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Programming - Five orders raft of kids shows.
Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has made a range of commissions including an Australian drama, writes Jon Rogers
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Lush laments lack of ideas.
Indies are not putting forward enough quality entertainment ideas, casting doubt over how the BBC will fill the soon-to-be-vacant BBC 2 Simpsons slot, according to BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush, writes Leigh Holmwood
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Get to know multichannel, urges Opie.
Flextech channels executive vice-president Lisa Opie has criticised independent producers, claiming they need to be better informed about cable and satellite channels if they expect to get commissions, writes Paul Revoir
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News Special: Future of Commissioning Conference 28-29 Nov - Bazalgette: indies should diversify.
Independent producers have been urged to broaden their relationships with third parties and plough more cash
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£1M BBC ARTS STRAND.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has pledged to pump£1m into a new 12-part arts strand,
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C4 orders The Regency House.
The flamboyant era of Byron, Nelson and Lady Hamilton is to be recreated in the latest instalment of Channel 4's successful ... House franchise, writes Leigh Holmwood
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VIRGIN REJIGS AM SLOT.
Virgin Radio is poised to shake up its breakfast show for the fourth time in 18
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BECTU DEFERS BALLOT.
Granada is still facing the prospect of industrial action after broadcasting union Bectu deferred a ballot
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TV NAMES FOR CHRYSALIS.
Chrysalis Radio has signed newsreader Katie Derham to present the Sunday brunch show for LBC when
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Tranter seeks funding for plays.
BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter is lobbying BBC director of television Jana Bennett for extra cash for a series of one-off dramas for BBC 4, writes Colin Robertson
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C4 JOURNALISTS HELD.
The two journalists arrested in Bangladesh while filming for the Mentorn Midlands-produced Channel 4 strand Unreported
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DCMS rebuffs S4C cash call.
Welsh broadcaster S4C is being forced to slash a million pounds off its programming budget by next year after the government refused to give the broadcaster an extra #3.5m to cover the additional costs of digital transmission, writes Penny Hughes
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Littleford to head Action Time production.
Action time has backtracked on its plans to operate as a format-only business and has hired former Play UK channel editor Matthew Littleford to head a new UK-based production team, writes Steve Aston
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ITV UNVEILS BIG BUDGET DRAMA.
ITV is continuing its fightback for ratings by filling its winter 2003 schedule with big budget drama, writes Steve Aston
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UKTV'S BRIGHT IDEA.
UKTV's new lifestyle offering for digital terrestrial platform Freeview has been given its third and final
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Carlton Cinema to be closed in March.
Carlton Cinema will close down in March with the loss of up to 35 jobs after
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Liquid News editor moves to Celebdaq.
Chris Wilson, editor of BBC Choice flagship show Liquid News, is to take a six-month break from the weekday programme to executive produce new BBC 3 interactive share trading format Celebdaq, writes Leigh Holmwood
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SKY SIGNS CRICKET DEAL.
Sky has been given the greenlight by the Independent Television Commission to broadcast live and exclusive
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ITC report fuels raft of training schemes.
The UK's key broadcast training bodies have reacted swiftly to calls in last week's Independent Television
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GALAXY LAUNCHES ON SKY.
Chrysalis Radio-owned Galaxy brand will begin broadcasting across the UK and Ireland via Sky Digital from