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C5 TO AIR WEST DOCS
Channel 5 is standing by its decision to broadcast Fred and Rose - The West Murders, a 3 x 60-minute documentary about Fred West, featuring tape recordings of his confessions. C5
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ATTWELL TO LEAVE C5
Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has confirmed he is leaving the channel, as predicted in Broadcast (17.8.01). Attwell, who will leave C5 within the next few weeks, is to
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C5 predicts viewing rise
Channel 5 will increase its regular audience share to more than 6 per cent by next year, C5 chief executive Dawn Airey claimed on Sunday, write Georgina Lipscomb and Ashley Davies.Speaking
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ABC SNAPS UP SKY SHOW
Target Distribution has sold Sky One reality show Single Girls to US TV network ABC. The 6 x 30-minute series will be made by US production company Stone Stanley Entertainment. Meanwhile
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Ulster may take ITV to court over digital ads
ITV franchise holder Ulster Television is believed to be poised to take Carlton and Granada to court over their use of the ITV brand in Northern Ireland to promote ITV Digital, writes Steve Aston.
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Choice chief looks ahead
BBC choice controller Stuart Murphy wants his channel to be like BBC 2 Newsnight presenters Jeremy Paxman and Jeremy Vine if it is allowed to become BBC 3, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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FREE TO AIR - Blood on the BBC carpet
Sunday should have been a red-letter day for the BBC. For the second week running Anne Robinson had exposed Des Lynam as ITV's weakest link.The Independent on Sunday, meanwhile, splashed with
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Tiger chief goes it alone with Zeal
Tiger Aspect board director Mark Linsey has left the indie to launch a new company, Zeal Television, backed by£4m from Sportsworld Media Group, writes Simon Ellery.
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OFF THE RECORD - Base humour from Anderson
The differences between the Edinburgh comedy and television festivals are pretty minimal - in both cases hundreds of people mass together in small spaces to laugh at hilarious onstage antics. And,
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EU quotas anger TV execs
European Union proposals to force broadcasters to meet investment quotas based on turnover rather than transmission quotas have come under attack from commercial broadcasters, writes Simon Ellery.
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ANIMATION STUDIO UP
Producer Clive Hedges and former Audiomotion managing director Mike Cox have set up a motion capture and computer animation studio called Animotion at Pinewood Studios. Two former Audiomotion colleagues have joined
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Guardian and UBC consider Atlantic deal
Guardian Media Group (GMG) and UBC are in talks with RTL about buying its stake in beleaguered radio station Atlantic 252, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ON THE BOX - A captive audience
The Facilities Group director of television Tom Horton would rather spend time with Ten Most Wanted Murderers than JK Rowling.
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Leading ISP turns away from content
Content is no longer king according to one of the country's largest internet service providers, writes Luke Satchell.
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EC rules may force an end to BBC governors
The European Commission is set to put further pressure on the government to bring the BBC under the control of Ofcom after calling for all state-funded broadcasters to prove that they
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Night of a thousand Star Treks on BBC
BBC 2 is to devote a whole evening to mark the 35th anniversary of cult sci-fi series Star Trek, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC to boost business TV
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has admitted her channel has failed to cover business issues outside of news bulletins and has called on producers to come to her with fresh ideas.In
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NO BBC ONLINE CHARGE
BBC director of new media Ashley Highfield has abandoned plans to charge foreign users of BBC online services because the logistics 'made it near impossible to implement'. However, it is thought
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BBC LONDON REJIG
Local radio station BBC London Live is expected to be renamed BBC London in the autumn as part of a new strategy for radio and TV in the capital. The station,
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BBC pursues drive to find top comedy
The BBC is to put a renewed emphasis on finding comedy hits for BBC 1 by actively developing BBC 2 as a creative test-bed, BBC director of television Mark Thompson has confirmed, writes Leigh Holmwood.