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Lion TV to back Leopard
September Films head of factual James Burstall has quit the indie to set up a new joint venture company with Lion TV, writes Colin Robertson.
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BARAKA TAKES ON TWO
Ruthless Edit Company founder David Freemantle and fellow editor Matthew Hall have joined Baraka Post Production. Freemantle said the move was a way of reducing overheads. The pair join Baraka's existing
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BARTON TO BIRMINGHAM
Carlton Central has appointed Dan Barton as editor of its Birmingham newsroom. Currently editor of Central News East in Nottingham, he will be responsible for an autumn relaunch of the Central
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Dyke block threatens producer choice at BBC
The future of BBC producer choice is under threat after it emerged this week that director general Greg Dyke personally blocked a£1m outside broadcast contract with an independent facilities company.Broadcast
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BBC NI to embark on docusoap trail
BBC Northern Ireland is set to ramp up its docusoap output - several months after the genre was consigned to the backwaters of the mainland's television schedules.Despite London-based television executives having
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BBC factual chief shakes up team
BBC Controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody has restructured her team to reflect new roles and areas of responsibility and to make the structure simpler for indies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Game, set and match to BBC with Wimbledon
BBC 1 served an ace with its coverage of Wimbledon seeping in with a third week, writes Jon Rogers.
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SPUR FOR BBC WALES
BBC Wales programmes must make more of an impact on the national networks if Welsh people are to stop becoming the butt of jokes, the Broadcasting Council of Wales (BCW) said
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BBC to boost US factual orders
The BBC plans to increase the amount of factual production work it undertakes for US broadcasters as part of the expansion of BBC Bristol's commercial arm, Wild Vision.The plan follows the
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BSKYB LICENCE BID
BSkyB has applied to the Independent Television Commission for a non-exclusive local delivery licence to broadcast TV and related services across BT and Kingston Communication's DSL networks. A Sky spokesman said
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Viewers still flocking to the Big Brother House
With Wimbledon only a week away, Big Brother continued to dominate the minority Top 30, enabling Channel 4 to hold its primetime share above nine per cent for the third week
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Yorkshire boost for GMG Radio
Guardian Media Group Radio has scooped the coveted Yorkshire regional radio licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Major TV boost lifts Pinewood
Pinewood Studios is investing a further seven-figure sum in television facilities to accommodate the next series of The Weakest Link which it has won from Magic Eye Studios in Wandsworth.Work has
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PINNACLE GAINS BORG
Pinnacle Systems has appointed Niels Borg as Deko product specialist. Borg will provide customer training and sales demonstration of the graphics and character generator throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. He
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VIRGIN RADIO SIGNS DJ FROM BOURNEMOUTH
Virgin Radio programme director Paul Jackson has signed another new DJ to the station. Ben Jones, 23, takes up the Friday and Saturday night show Wheels of Steel, replacing John Revell.
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TRADE TALK - On the Box - Game, set, downpour
ITV controller of news and current affairs Steve Anderson found Wimbledon 2001 a damp squib while Party in the Park rocked.
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BREAKFAST SWITCH
Channel 4 has begun the process of looking at alternative programme formats to The Big Breakfast after its deadline for submissions passed on Monday (9 July). The broadcaster is thought to
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BROADBAND PUSH
The UK's biggest cable operators Telewest and NTL are to launch a joint multi-million pound marketing initiative to promote broadband take-up on cable.
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TV jokes 'difficult' claims BSC report
Offbeat jokes broadcast in late-night comedy programmes have been a major sticking point for the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Colin Robertson.
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Wise Buddah strengthens radio line-up
Indie Wise Buddah has strengthened its radio programming department with a brace of senior appointments, writes Georgina Lipscomb.