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Lux departure raises indie concerns
Major worry over ideas getting sidelined as controller of entertainment commissioning finally takes her leave
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Parkhill wins third Soho Shorts Festival
Director of ground-breaking look at disability wins Artsworld film award at Rushes's annual short film festival
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NTL announces 5,000 jobs to go
Cable Business NTL is planning to more than double job losses to almost 5,000 as it struggles to reduce its£10bn debt.NTL chief operating officer Stephen Carter said last Thursday (26
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BBC 1 orders celebrity-led charity show
Format creator Thomas Murphy Entertainment has won its first commission for television, with an order for a BBC 1 celebrity-led charity show in the style of former BBC 1 stalwart Jim'll Fix It, writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV floors BBC 1 in Sunday night fight for supremacy
One last gasp for Wimbledon, the final (BBC 1, Monday 11.35) with 4.43 million, before ITV and Channel 4 were once more serving aces with a Coronation Street special and Big
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10 Alps nets Sky project
10 Alps, the media company backed by former pop star Bob Geldof, has secured a commission from Sky One and three series orders for BBC radio, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Virgin Radio poaches heart 100.7 DJ Denham
Virgin Radio is continuing its drive to find new DJs with the appointment of Heart 100.7 FM DJ Daryl Denham. He is expected to present the drivetime slot for the station.
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£2m boost for BBC news.£
The BBC is overhauling its coverage of business issues with the injection of an extra£2m into its news department and the creation of 20 new posts, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC creative head leaves for US.£
BBC Controller of creative services Dave Howe has quit the broadcaster to join the Sci Fi channel in the US, writes Will Strauss.
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Static 2358 hires BBC interactive director
Interactive outfit Static 2358 has hired former BBC interactive editorial director Mike Clowes as Static Media director of brand development and media strategy. Clowes, who joins from media consultancy NC Company
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Big brother 3 plan
Plans are being put in place for a third series of Big Brother less than a week after the Big Brother 2 finale, insiders have said. Channel 4 sources said the
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Jowell stance on C4 slammed
Broadcasters and producers have this week united in condemnation of media secretary Tessa Jowell's 'ham-fisted' reaction to Brass Eye's satire on media representations of paedophilia broadcast on Channel 4.Jowell sparked a
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C4 to air dating reality show
RDF Media is producing a new primetime dating show for Channel 4 in the style of its critically acclaimed C4 series Faking It, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 to look at Spice Girls' solo careers
Straight TV has been commissioned to produce a one-off documentary about the Spice Girls' solo careers for Channel 4. C4 commissiong editor, music and young people's, Jo Wallace ordered the 60-minute
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Tiger to make architecture series for C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee has ordered a 3 x 60-minute authored series on architecture from independent producer Tiger Aspect and sister company Tigress Productions. The Home Unzipped (working
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Free to air - Brass neck required at C4
Conspiracy theorists weighing up events in Horseferry Road last week might be tempted to put two and two together and make five.First, Michael Jackson announces he is quitting to work in
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C5 To show how to control mad dogs
Channel 5 has commissioned Sunset & Vine to produce a 6 x 30-minute series examining how psychology expert Jan Fennell claims to be able to change the behaviour of out of
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Over 65s failed by multichannel
Multichannel broadcasters are wasting an opportunity by not targeting older viewers as they are easily the heaviest consumers of television. Adrian Edwards Reports.
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Joe 90 back on screen
Legendary children's puppet character Joe 90 has been spruced up for a unique BBC 2 trailer to promote the forthcoming I Love the 1990s series. The 30-second promo will feature a