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Right to reply reduced on C4
Channel 4 has scaled back its consumer feedback programming from 10 hours to just over three hours a year, while putting viewers' 'right to reply' on the web, writes Penny Hughes.Four
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S4CI puts£6m in cartoon venture
S4C International (S4CI) is pumping£6m into animation following the launch of a children's strategy group chaired by former BBC head of children's television Anna Home, writes Penny Hughes.The Welsh broadcaster
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C4 promotes Big Bro deputy
Channel 4 has promoted former Big Brother 2 deputy commissioning editor Zizi Durrance to become deputy commissioning editor, features, reporting to commissioning editor, features Ben Frow, writes Penny Hughes.Durrance, who was
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NOBLES GATE WINS C4 FUNDS FOR ALIEN SHOW
Fledgling Edinburgh-based independent producer Nobles Gate has secured Channel 4 development funding to make a programme for Film Four. Alien Evolution is a 75-minute documentary on Sigourney Weaver's Alien films.Commissioned by
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C4 FASHION PRESENTER SETS UP GOGGLE EYES
The presenter of Channel 4's fashion series Slave, Chris Cleverly, has launched an independent production company in London, Goggle Eyes Productions. The company has co-produced a documentary on the Monaco World
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C4 orders makeover show
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, daytime Jo McGrath has ordered a 55 x 30-minute makeover series from Southampton-based indie Topical Television, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Tell It To Me Straight, which will air
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Buddah gains C4 Jesus deal
Wise Buddah TV has secured its first commission from Channel 4 with a 12 x 5-minute series based on Jesus' 12 disciples, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, religion Elizabeth
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Lygo plans more C5 repeats
Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo is looking to repeat more C5 programming, despite having an extra£26m in his budget, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to sources, Lygo wants to 'showcase'
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Action Time scales down UK operation
Action Time is to undergo a major restructure to focus on international formats following the departure of joint managing directors Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane.As part of the restructure Action Time's
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TV FESTIVAL - Edinburgh acts
This weekend the television industry decamps to Edinburgh for its annual fest of backslapping, navel-gazing and, of course, serious debate. Broadcast selects a handful of the best of this year's many provocative sessions.
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HARTSWOOD BUYS BUD AD CREATOR'S BOOK
Independent Hartswood Films has bought the feature film rights to the first novel from Paul Burke, co-creator of the cult Budweiser ads. Rather Frank tells the story of a Roman Catholic
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BIRT TO ADVISE BLAIR
Former BBC director general Lord Birt has been appointed as a key advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair's new forward strategy unit based at 10 Downing Street. The part-time position is
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FIVE LIVE TO AIR MAN U
BBC Radio 5 Live has won exclusive rights to cover all Manchester United's home matches with European teams for the next two seasons. The news will come as a blow to
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FREE TO AIR - Mass appeal for creativity
The creation of a single regulator for communications, Ofcom, is a mammoth task involving 1,000-plus people and the expectations of hundreds of commercial and public service operators. But if it's done
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OFF THE RECORD - Nipple removal all in a day's work
It's a fair bet that most people in the industry won't have to complete the obscure tasks that graphics artists have to. OTR did a spot poll this week and it
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LEADER - Ofcom's future is already shaky
Here's a statement to upset the broadcasting apple cart as it trundles towards the Edinburgh and Cambridge talking shops: the creation of Ofcom isn't a dead cert. Those close to the
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RATINGS - BBC has the right answers for Saturday night
The BBC trounced its closest rival in the Saturday peaktime stakes this week as ITV's much vaunted Premiership highlights debut drew a lacklustre crowd, writes Jon Rogers.According to unofficial overnights, ITV's
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Web museum to put BBC archive online
The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) is formulating ambitious plans to place the whole of its archive on the internet in order to create an 'electronic museum', writes Leigh Holmwood.The NHU,
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Autumn laughs for ITV
ITV put comedy back into the heart of its schedule as it announced its autumn line-up this week, writes Steve Aston.The Sketch Show comedy series created by Steve Coogan indie Baby
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BBC awaits Jowell's verdict on digital
The BBC faces at least another two-week delay before hearing whether it can press ahead with its new digital channels after media secretary Tessa Jowell abandoned her plans to speak at