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Wall to Wall gives BBC Glasgow Kiss
Wall to Wall Television has got the green light to make a contemporary romance set in Glasgow for BBC 1.Glasgow Kiss, written by Stephen Greenhorn, whose credits include Where the Heart
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BBC fee would hit digital take-up says report
Almost two-thirds of those people thinking about buying digital TV in the next 12 months would be less likely to do so if the BBC went ahead with plans to introduce
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EYRE CLAIMS REACH SHOULD BE MEASURE OF BBC SUCCESS
ITV chief executive Richard Eyre has suggested that the key measure of the BBC's success should be reach instead of share of audience. Speaking at the Voice of the Listener &
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BBC ONLINE LEADS UK CONTENT INTERNET SITES
BBC Online is the UK's leading content website, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures registering three million individual users and 80 million page impressions for March. The most popular
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LEWIS LEAVES BBC NEWS
Martyn Lewis, the newscaster who advocated giving equal weight to positive and negative news stories, announced last week he was quitting his presenter's job with BBC News. He will leave the
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BBC pilots fight it out for Saturday peak slot
Golden Rose of Montreux news round-up by Tim Dams.
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Freelance graphics director Tim Goodchild designed the titles for new BBC science flagship series The Planets. Commissioned by series producer David McNab, the titles feature a combination of computer
Freelance graphics director Tim Goodchild designed the titles for new BBC science flagship series The Planets. Commissioned by series producer David McNab, the titles feature a combination of computer-generated images with
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Trade body backs Resources complaint
A trade body representing commercials producers has made a submission to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) accusing BBC Resources of undercutting independents in a bid to attract commercials work, writes
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INDIGO WINS THREE-YEAR NATIONAL TV AWARDS DEAL
Indigo Television has been recommissioned by ITV to produce the National Television Awards for the next three years. The event, which was launched in 1995, will be broadcast on the network
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BBC WINS RACE AWARDS
BBC 2's Goodness Gracious Me won the TV entertainment award at this year's Race in the Media Awards, held last Friday (23 April) at the Savoy in London. The TV drama
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PARTRIDGE FILMS WINS QUEEN'S AWARD FOR EXPORTS
United Wildlife's division, Partridge Films, has won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for the second time in seven years. The production company's credits The Otters of Yellowstone, Secret Sharks and
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AUTODESK UNVEILS MAXMAN PLUG-IN FOR RENDERMAN
Autodesk, through its recently acquired subsidiary, Discreet, has teamed up with Sydney-based effects house Animal Logic to enable 3D Studio Max users to render scenes using Pixar's Renderman. MaxMan, the plug-in
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Birt under attack for sitcom criticism
Resentment of Sir John Birt's recent criticism of BBC sitcoms erupted in a series of scathing attacks on the director general during the Golden Rose of Montreux awards ceremony.Jimmy Mulville, joint
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BBC orders triple helping of Tiger Aspect's Cake
The BBC is understood to have signed up Tiger Aspect Productions' new French and Saunders sitcom, Let Them Eat Cake, for three series.The decision to offer a three-run deal for the
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Pitcher appointment bolsters NHU team
Fiona Pitcher is moving from BBC adult education to BBC Production's natural history unit (NHU), where she will take up the post of editor of zones and events, writes Liz Shackleton.Pitcher
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Med TV appeal to ITC fails to get ban lifted
Kurdish satellite broadcaster Med TV has had its licence revoked after failing to convince the Independent Television Commission that its broadcasting ban should be lifted, writes Liz Shackleton.The notice revoking Med
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BBC may pull antiques show
The BBC is considering pulling leisure series Antiques Inspectors following the murder of presenter Jill Dando this week.The first episode of the eight-part series, produced by BBC features in Bristol, aired
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Flicks Films was commissioned by Yorkshire Television to produce an animated title sequence for new children's series Wilmot. YTV senior graphic designer Judy Lysaght provided the storyboard that insp
Flicks Films was commissioned by Yorkshire Television to produce an animated title sequence for new children's series Wilmot. YTV senior graphic designer Judy Lysaght provided the storyboard that inspired the comic
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Winning the news war
When Nato planes bombed Serbia, ratings for news bulletins soared. But as the conflict drags on, the cost of coverage is rising and broadcasters are beginning to feel the strain. John Plunkett reports.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Slight entertainer
Last year's ratings figures show BBC 2 has been tenacious in holding on to its audience despite the slow rise of Channel 5, but it is still faring badly in the field of entertainment.