green warns against a 'more dysfunctional' ITV
Carlton Communications has warned that if the competition authorities force a separation of the combined companies'...
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Carlton cautions as profits rise
Carlton Communications yesterday unveiled a life in interim profits but gave warning that advertising revenues for ...
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Dylan and Scorsese for BBC
Bob Dylan has granted the first full interview about his influential early career to a BBC documentary that will be...
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NewsITV1's Millionaire takes on Neighbours
ITV1 is poised to repackage old episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in daytime, complete with new footage of how contestants spent their winnings, in a bid to fend off competition from BBC1's soap Neighbours, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsPerrott wins best director at B+ Young Talent Awards
28 year-old British director Jennifer Perrott beat off strong competition from three other female filmmakers to win the prestigious best young director trophy at last night's B+ Young Talent Awards, writes Will Strauss
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Brighter puts new bent on dating show for ITV1
ITV1 has commissioned a controversial new dating show format in which contestants have to guess the sexual orientation and status of potential partners with a view to bagging a date, writes Penny Hughes.
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CCM funds Media 100
Editing and effects systems manufacturer Media 100 is to receive $2.5m (£1.5m) investment from Coghill Capital Management (CCM) to help fuel the company's growth. CCM president Clint Coghill said he was convinced that Media 100 was both 'unique and of value to the digital media industry.' Media 100 is currently ...
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ITV buys Giuliani biopic for 9/11 anniversary
ITV1 has bought Carlton International's critically acclaimed biopic of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani which will be screened to coincide with this year's anniversary of the events of September 11.
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Schama to front BBC2 history till 2007
Historian Professor Simon Schama has signed an exclusive four-year deal with the BBC, thought to be worth around£3m, to present two new landmark factual series, writes Leigh Holmwood.