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Redmond indie to revamp Grange Hill.
Phil Redmond, the creator of BBC 1's long-running school drama Grange Hill, is set to take over its production through his independent company Mersey Television as part of an attempt to
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Quantel unveils heir to Paintbox.
Quantel has unveiled details of its first major new graphics package since it launched Paintbox 20 years ago.The as yet unnamed package, which will run either on a high-end purpose-built platform
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SKY ONE REORDERS KIRSTY'S HOME VIDEOS.
Sky One has ordered a second run of Kirsty's Home Videos (right). Deputy director of broadcasting and production Kate Marsh has commissioned a 13 x 60-minute run of the series in
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Sky raps 'illogical' rules.
BSkyB has hit out at the government's cross-media ownership rules, branding them 'illogical' and 'discriminatory', writes David Wood.
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MTV to offer interactivity.
MTV is to become the first entertainment channel to launch 24-hour interactivity as it continues to fend off competition from rival Emap Performance TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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NEW SERVICE FROM SAM.
TV and film graphics technology support firm Sufficiently Advanced Magic (SAM) has introduced a new hire service aimed at post houses. Based on the need for increased processing and storage capacity
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OFF THE RECORD - So touchy.
Talking of nastiness, the clash of the late night chat-o-comics - Johnny Vaughan in the blue corner, Graham Norton in the pink one - kicked off early, a full four months
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SKYTEXT REVAMPED.
BSkyB is poised to unveil a faster and improved text service that will allow viewers to watch TV while accessing around 2,000 pages of information. The revamped SkyText will launch next
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Ex-Blue Peter editor attacks BBC's digital curriculum
Lewis Bronze spearheads campaign to stop corporation's monopoly on digital educational content
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BT confirms broadband price cuts
New chief executive Ben Verwaayen says charges will be cut 'substantially'
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Dyke throws out dumbing-down claims
BBC director general says in his annual address that corporation's programming 'is getting better and will get better still this year'
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Davies promises no political downgrade
BBC chairman responds to joint letter from Labour and Conservative chairs insisting corporation remains committed to quality political coverage
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Blaxill rejoins Capital
Ex-TOTP producer appointed deputy programme controller for London station
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Dyke throws out general dumbing-down claims
BBC director general says in his annual address that corporation's programming 'is getting better and will get better still this year'
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Davies promises no political dumbing-down
BBC chairman responds to joint letter from Labour and Conservative chairs insisting corporation remains committed to quality political coverage
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BBC 2 unveils juvenile crime 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 HolmwoodThe 3
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RDF wins£6.5m order from Channel 4
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 Robot Wars in hell', writes Colin Robertson
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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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Blueyonder aims to thrill
Telewest has unveiled its latest broadband drama commission, which will run on high-speed internet service Blueyonder, writes Simon ElleryTelewest creative director Jett Loe has commissioned World's End Productions to make a
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LWT asks indies for London programmes
LWT managing director Lindsay Charlton is to commission half of the 12 x 60-minute programmes for the next series of the London Programme from independents.He claimed the decision to look