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Choice devises new celebrity formats.
Celebrities will be turned into commodities and viewers will be able to eavesdrop on people in restaurants in the first two ideas to be commissioned from former Big Brother executive producer Conrad Green in his new role as BBC head of new entertainment d
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MILLIONAIRE HELPS CELADOR TO RECORD PROFITS.
Complete Communications whose subsidiary Celador Productions produces ITV 1's Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (left), has announced its best ever year-end results thanks to the success of worldwide sales of
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INTERVIEW - Open and shut case.
On the surface, OpenTV may seem like just another technology company riding on the skirts of a successful pay-TV platform such as BSkyB. But chief executive James Ackerman has plans for
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Campbell walks out of Ministry.
Former Ginger Media Group chief executive David Campbell has quit as Ministry of Sound vice-chairman after only seven months in the role, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BSKYB DELIVERS FOR DISCOVERY AND EMAP.
The combined viewing share of the channels for which BSkyB acts as sales agent - including Discovery channels and those run by Emap, publisher of Broadcast - has risen by 40
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TX - Britney on the couch.
Although Britney Laid Bare includes archive footage and promos, Vernon Kaye's interview with the pop princess provides the show's defining moments.As a busy superstar, Britney could only spare one hour so
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Villages scoop 'broadband Britain' cash.
New Labour's vision of a 'broadband Britain' took a step closer to becoming a reality this week after e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander finally unveiled the recipients of the government's #30m broadband fund, writes David Wood.
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ON THE BOX - Time is running out.
Company Pictures managing director George Faber thought 24 was a few minutes short of an hour but had lots of time for Dispatches.
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DNE BOOSTS UK ORDERS.
Discovery Networks Europe has unveiled a 50 per cent increase in UK-produced programming for its spring/summer line-up, writes Simon Ellery.
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BERTELSMANN PULLS OUT OF RTL PURCHASE.
German media outfit Bertelsmann has withdrawn its offer to buy the remaining 11 per cent of Channel 5 majority shareholder RTL that it does not already own. The company had offered
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RATINGS - New Survivor lags behind Ten O'Clock News.
The second series of ITV 1 reality TV show Survivor looked set to repeat the disappointing performance of the first series when it began this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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Capital to beef up sports.
Capital Radio is looking to form a more cohesive sports strategy across its networks and has appointed former BBC Radio sport managing editor Andy Kay to oversee it, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC PLANS SONG AND DANCE FOR EUROVISION.
The BBC is to reinforce its commitment to the annual Eurovision Song Contest (right) by simulcasting this year's event on two of its television channels for the first time, writes Leigh
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HISLOP SHOW FOR BBC.
BBC entertainment and CBBC have collaborated for the first time on a new family comedy written by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. My Dad's the Prime Minister aims
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BBC is 'letting down disabled'.
Disabled staff at the BBC feel let down and left out of director general Greg Dyke's revamped corporation, with their treatment comparing unfavourably to staff from ethnic minorities, according to a
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JEWISH CRITICISM OF BBC.
UK Jewish website jewish.co.uk this week launched an attack on British broadcasters for ignoring and denying the community a voice on television and radio programmes. The attack came in an editorial
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BBC leads Sony shortlist.
The BBC dominated the Sony Awards nominations shortlist unveiled this week, with Radio 4 taking the lion's share, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TRIPLE VICTORY FOR BBC.
The BBC walked off with three awards at last week's British Animation Awards, writes Jon Rogers. Harvest Films' Hamilton Mattress (pictured), made in association with Egmont Imagination and Entertainment Rights, picked
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BBC WORLDWIDE EXECUTIVE FACING CHARGES.
Former BBC Worldwide executive Jeff Taylor has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the corporation following an investigation into a #1m corruption scandal by Hong Kong authorities. Taylor, who was sacked
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BBC to look at five years of Labour.
The BBC is to mark the fifth anniversary of the Labour government with a critical profile piece as part of its spring/summer season, writes Leigh Holmwood.