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NEWS ANALYSIS - Sellers catch cold.
Just a few months ago, the market for content was so buoyant that independent producers were clambering to sell themselves - in parts or wholesale. Now a dramatic change in the climate has brought an end to the hoped-for riches.
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TRADE TALK - Allen shines on.
Despite being accident-prone, Kenton Allen's new role at Shine Entertainment proves he's a pro when it comes to climbing ladders.
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MONEY TO GO OFF AIR.
Financial service Simply Money's 50-strong staff have been put on full paid leave after the channel's backer Invest TV decided to refocus the business into a shopping channel. The channel's 14-strong
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FREE TO AIR - A feeble last judgement.
I'm afraid it is one of those things one can only feel warm about in retrospect - like rickets or rationing. The ITC's final 'performance review' of commercial television was a
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BBC backs current affairs.
BBC Director of television Mark Thompson is set to beef up the corporation's current affairs output with a plan to make the genre a key part of the BBC 1 peaktime
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AD SLUMP HITS CAPITAL.
Capital Radio's share price has taken a hammering after the group warned its profits for 2001 may be at least 10 per cent down on last year's figure of£41.3m. The
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Authority to act on Sunrise.
London Asian radio station Sunrise breached broadcasting legislation after its chief executive Avtar Lit used the station to talk about his political ambitions, the Radio Authority said this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RTL increases pressure on UBM to sell C5 holding.
Channel 5 shareholder RTL Group has challenged minority shareholder United Business Media (UBM) to sell its stake in the station to anyone who will pay the asking price, write Lucy Rouse
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C5 orders more late-night horror.
Channel 5 controller of drama Corinne Hollingworth has commissioned a second series of late-night horror drama Urban Gothic from indie Blackjack Productions, write Leigh Holmwood and Penny Hughes.The 13 x 30-minute
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C4 to roll out indie scheme.
Channel 4 is set to roll out its regional independent research and development programme on a permanent basis and is pumping£500,000 into the scheme, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 converges TV and new media.
Channel 4 is expected to overhaul its new media strategy in a move that will see a much closer relationship between the company's broadband development and its commissioning process.Broadband Lab head
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CHANNEL 4 EXTENDS SECRET RULERS RUN.
World of Wonder has been asked to produce an extra edition of its forthcoming Channel 4 series The Secret Rulers of the World. The fifth 50-minute film examines the story of
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SUMMER ON C4.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner has commissioned Jervis Entertainment Media to produce a one-hour special on the tennis-playing Williams sisters to be screened after this year's Wimbledon tournament, writes
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BBC and C4 share Celeb Big Brother's triumph.
This was a week of contrasting returns as the welcome and triumphant return of Big Brother in its celebrity guise on Friday on Channel 4 encountered the more dubious reincarnation of
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HEAD OF SPEECH FOR R3.
BBC Radio 3 has appointed arts unit editor Abigail Appleton to the post of head of speech programming. Appleton, 35, who currently edits flagship programme Night Waves, will be responsible for
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BBC 2 - Welcome to middle England.
Less than a year ago, BBC 2 seemed confused and quirky, but controller Jane Root's strategy of transforming it into a channel which appeals to Daily Telegraph readers is already paying dividends, reports Peter Keighron.
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WEST 175 PURCHASE.
Media outfit West 175, which produces Master Chef in conjunction with joint-venture outfit Union 175, has bought the rights to European cookery event the World Cook Book Fair from Madrid-based Strategic
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LINK SOLD FOR£15M.
Global brand management company Entertainment Rights has bought Link Licensing for£15m. The deal provides Entertainment Rights with 440 hours of programming.
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TELEWEST UP 11 PER CENT.
Cable outfit Telewest has reported better than expected full-year results with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation up 11 per cent to£247m. News that revenues from the consumer division
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Shine lands£10m+ Sky deal.
Elisabeth Murdoch has confirmed details of her new independent, Shine Entertainment, which has landed a two-year film and television output deal with BSkyB thought to be worth more than£10m, writes Leigh Holmwood.