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NewsNTL postpones iTV
NTL has delayed the relaunch of its much-vaunted interactive service amid fears that ongoing technical problems would lead to customer complaints, writes Paul Revoir
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Video training for news staff
The BBC is to turn some 100 of its television news staff into video journalists (VJs) following a 'groundbreaking' deal with broadcast unions, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Morrison to search for new ITV chief
Granada chief executive Steve Morrison is understood to have been put in charge of finding a new ITV figurehead to replace director of channels David Liddiment
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Football Italia under threat
Channel 4 is close to axing its long-running Football Italia strand after nine years to concentrate its energies on cricket coverage, writes Paul Revoir
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Whittingdale bags Yeo's job
The Conservative Party is gearing up to push for further liberalisation in the broadcasting industry after appointing John Whittingdale as the new shadow media secretary
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Rabbatts cuts back programme support
4Learning managing director Heather Rabbatts is overhauling the troubled offshoot in a move which will see up to five job losses in the channel's off-air programme support department, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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US to get CHX's Stupid show
CHX productions is taking the entire production team of its BBC show Stupid Puntsacross the pond next month after securing a commission for a pilot version of the comedy panel show from ABC, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC moves to end jibes about factual system
Decisions on in-house programme ideas from the BBC's beleaguered general factual department have been speeded up after criticism from producers that bureaucracy was bogging down the commissioning process, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC Ventures replaces Langsdale
BBC Ventures Group has brought in consultancy chief Ann Wilson to head its technology consultancy division, replacing Philip Langsdale who quit in May over differences of opinion about the direction of the business, writes Barbara Marshall
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Heggessey gets new docu-soap
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's plan to reintroduce a major docu-soap to the channel's peaktime line-up has come to fruition with a 10-part series looking at the antics of insurance loss adjusters, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Channel 5 finds prison life is a bit rich
Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off documentary from Einstein Entertainment on how members of the upper crust fare when they are thrown in jail, writes Paul Revoir
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C4's new men
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Danny Cohen has ordered a two-part documentary series that aims to uncover the hidden world of female to male transsexuals, writes Leigh Holmwood. Make Me a Man, a 2 x 60-minute series from RDF Media, ...
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C5 courts controversy with police drama
Channel 5 has snapped up the rights to the controversial US drama The Shield, based on a fictitious violent and corrupt Los Angeles police department. C5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford negotiated a deal with Columbia Tristar International Television to buy the 13 x 60-minute ...
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Shine cooks up show for C4's comedy lab
Shine Entertainment has secured a 30-minute commission for Channel 4's Comedy Labseries. Comedians Steve Oram and Tom Meeten will star in Matthew and Tone - Tales of Friendship and Innocence, which will see the pair recount a series of poignant ...
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BBC World to give Middle East regular slot
BBC World, the BBC's 24-hour international news channel, is to launch a new programme dedicated to Middle Eastern affairs. The 30-minute Arab World Direct, which launches at the end of the month, is part of an existing strand that looks at different regions of the world. It will rotate with ...
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Nickelodeon draws up real cartoon plan
Nickelodeon UK is set to create a new 'reality cartoon', animating the lives and characters of a real British family, as part of the launch of Nicktoons TV. Animation company Milo Waterfield has been commissioned to make the cartoon, which will kick off once a suitable family has been found. ...
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Landmark pet show is its first BBC 1 order
Oxford-based indie Landmark Films has bagged its first BBC 1 commission as part of a brace of BBC orders. Ordered by commissioning executive Richard Klein, the BBC 1 programme commission is a 60-minute piece on household pets for delivery in the autumn. Aiming to explore the 'peculiar lunacy of people ...
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Living lines up shows for toddlers' strand
Living TV has acquired a number of children's series for its morning pre-school strand Tiny Living. The Flextech channel has picked up cable and satellite rights to Hi-5 from Southern Star until 2007 and has bought 65 x 5-minute episodes ...
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Thomson arm takes on Grass Valley tag
Acquisitive French group Thomson Multimedia has revealed its Broadcast Solutions division will now be known as Thomson Grass Valley following the merger earlier this year with the Grass Valley Group (GVG), writes Barbara Marshall
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Former West 1 team set up shop
The bulk of the West 1 editing team has quit to set up a new facility called Suite, writes Barbara Marshall