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Carlton picked up for The Vice
Carlton Television has been given a formal warning from the Independent Television Commission for showing scenes deemed to be unsuitable for broadcast at 21.00 in three episodes of ITV drama The
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Trouble's in-house graphics department has created a new series of stings for the cable and satellite channel. Designed and directed by Tobin Goffe and produced by Martin Gear, the idents feature
Trouble's in-house graphics department has created a new series of stings for the cable and satellite channel. Designed and directed by Tobin Goffe and produced by Martin Gear, the idents feature
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Lambie-Nairn has created new idents for cable and satellite channel UK Gold. Designed and directed by Jason Keeley, the idents were commissioned by the channel's head of programming, Kathryn Mitchell.
Lambie-Nairn has created new idents for cable and satellite channel UK Gold. Designed and directed by Jason Keeley, the idents were commissioned by the channel's head of programming, Kathryn Mitchell. Produced
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Wise Buddah hits new high at Sonys
Eight independent production companies have been nominated for this year's Sony Radio Awards, including a record three nominations for Wise Buddah.As expected, the BBC dominated the Sony awards shortlists, with 60
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OFF THE RECORD - Lovely bubbly
Say what you like about Michael Jackson (right), but he's certainly made a difference at Channel 4.No, not the programmes, silly, but C4's champagne-soaked spring launch, a very opulent affair at
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BSC'S EMPTY SEAT
Lady Howe stepped down from her position as chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) on Wednesday (31 March), without a successor appointed to replace her.The Department of Culture & Media
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Grampian, Border and STV hook up for poll
Scottish Television (STV), Grampian and Border are coming together in a joint production to provide eight hours of live coverage of the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, writes Nicola Methven.The coverage,
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Sarah Thane - On how much people believe what they watch on television and how much it really matters
The word of the month for broadcasters and broadcasting regulators appears to be 'trust'. Wherever we look, there are investigative reporters turning over stones and finding creepy-crawlies underneath. In some quarters
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COOKERY SHOWS - How food fad became a flood
In recent years, programmes about food have escaped their daytime ghetto and multiplied in the evening schedules, attracting huge ratings - but who's commissioning the various formats and do they constitute a new 'food' genre?
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METRO BROADCAST PICKS BEALE FOR DEVELOPMENT POST
Metro Broadcast has appointed Paul Beale as business development manager.Beale, who has spent the last 18 months at Impact AV, will be responsible for generating business across all services - including
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ITV and CRCA call for public debate over BBC funding
ITV and the commercial radio sector are joining forces to attack the BBC in a joint submission to the panel reviewing the licence fee, according to sources.It is understood that, as
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BBC rejects criticism of Westminster coverage
The BBC has refuted suggestions from MPs that it is failing in its duty as a public service broadcaster to provide proper coverage of parliamentary proceedings, writes Alice Macandrew.The corporation was
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Manchester radio jobs shed by BBC
BBC Production is shedding almost two-thirds of the radio production posts at its Manchester-based entertainment and features department due to a loss of commissions.Staff were told that 21 radio production and
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BBC BOOSTS NEW WRITING
BBC drama has asked seven writers new to TV to submit a treatment on the theme of sisters, one of which will be commissioned and made into a 30-minute film for
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BBC draws up plans for digital library
The BBC is considering a multi-million pound investment in digital archiving in an attempt to catalogue and manage its library, estimated to include over 100 million items of video, audio, stills
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BBC DEAL INCLUDES EASTENDERS SALE TO POLISH TV
The BBC has announced a raft of deals in the wake of Showcase last month.Among the sales agreed are 135 episodes of Casualty to Nelonen in Finland and 130 episodes of
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OFF THE RECORD - Ban the bomb
And talking of the Kosovo crisis, a memo to ITV Network Centre. OTR enjoys a war film as much as the next man (and his name's Norman Schwarzkopf) but wouldn't it
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WORLD SERVICE INCREASES BALKANS COVERAGE
BBC World Service has added extra daily broadcasts in Serbian, Albanian and Bulgarian to its service since the escalation of the conflict in Kosovo last week. From Thursday (25 March), the
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BBC thrives at awards ceremony
Some of ITN's founding fathers, including former editors Nigel Ryan and David Nicholas, joined Trevor McDonald and chief executive Stuart Purvis to collect a special prize for News at Ten at
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BBC WINS BEST DOC AWARD
The BBC has won the Grierson Award for best British documentary for the second successive year - the sixth time overall. The winning show, Inside Story: Tongue Tied from BBC documentaries