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BBC to air doc about Belfast's Sinn Fein mayor
Northern Ireland indie Extreme Production has been commissioned by BBC 4 controller Roly Keating and BBC commissioning executive Richard Klein to produce a major observational documentary charting the year in office of the first ever Sinn Fein mayor of Belfast, Alex Maskey. The 60-minute Citizen ...
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Carlton reorders Boot Sale Challenge
LNN Factuals has won further orders for its long-running series Boot Sale Challenge. Carlton has commissioned 10 x 30-minute episodes for delivery in January, while London Weekend Television has asked for a further 12 for transmission next spring. The series producer is Petra Burgin with ...
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GMTV and Sky One buy fifth Pokémon series
GMTV and Sky One have bought the fifth series of popular children's animation Pokémon from global distributor Lacey Entertainment. The 52 x 30-minute series is due to air from the end of the year and takes the back library of episodes now available to the broadcasters to 260 half hours
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Christian's It's My Life recommissioned
Indie Moore Television has secured a second ITV network commission for religious discussion series It's My Life, presented by former The Wordfrontman Terry Christian. The new series of 6 x 30-minute programmes was commissioned by ITV controller of news, current ...
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NewsOfcom regulation of BBC ouput 'dangerous', says Dyke
BBC director general Greg Dyke has labelled industry calls for BBC programming to be overseen by super-regulator Ofcom as 'dangerous', writes David Wood
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NewsHome focus for AOL Time Warner
AOL Time Warner chief executive Richard Parsons has claimed there is unlikely to be an immediate stampede of US investors into the UK television market if foreign ownership rules are relaxed, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsFreeserve founder moves into iTV
Peter Wilkinson, one of the original founders of internet service provider Freeserve, has turned his back on the platform that made his name and moved into interactive television as chairman of the Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG), writes Luke Satchell
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Fast launches UK anti-software piracy campaign
The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) is stepping up its drive to promote the legal use of software in UK corporations by launching a campaign in the broadcast sector, writes Barbara Marshall
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Chart is run by record bosses, says TOTP chief
The behind Top of The Pops accused record bosses of controlling the show's official singles chart yesterday. ...
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Lords revolt warning
The Government was given a warning yesterday that it will face a rebellion in the House of Lords if it pushes ahead...
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BBC chief joins battle to save ITV from Americans
Greg Dyke, the Director-General of the BBC, infuriated ministers yesterday by calling on the Government to abandon ...
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Regulator seizes Messier message
The French stock market regulator has seized e-mails sent between Jean-Marie Messier, ousted chief executive of Viv...
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SMG opts to hold on to Scottish ITV franchises
SMG, the Glasgow-based media group, is to hang on to its Scottish ITV operation after putting its publishing busine...
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Media bookings in US up for Aegis
Aegis, one of the world's biggest media buying groups, yesterday said it had seen tentative signs of a recovery in ...
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UK assets overpriced, says AOL chief
AOL Time Warner, the world's biggest media group, damped expectations of a takeover bid for British broadcasters ye...
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The brand leading the blind
The fanfare being made by Channel 5 over its new logo proves that programme-makers need to get out more. ...
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Minister defends shake-up in media rules
Reforms in media ownership and broadcasting rules would increase and protect programme quality, the government insi...
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Barrymore guest died 'during gay sex assault'
A violent sex assault may have caused the death of the man found floating in Michael Barrymore's pool ...
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Oftel tells BT to cut internet access charges for rivals
The telecoms watchdog paved the way for a cut in the price of high-speed internet access for business customers by ...
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New AOL Time Warner chief has sights set on UK deals
AOL Time Warner indicated yesterday that it was still interested in UK broadcasters ...