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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BBC Prime goes on air beyond Europe
BBC Worldwide pay-TV entertainment channel BBC Prime is to expand beyond Europe for the first time, with a digital satellite TV (DST) distribution deal covering sub-Saharan Africa.BBC Prime launched across the
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INTERVIEW - Testing times ahead
Jane Root sees BBC 2 as a 'laboratory' for British TV. But three months into her job as controller of BBC 2, the controversy over the axing of One Man and his Dog shows she has her work cut out refocusing the channel
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FENTON QUITS BKSTS AFTER FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS
The Moving Image Society's (BKSTS) executive director, Anne Fenton, has announced she is leaving the organisation to set up a new film and television arm for recruitment consultancy Searchlight. Fenton, who
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Hit output headed by African special
Hit Wildlife managing director Carl Hall has revealed a slate of new output headed by a multi-million pound series on the natural history of Africa made by one of Germany's top wildlife cameramen, Rolf Lammers, writes David Wood.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS - Time up for current affairs?
With TV current affairs in the doldrums, much hangs on the launch of new ITV contender Tonight in the old News at Ten slot. If the programme fails to find an audience, it may leave the genre fatally weakened. John Plunkett reports.
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ADVERTISER-FUNDED PROGRAMMING - Commercial break
Programme producers and advertisers are beginning to make tentative advances towards each other. Will it be a marriage made in heaven or is a messy divorce just around the corner? Lucy Rouse investigates.
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Home Office rethinks after broadcasters' action
Broadcasters are claiming a victory after the Home Office decided to amend a Bill threatening to hamper news reporting, writes Nicola Methven.
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Action hires Johnson for kids' shows
Action Time has taken on Amelia Johnson, former head of creative at the Disney Channel UK, in the new role of head of children's programmes, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OFF THE RECORD - Accidents will happen
Viewer-friendly ITN was naturally concerned last week when it received a phone call complaining about its coverage of the Grammy Awards. Plenty of pictures of a muscle-bound Madonna, moaned the caller,
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Task force hit by absenteeism
The Creative Industries Task Force, which is carrying out an investigation into ways of boosting UK TV exports, has had its meetings hit by a wave of absenteeism among its key members, writes Tim Dams.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - IGER PROMOTED TO ABC GROUP CHAIRMAN
ABC president Robert Iger has been promoted to ABC group chairman and given responsibility for the overseas operations of the US network's parent company, Disney. Iger will be responsible for the
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Doc-maker Donnellan dies at 75
Tributes have been paid to documentary-maker Philip Donnellan, who has died aged 75.Donnellan, who worked for the BBC from 1948 until 1981, made 80 documentaries.His determination to address political issues often
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Mansfield orders new ITV '7-Up'
ITV has commissioned RDF TV to make a documentary billed as the network's new version of acclaimed documentary 7-Up, writes Jason Deans.
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United loses C5 contract for The Mag
United Productions has lost the contract to produce Channel 5 children's show, The Mag, to a 50/50 joint-venture between Two Hats Productions and SVC Screen Entertainment, writes John Plunkett.
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C5 and Sky react to ITV news plans
Channel 5 and Sky News unveiled details of their new evening bulletins this week as the battle for news viewers intensified and ITV gears up for its schedule minus News at
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C4 REQUESTS TOP DJS FOR LOOK AT UK NIGHTCLUB SCENE
Channel 4 has commissioned facilities and production outfit the 400 Company to produce a 6 x 30-minute chat and music show about the UK's nightclub scene. Nightlife Legends will take an
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SOUL STARS IN J EDGAR HOOVER FOR BBC RADIO 4
Former Starsky and Hutch star David Soul is to appear in a new 4 x 45-minute drama about J Edgar Hoover for BBC Radio 4. A BBC drama production, J Edgar
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C4 gives go-ahead to indie comedies
Channel 4's entertainment department has lined up two new sitcoms from Hat Trick Productions and a comedy from Open Mike Productions.Perrier award-winner Tommy Tiernan stars in the first of Hat Trick's
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BBC Wales and S4C unveil co-pros
BBC Wales and S4C are building on their recent animation joint-ventures with a slate of new co-productions, including a feature film version of the life of Jesus, writes Jason Deans.
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Moore to host chat show on Channel 4
TV satirist Michael Moore is to host a thrice-weekly late-night chat show on Channel 4 starting at the end of June.The show will feature occasional celebrities and a live phone-in element