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Metro to launch new media arm.
Technology provider Metro Group will launch its webcasting and new media division, Metro Digital, at The Production Show later this month, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Telegraph apologises to BBC NI.
The Daily Telegraph has been forced to apologise to BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert Cooper over references it made to the political views of the writer of controversial BBC 1 drama Rebel Heart, writes Ashley Davies.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Regional enquiries.
Broadcasters are often accused of looking down on regional indies but now Channel 5 has surprised indie producers by committing part of its spend to the regions. Will the other channels follow its example?
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ANALYSIS - INDIE FINANCE - Millionaires on and off-screen.
Celador, producer of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and a range of successful comedies, has made more fortunes for shareholders such as Jasper Carrott and managing director Paul Smith than it has for the public. Jane Marlow Reports.
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FREE TO AIR - Showing just remorse.
This week I have been mostly abasing myself. The problem, entirely of my own making, was one of insufficient fact checking and the result was that I credited Simon Nye, writer
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BBC re-edits Attachments after BSC ruling.
The BBC has been forced to re-edit its controversial dotcom drama Attachments following a rash of complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV PULLS PUBLIC PROPERTY AFTER SIX WEEKS.
ITV has pulled its much-vaunted daytime reality show Public Property just six weeks after it launched, following abysmal ratings. The last episode of the Anglia-produced show will air this Friday (2
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NTL ALLOTS£5M TO BROADBAND PROMOTION.
Cable giant NTL is to spend£5m promoting broadband to consumers and has set itself a target of 100,000 broadband customers by the end of this year. The outfit, which will
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C5 ADDS MASTURBATION TO RISQUE ROSTER.
Channel 5 is bolstering its reputation as the home of risque sex shows with the commission of one-off documentary The History of Masturbation. C5 controller of special events Adam Perry has
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C4 TOUR GOES TO HOUSE.
The growing outrage over Channel 4's refusal to broadcast the Tour de France this summer has gone to the House of Commons, writes Ashley Davies.
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BROADCAST MAN MAKES C4 FILM.
Broadcast classified sales executive Scott Pearce has co-written, directed and filmed a one-off 25-minute film for Channel 4's late-night strand The Other Side. Due to air this weekend, Cruel Brittania centres
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C4 COMMISSIONS UPDATED CARMEN.
C4 deputy commissioning editor, music Jan Younghusband has asked Landseer Productions to produce a 90-minute contemporary film noir version of Bizet's opera Carmen. Set in a 1960s greasy diner and garage,
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Will and Grace comes out on C4.
Channel 4 has bought the terrestrial rights to air three seasons of high-profile NBC sitcom Will and Grace - 'the gayest show on US TV', writes Ashley Davies.
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New MD for C4's facility.
David Mann has been promoted to managing director of Channel 4's facility subsidiary, 124 Facilities, writes Barbara Marshall.
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C4's Durrance takes role in Big Brother 2.
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, night-time Zizi Durrance has accepted a post as joint editor of Big Brother 2, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITV commissions WW2 crime drama.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Greenlit Productions to produce a 120-minute broadcast pilot for a new World War 2 crime drama from the writer of Midsomer Murders. Written by
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ITV2 boosts schedule with US purchases.
ITV2 has acquired the rights to four new US series and 14 movies from Columbia Tristar as part of its acquisitions drive, writes Penny Hughes. ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has
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Congo tops the minority channels chart for BBC 2.
Scheduling BBC 1 at the moment must be a bit like being a farmer. Every night you scan the Barb horizon for evidence of a silver lining - just one night when
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JAZZ FM BREAKS INTO PROFIT AFTER 11 YEARS.
The Jazz FM group has reported its first profit since its launch nearly 11 years ago. The music broadcaster and retailer - which owns Jazz FM 102.2 in London and Jazz
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5D adds 100 effects.
Effects developer 5D is to add a further 100 effects to its 5D Monsters range and is stepping up its marketing efforts with the appointment of a new business development manager