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BBC 1 to drop cheesy celebs.
Mediocre TV turns will not get a look in on BBC 1, according to controller Lorraine Heggessey, who this week banned any celebrity who is not deemed 'credible' from fronting a programme, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ON THE BOX - A direct hit for BBC 1.
The London Studios director of sales, marketing & development Penny Lent was up there with Night Flight but was brought down by Warhol.
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SPECIAL: RAJARS - Radios 2, 4 and 5 hit record share.
The BBC trounced its commercial radio rivals in the latest set of Rajars, with BBC Radios 2, 4 and 5 Live all achieving record reach and share figures.The figures, released last
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BBC 2 unveils factual series.
A hard-hitting series charting the stories of three notorious crimes committed by young people is one of the highlights of BBC 2's new year current affairs output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 TO OFFER INTERACTIVE FIFTEEN TO ONE.
Channel 4 is to launch its first fully interactive quiz show by allowing Sky Digital viewers to play its long-running general knowledge quiz Fifteen to One, writes Simon Ellery. Sky viewers
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RDF wins #6.5m order from C4.
RDF Media has started work on its biggest ever programme commission - a #6.5m project for Channel 4 and TLC billed as 'Scrapheap Challenge meets Robots Wars in hell'.UMC: Ultimate Machine
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BURSARY WINNER GAINS RADIO 4 COMMISSION.
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a five-part drama from the winner of BBC Northern Ireland's first Tony Doyle bursary, which encourages writing for television and radio. The thriller, Fraction of Zero,
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C5 to aim for greater range.
Channel 5 has criticised the 'increasing homogenisation of the established broadcasters' and promised to have 'editorial ambitions that are consciously different' from other broadcasters, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C5 BUYS LIVE UEFA RIGHTS.
Channel 5 has bought exclusive live rights to show the football Uefa Cup fourth round tie between Leeds United and PSV Eindhoven on 21 February.
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BBC set to launch 6 Music digital station in March.
The BBC has set a March launch date for its new digital radio service 6 Music - the corporation's first new national radio station in 32 years, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Abramsky slates Birt's bi-media strategy.
BBC director of radio and music Jenny Abramsky has attacked former director general John Birt's decision to split the corporation into separate broadcast and production divisions, claiming the 'flawed' strategy left BBC radio staff feeling 'sidelined and
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BAFTA'S BIG AD.
Richard E Grant is to star in a big budget cinema trailer promoting the BBC's coverage of the Bafta Film Awards on 24 February, writes Leigh Holmwood. The ad, which hits
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GOLDEN SQ ADDS TO FX.
Golden Square Post Production has added to its effects department with the appointment of Inferno artist Yourick Van Impe who joins from Condor Post Production. Van Impe, who has worked regularly
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CLEAR ADDS PRODUCER.
Clear has added a fourth producer to its team by taking on senior producer Fleur Hollis. Hollis joined after five years at Soho 601 and has also worked at FrameStore (now
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BARB ADMITS DECLINE.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has claimed that television audiences have fallen by an average of 5 per cent but added it was still evaluating its new data. Research has
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Edinburgh TV festival lines up advisers.
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) has announced the line-up for its advisory committee for this year's festival, writes Jon Rogers.
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BARB DEFENDS ITS FIGURES AGAINST CARAT.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has hit back at controversial research carried out by media buying agency Carat last week, which claimed its new measuring system was losing millions of
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SALES AGENT FOR CINTEL.
Cintel has strengthened its sales function with the appointment of reseller Sprockets as exclusive agent for the London region. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Cintel's next generation film
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BLUEYONDER AIMS TO THRILL.
Telewest has unveiled its latest broadband drama commission, which will run on high-speed internet service Blueyonder, writes Simon Ellery.
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FREE TO AIR - Airheads on the airwaves.
You might think, looking at the statistics, that radio is one of the most mature businesses there is: its latest Rajar figures confirm that it is more popular than television. Its