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THIRD RUN OF THE VILLA TO AIR ON SKY ONE
Sky One deputy director of broadcasting and production Kate Marsh has commissioned a third series of dating docu-soap The Villa from Talent Television. The 12 x 60-minute series starts filming in
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FREE TO AIR - BBC dog nibbles ankles
Does Kelvin MacKenzie have a point? A dangerous premise to start from, as normally Kelvin's crusade for justice for Talk Sport belies a man who has spent half his life thinking
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OZ'S ALAN PARTRIDGE COMES TO PARAMOUNT
The Paramount Comedy Channel has bought an Australian sketch show presented by what has been described as the country's very own Alan Partridge. Acquired by director of programming Sally Habbershaw the
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EXTREME APPOINTS MD
The Extreme Sports Channel Europe has named Phil Jones as its first European managing director. A former Planet 24 producer, Jones joins from Extreme's Dutch broadcast partner UPC where he oversaw
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SKY NEWS AWAITS ITC
The Sky News-led consortium gearing up to challenge ITN for the ITV news supply contract expects to be granted regulatory approval from the Independent Television Commission this week.Thirteen members of the
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Sky pulls out of future awards
BSKYB has decided not to enter any more industry awards events as it considers the submission process too time consuming, writes Simon Ellery.The news comes in the week that the Royal
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BBC SPORT HITS BACK
BBC sport has hit back at claims by radio station Talk Sport that it abused its dominant market position by buying bundled TV and radio rights to the England v Greece
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FLEXTECH BACKS 'PSYCHO-VEGETABLE' SHOW
Flextech has unveiled a raft of interactive commissions across two of its wholly owned channels. Teen channel Trouble has commissioned animation outfit Rainmaker to develop a follow-up to its interactive dating
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LEADER - Indies are key to Bafta success
Last Sunday's Bafta TV awards provided a moment to consider the creative health of British television. An analysis of the 62 nominations and 17 award winners reveals that independent producers made
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IN MY VIEW - Barry Cox
On the industry galvanising itself to create a common programme identification code.
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BBC revives dinosaurs hits
The BBC is raiding the graves of its Bafta-winning dinosaurs in a bid to turn the Jurassic giants into a new breed of BBC stars, write Georgina Lipscomb and Barbara Marshall.The
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BBC signs Box first-look deal
Box TV Productions, the independent set up by former Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal, has signed its first deal with the BBC for a slate of returnable drama series,
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NTL and BBC form British Sport
British Sports broadcasting is set to face its biggest shake-up yet this summer following confirmation that the BBC plans to launch its new sport channel, British Sport, within a month of
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BBC digital radio budget is mired in confusion
The BBC appeared in a muddle over the exact finances for its five new proposed digital radio services this week, after admitting an extra£2m was added to its submission to
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BBC films wins cash boost
BBC Films' new cash injection of£106m of private backing will help the corporation revitalise its TV film output, according to BBC films head David Thompson.Thompson told Broadcast that while the
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BBC Radio unveils election programming
BBC Network Radio has unveiled a comprehensive programme of election coverage in the run-up to polling day on 7 June, including a new daily slot on Radio 1 featuring the station's
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BBC GETS SOLE RIGHTS TO SAILOR MACARTHUR
BBC sport has signed an exclusive deal with sailor Ellen MacArthur for exclusive coverage of her races on BBC Sport Online. The BBC will develop a site dedicated to MacArthur, who
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BBC focuses on British taste
BBC Arts has been asked to produce a four-part series for BBC 2 on the origins of British taste and design, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The 4 x 60-minute series, Taste, will be
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CLARK TO REPLACE HOWIE AT BBC'S HARDTALK
BBC Breakfast deputy editor Carey Clark has been appointed as editor of the BBC News 24 and BBC World daily interview programme Hardtalk. She replaces Caroline Howie who has moved on
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BERTELSMANN RTL STAKE
The European Commission has approved continental media powerhouse Bertelsmann's acquisition of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's 30 per cent stake in the RTL Group. The transaction - due to be finalised on 2