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Pay-TV outfit invites indie entertainment ideas
Pay-TV company DBC has invited pitches from indies for entertainment content for a young audience after poaching BT business development manager Alen Lang to develop its online and VOD business, writes
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Voyager to make doc on 1980s pop star
Scottish Television has commissioned Voyager Television to produce a 30-minute documentary on the life of the late Scottish pop star Billy Mackenzie of the seminal 1980s band The Associates, writes Colin
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Barker orders second run of Secret City
Carlton controller of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned a second series of Secret City from LNN Factual, writes Colin Robertson.The 4 x 30-minute second series will air in a
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Gavan Duffy tackles Beast again for BBC 1
Margot Gavan Duffy is to produce the second series of Simon Nye comedy series Beast for BBC 1 later this year, after being recruited by Pearson TV to join its Little
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Trouble in Topshop tie-up for live shows
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - Flextech teen channel Trouble has signed a deal with Topshop to produce a series of live 1 x 30-minute magazine shows this summer at the retail giant's flagship
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Tarbuck to take lead in Red series for BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned a new 6 x 30-minute drama series, Linda Green, from indie Red, writes Tara Conlan. Liza Tarbuck is poised to take the lead role,
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Carlton uncovers stars' pasts for Carlton show
The past lives of some of the entertainment world's biggest stars will be brought to life via a new 8 x 30-minute Carlton regional programme, Legends, writes Colin Robertson.The
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ITC to investigate Channel 5 over smut claims
Inquiry follows media secretary's Commons intervention
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BT strikes music deal for broadband service
BT has struck its first music content deal for its broadband offering Openworld with band managers 19 Management, writes Simon Ellery. The deal centres on title sponsorship of a forthcoming S
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Salmon orders child abuse drama for BBC 1
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned a feature-length drama co-production from BBC Films and BBC Wales news and current affairs, writes Tara Conlan. Care is written by
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OFT delays report on BBC's indie quota
BBC's digital expansion to blame for report's late arrival
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SKILLSET SHAKES UP TRAINING SUBSIDIES
Skillset has restructured some of its training subsidies, following the ending of the Department for Trade & Industry Sector Challenge initiative. The national training organisation is to invest£300,000 in training
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OFF THE RECORD - NEWSNIGHT'S MYSTIC MEG
But perhaps it's BBC 2 that should be accused of dumbing down. OTR thought it must have been watching Tonight with Trevor McDonald when it stumbled across a Newsnight item last
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TROUBLE TIES UP WITH TOPSHOP FOR LIVE PROGRAMMES
Flextech teen channel Trouble has signed a deal with Topshop to produce a series of live 1 x 30-minute magazine shows this summer at the retail giant's flagship store in Oxford
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UKTV orders lifeboat show
UKTV channel UK Horizons has commissioned Face TV to produce a 13 x 30-minute series following the work of a lifeboat station in Northern Ireland with co-producer Channel 5 commissioning an hour-long, one-off special, writes Simon Ellery.