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New Irish broadcasting forum.
Irish broadcasters are bracing themselves for possible legislative changes following the creation of a new broadcasting forum, writes Penny Hughes.
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Interview - Building on success.
Hit Entertainment's Rob Lawes has an impressive set of company figures to boast about and, with new brands being developed all the time, the next Bob the Builder can't be far away.
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FRANK BUTCHER TO GET EASTENDERS SPIN-OFF.
Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid is to film a broadcast pilot for the BBC, featuring the trials and tribulations of his character Frank Butcher as he sets up home in Manchester.
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OFT extension buys extra time for Sky.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has extended the deadline for BSkyB to respond to charges that it breached competition rules, opening the door for 11th-hour moves by the satellite giant
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CABLE UPTAKE SLOWS.
Cable TV uptake has dramatically slowed according to the latest quarterly statistics from the Independent Television Commission. For the quarter to 1 January, uptake rose by only 1.5 per cent compared
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CLARIFICATION.
We would like to point out that the name of the new company in last week's story, New Soho audio venture, is Marmalade.
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TV CORP MAKES LOSS.
Television Corporation has reported a pre-tax loss of #2.9m for 2001, after writing off a #4.5m investment in powerboat racing. The company thought it could turn the sport into the next
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PROMAX COURSE STARTS.
Promax UK kicks off its third annual foundation course next Wednesday (10 April) with a new module called Easy As ABC. The nine-week course includes modules on scriptwriting, the psychology of
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Night and Day loses slot.
ITV has axed Granada's ambitious soap Night and Day from its teatime slot after less than five months on air, while its other daytime drama Crossroads has ceased production, writes Steve Aston.
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DEAF EDITOR FOR SHOW.
See Hear, the BBC's flagship programme for the hard of hearing, has appointed its first deaf editor. Terry Riley, who currently produces the Saturday morning BBC 2 show, takes over the
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DISTRACTION US DEAL.
Distraction Formats, which distributes shows such as BBC 1's Star for a Night, has signed a deal with the William Morris Agency in the US to push its shows to American
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Granada goes Dutch with formats deal.
Granada has struck a formats and co-production deal with one of the Netherlands' largest production companies in an attempt to expand further into the European market, writes Steve Aston.
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OCTOPUS TO MAKE DELICIOUS SHOW FOR UK FOOD.
Octopus Television has been commissioned by UK Food commissioning editor Gareth Williams to produce 15 x 30-minute series following chef James Martin as he travels around the south-east of England. Delicious
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Off the record - ITV Dig had a use.
This week's Jo Moore award for burying bad news goes to ITV, which slipped out the fact that it was dumping its ailing Granada soap Night and Day last Wednesday, at
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LE DREAM GETS NEW SLOT.
Channel 4 has rescheduled Tiger Aspect Productions' daytime factual series Le Dream to run in peaktime in July. The 8 x 30-minute series that investigates buying and renovating houses in rural
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Dyke hopes to revive news unit.
THE BBC could soon resurrect a planned special news investigations unit, which was put on hold following the spiralling cost of covering the war in Afghanistan, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Off the record - Old family tie.
OTR was heartened to see media secretary Tessa Jowell speaking at the first in a series of planned talks by leading figures organised by The Media Centre at the end of
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Fast Studio kit gets rebrand.
Californian video equipment manufacturer Pinnacle Systems is to change the name of the Fast Studio colour line of editing products next week at NAB, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Indie Finance - Who wants to be a one-hit wonder?
Think Celador and automatically the recent global success of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? format springs to mind but during its 18-year history the independent has added many other strings to its bow. Meg Carter Reports.
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IRN under fire for obit gaffe.
As criticism over the BBC's coverage of the Queen Mother's death raged this week, national radio news provider IRN was forced to apologise for failing to notify its 260 customers of the death because someone 'pressed the wrong button', writes Georgina Lip