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LNN FACTUALS STUDIES SEX AND DRUGS FOR LWT.
LNN Factuals has scored a raft of commissions for the London regions and the US. The 6 x 30-minute history series Sin City, will look at how vices such as sex
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INT ED FOR ITV NEWS.
ITN has appointed Bill Neely as international editor for ITV News. Neely's main responsibility will be to oversee the tone of the network's international stories.
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GALAXY HEAD TO EMAP.
Former Galaxy Network group head of music Christian Smith has joined Emap Performance as Kiss 100 music co-ordinator. His appointment follows the promotion of Kiss programme director Andy Roberts to the
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Just TV theme evenings for UK Horizons.
UK Horizons channel editor Liam Keelan has ordered a brace of hour-long programmes from Just TV to anchor two upcoming theme nights, writes Simon Ellery.
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Ex-BBC staffer urges reform.
COLIN SHAW, a former BBC secretary and director of the Broadcasting Standards Council, has added his weight to the call for reform of the BBC board of governors, suggesting governors should
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IN MY VIEW - Ray Fitzwalter.
On how making under-fives' programming ad free could be good for commercial TV.
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Ginger to revive Lads.
Ginger Productions has scored its first commission for ITV 1 with a remake of classic sitcom The Likely Lads, which is set to star kids presenters Ant and Dec, writes Steve Aston.
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UKTV new media head leaves for start-up.
UKTV head of new media Neil Morris has quit the BBC Flextech joint-venture to set up his own broadband and interactive TV consultancy MomoMedia, writes David Wood.
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Juniper sets up science and history subsidiary.
Juniper Communications is setting up a new science and history division in Cambridge, in a bid to tap into the city's academic resources, writes Penny Hughes.
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London home for Warner UK.
Warner Bros has pooled all its UK media operations into a new London-based office and put former European managing director Josh Berger in charge, writes Simon Ellery.
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TV politics 'must infotain'.
Broadcasters should not shy away from dumbing down political programmes and experimenting with 'tabloid formats' to bring in new audiences to the genre, according to a major report published this week.The
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POINT OF VIEW ON WEATHER AND ISLAND LIFE.
New indie Point of View (POV) has received its first commissions, securing an order from Carlton Westcountry for series on weather forecasting and life on the Isles of Scilly. POV's husband
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STOLEN KIT WEBSITE.
Cheff, the trade body set up by UK facilities' chief engineers, has set up a webpage with details of stolen equipment to help recover and prevent the resale of the kit.
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Thumbs-up for Manx LW launch.
A new national #12m longwave station based at one of the former sites of Radio Caroline has been given the final go-ahead by the Isle of Man Communications Commission.The Manx government
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OFF THE RECORD - Leaving politics.
Ever since the government realised that most young viewers would rather stick pins in their eyes than watch a politics show, it has been leaning on broadcasters to shake up their
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SKILLSET PATRONS MEET.
Patrons of Skillset met on Friday (15 February) to discuss issues that face the training body after it was awarded its new status as a Sector Skills Council last month. The
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OFF THE RECORD - More tea, vicar?
And finally, a mention for Soho's drinking, sorry, post community. The omnipresent 'Chopper' Harris of Root 6 fame is on the wagon again this month and is insisting that his staff
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Report shows viewing slump.
The average daily hours of viewing for all television have fallen by the biggest year-on-year margin for six years, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising's (IPA) latest Trends in Television Report, writes Luke Satchell.
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Ex-director of the BSC calls for reform to BBC governors
Governors should have less involvement in programmes to enable objectivity, says Colin Shaw
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UKTV head of new media quits
Neil Morris leaves BBC/Flextech joint venture to set up broadband and interactive TV consultancy