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US TV SPECIAL: Rewriting the script.
US comedy veteran Fred Barron aims to transform British sitcoms by importing US teamwriting techniques. He hopes the result will be a stream of saleable hits.
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US TV SPECIAL: A warning from America.
As the debate over media consolidation in the UK becomes increasingly heated, John Willis - recently returned from the US to head factual and learning at the BBC - offers a damning account of the dangers of concentrated ownership in the US television mark
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US TV SPECIAL: HBO's boss of bosses.
While HBO has become a byword for quality drama and comedy, the company's profits have been doing nicely, too. Its chairman, Chris Albrecht, talks to David Teather.
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News Analysis - The next big thing?
Wall-to-wall reality TV has left so few peaktime slots on the US networks that there's little room for bringing on the next generation of hit dramas and comedies. But buyers insist new shows are beginning to break through.
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On The Box - Much ado about nothing.
The producer of SMG TV's Squeak!, Adrian Edwards, thought the search for the Bard tried too hard and The Sketch Show was, well, sketchy.
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2D3 LAUNCHES PLUG-IN.
Software manufacturer 2d3 has launched SteadyMove Pro, a shot stabilisation plug-in for film and video professionals.
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P3 POST GAINS AN EDGE.
Soho's P3 Post has become the first facility in the UK to order and install an
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Five agrees emergency playout deal.
Five has signed a two-year deal with BBC Broadcast for the corporation's commercial play-out division to
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Free To Air - BBC is not Blair's patsy.
Oh how Alastair Campbell must envy his counterpart at the White House. No wonder this government
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BBC tests 'avatar' alternatives.
Broadcasters could escape hefty payments on 'avatar' models of footballers whose image rights are licensed to game developers thanks to a new technology being developed by BBC R&D, writes Richard Dean.
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RUBERY BACK TO BOXES.
One of the founders of Pace Micro Technology Barry Rubery has gone back to his roots
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Leader - Defending the best of British.
John Willis, writing in this week's report on American television (page 22), condemns the timidity of
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FINN IN CLEAR CUT MOVE.
Former operations manager and senior dubbing mixer at Martyr Sound Danny Finn has joined Clear Cut
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RUSHES HELPS NESSIE EMERGE FROM GLOOM.
Soho visual effects house Rushes has created a CG version of the legendary Loch Ness monster
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Technology & Facilities - The Farm expands into west London.
The Farm Group is to open a£3m editing facility in Shepherd's Bush - directly opposite
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Trade Talk - Virgin's victor.
Virgin boss John Pearson, fresh from his court triumph over Chris Evans, can now focus on his real job - turning round Virgin Radio's sagging share.
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Programming - MUTV to air all of 1999 Champions' League.
Football club Manchester United has reached an exclusive agreement with the European Commission and Uefa to
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Programming - ITV2 places order for party in the parks.
ITV2 has commissioned Daisybeck Productions to produce a 60-minute music special on the broadcaster's own Party
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UK style to add value to people's homes.
UK Style head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Reef Television to produce a 15
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News Analysis - Campbell/BBC Row - Campbell in a spin over the BBC.
Speculation that Downing Street had called for a ceasefire in its war of words with the