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Ideal World gets raft of orders
Scottish Indie Ideal World Productions has secured commissions worth£5.5m across terrestrial and non-terrestrial channels.For BBC 1, the company is making Force 10 Rescue, dubbed '999 meets Police Camera Action'. The
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Sky and ITV seek new football terms
BSkyB and ITV are expected to seek legal guidance over whether they can renegotiate their contracts with the Premier League, after members of the Professional Fooballers' Association (PFA) announced plans to boycott all televised matches from next week, w
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TELEWEST FIGURES
Telewest Communications has unveiled record third-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of£83m, up from£74m the previous quarter. The cable outfit has clocked up a further 5,400 subscribers
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Faking It Upgrades Mentors
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth run of RDF Media's reality hit Faking It, which will feature more recognisable household names in its cast of professional mentors, writes Penny Hughes.
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Kaufman rebukes ministers over decision
MPs on the media select committee have issued a written rebuke to media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt after the pair swept aside their concerns over the future of broadcast regulation, writes David Rose.
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Leader - Murdoch enmity has had its day
Some of the steam appears to have gone out of the debate about ensuring the BBC is in some senses regulated by Ofcom in future. A government response to a report
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Radio urged to enter data market
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has added his voice to the call for digital radio broadcasters to develop subscription-based data services, claiming the potential market could be worth billions, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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In my View - Damian Tambini, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research
On whether niche channels should be subject to stricter impartiality requirements in news.
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UNIONS TO FIGHT ITN CUTS
Unions representing workers at ITN have vowed to fight any job cuts imposed by the news organisation. The National Union of Journalists and Bectu passed a resolution on Tuesday (20 November)
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INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE
Channel 4 Learning interactive editor Paul Sternberg, managing editor C4 websites Andrew Grumbridge and Kingston Communications head of content Andrew Fawcett will lead a Pact interactive conference in Birmingham this weekend.
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Ratings - Sir Cliff and Robbie pull on Saturday evening
BBC 1 proved to be the popular choice in a light musical entertainment head-to-head this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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Interview - A soul for the cities
Channel 4's regional quota amounts to£120m a year of investment outside London, so it's not surprising head of programmes, nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove sees his brief as being as much about regenerating Britain's cities as about making programmes.
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Cicada gets triple order
Cicada Films has scooped three commissions for Channel 4, Discovery and Carlton, writes Penny Hughes.
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TX - Cartoons make a Flash
Sometimes it is easier to cover sensitive subjects if you are one of those affected.So it is with Channel 4's new animation Quads - part of the Hot Reels animation series.
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CAPITAL PROFITS DROP
Capital Radio's underlying profit has fallen by 27 per cent to£30.1m, according to its preliminary results for the year ending 30 September. Operating profit for analogue radio fell 20 per
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Pace calls for digital subsidy
Set-top box maker Pace has called on the government to make a clear financial commitment to promote free-to-air digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Off the Record - Monkey business
As OTR is already compiling its Christmas list for broadcast types (cut-price media shares all round) it's interesting to see that ITV Digital is giving away a free subscription to the
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City Watch - Canny Scottish bucks the trend
In the first of a new City series examining the financial performance of listed broadcasters, we take a look at how Scottish Radio Holdings is toughing out the downturn and making inroads south of the border. James Curtis reports.
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BRITS WIN AT EMMYS
British programmes walked off with half of the six awards available at the 29th International Emmy Awards in New York on Monday (19 November). Little Bird's production of Dirty Tricks for
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Flame TV to branch out
Flame TV, the indie set up two years ago by Roger Bolton and Barbara Altounyan, is launching a Brighton-based sister company specialising in religion and sport, writes Penny Hughes.