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EQUITY SLAMS SOAPSTARS AS INSULT TO ACTING
Actors' union Equity has branded ITV's Soapstars series an 'insulting affront to the men and women in our profession who endure low rates of pay, rejection and humiliation in the course
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Granada puts Content rejig plan in action
Granada content controller of factual Jim Allen has kicked off a restructure of the broadcaster's factual operation with a series of internal appointments, writes Steve Aston.
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY DOC BOOST FOR LION TV
Lion TV has won its first commission from UK Horizons with a 6 x 60-minute programme focusing on paranormal activity. Ghost, fronted by Tom Baker, features a team of paranormal investigators
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Disney TV nabs Emap ads boss
Walt Disney Television International has poached Emap Advertising managing director Tom Toumazis to take charge of its European distribution operation, writes Simon Ellery.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Victory against pay-TV fraud
Dutch conditional access firm Irdeto Access has dealt another blow to counterfeiters of pay-TV smartcards by winning a second British court case, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ITC sets cultural agenda
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) this week moved to put content back at the heart of the debate over the future of communications as it published a collection of essays on
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SKY TO AIR AUCTION TV
The UK's third auction channel is set to launch on Sky Digital in November by former HTV director Peter Newby. Auction World dot TV will broadcast between 16.00 and midnight offering
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FREE TO AIR - Tragedy that unites us all
As the horrors of Tuesday's unprecedented destruction in the US unfolded, viewers across the globe gathered around their TV screens and radios while news websites were overloaded with requests for pages
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ITV COMMISSIONS CITV DRAMA FROM ALIBI
London-based drama specialist Alibi Productions has completed production on a 10 x 30-minute children's series for CITV called Sir Gadabout - The Worst Knight in the Land, to air spring next
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French set to star in Granada alien sitcom
Dawn French, star of The Vicar of Dibley (left), is set to feature in a new romantic comedy for the BBC playing a tourist information officer who falls in love with an alien, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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CARLTON ALL SET FOR HISTORICAL ROYAL DRAMA
Carlton has begun production on its dramatisation for ITV of the marriage of the Queen Mother and George VI. The two-hour film, Bertie and Elizabeth, follows the royal couple from their
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Rented facilities
With rents on the up, Soho - the traditional home of post-production - could soon prove too expensive. But as demand for rented office space falls, it may be worth playing a waiting game - or you could just buy instead.
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Tell-Tale and Gullane in animation tie-up
Two of the country's largest children's entertainment producers have teamed up to jointly develop two major animation series.Tell-Tale Productions, creator of BBC series Tweenies, and Gullane Entertainment, which owns properties including
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DIGITAL WINS AOL DEAL
Arts media group Digital Classics has struck a five-year exclusive distribution deal with AOL Time Warner for its National Video Corporation (NVC) performing arts library. The multimillion-pound deal gives Digital Classics,
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INTERVIEW - Backing the future
After an illustrious career in the UK's most traditional broadcasting institution Roger Laughton is now fighting to create a more professional environment with the help of more structured training. By Peter Keighron.
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BBC DRAFTS IN DANNY BAKER TO BOOST LONDON LIVE
Former BBC radio DJ Danny Baker is returning to the corporation to present a new show on struggling BBC London Live. Baker will present his show, which will be a mix
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TWG boosted by bank
The Wireless Group (TWG) has been given a much needed lifeline after securing a£26m overdraft with Barclays Bank, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BAZ HITS AT OLDIES
Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette is expected to hit out at the TV industry's older generation in the Royal Television Society's Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture on Thursday (13 September).
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BBC services may come with strings
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell was due to announce her approval of the BBC's proposed new digital services on Thursday, with one senior source suggesting the conditions imposed on the corporation in return would be 'tougher than anticipated', writes Lucy Ro
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BBC confident its children's channels will get go-ahead
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has said it would be 'unbelievable' if the government rejected either of the corporation's two proposed new digital children's television channels, writes Leigh Holmwood.