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BSKYB IN CANAL+ TALKS
BSkyB is in talks with French pay-TV operator Canal+, it was confirmed this week. The announcement from Canal+ on Tuesday (23 February) follows long-standing speculation that the two companies had been
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Redmond puts Brookside in the dock
Brookside creator Phil Redmond wants to turn the ailing Channel 4 soap into 'Friends-having-Sex-in-the-City-in-the-North', as part of an extensive relaunch due to be completed this summer, writes Steve Clarke.Redmond, who signed
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Broadcasters under fire on sex from BSC
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have been rapped on the knuckles by the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) in one of the watchdog's most extensive attacks on sex on TV yet,
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ITC report boosts DTT
The number of homes in the UK that can receive digital terrestrial TV (DTT) could be significantly boosted before analogue is switched off, according to a report from the Independent Television
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OFF THE RECORD - A close shave for Bolton
Fans of Roger Bolton's Right to Reply on Channel 4 (and we're sure there are many) will be familiar with the host's coiffured good looks. Imagine our shock, then, when Mirror
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Shaw drops Coats for Cintel board role
Men in White Coats (MIWC) managing director Steve Shaw is quitting the company to join telecine manufacturer Cintel as its new technical director.Shaw's unexpected departure comes little more than a year
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Blaxill to quit Granada for indie role
Ric Blaxill has resigned from his dual entertainment and music posts at Granada Media to work in the independent sector, writes Nicola Methven.Currently Granada Media head of music and Yorkshire Television
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BLAKSTAD DEPARTS CORPORATION FOR BRAVE MOVE
Documentary film-maker Lucy Blakstad has left the BBC after 10 years to join The Brave Film Company as a freelance director working on commercials and documentary projects. Blakstad, whose most recent
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LNN SEEKS BLACK JOURNALISTS FOR TV TRAINING SCHEME
London News Network is to set up a training scheme aimed at encouraging non-white journalists to join its ranks. Starting from April, three African, Caribbean or Asian radio or print journalists
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BIG ISSUE TO TACKLE LONDON ISSUES FOR LWT SERIES
The Big Issue Film Unit has been commissioned to make a series for LWT on the back of a pilot that transmitted last June. Urbanrites is a 6 x 30-minute regional
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OFF THE RECORD - Big screen debut
Channel 5 is set to multiply its reach at a stroke when it makes a cameo appearance in the eagerly awaited follow-up to Four Weddings and a Funeral.The producers of the
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DEELEY BECOMES LATEST VICTIM OF TALK RADIO SHAKE-UP
Talk Radio afternoon host Peter Deeley has become the latest victim of the station's shake-up following Kelvin MacKenzie's takeover last year. Deeley, who presented the 15.00-17.00 Drivetime slot, was expected to
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BBC chief warns on daytime talk shows
BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland has warned that daytime chat shows must remember their public purpose and will be axed if they become 'primarily focused on entertainment for entertainment's sake'.However, Bland,
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Indies welcome BBC Radio review
Radio independents have welcomed a review of the BBC Radio commissioning process announced by new BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky, writes John Plunkett.Top of indies' shopping list are likely to
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GRIFFITHS GETS MARKETING ROLE FOR BBC NETWORK RADIO
BBC Radio 4 marketing manager Vanessa Griffiths has been appointed marketing manager for the whole of BBC Network Radio. Griffiths, 30, joined the BBC in 1997 as part of R4 controller
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BBC WALES GOES FM
BBC Radio Wales switches on to the FM frequency on Monday (1 March).This is the first phase of a rolling show to put Radio Wales onto FM and covers almost half
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BBC drama fosters Choice talent
BBC drama has produced a low-cost BBC Choice adaptation of a radio play about a Belfast child living through the events since the Good Friday peace agreement, writes Jason Deans.Hambone's Diary,
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Fielder quits BBC to make HTV history
Mark Fielder, series producer of the BBC's Driving School, is turning his back on docu-soaps and defecting to HTV to make historical documentaries, writes Nicola Methven.Fielder, 40, leaves Bristol-based BBC features,
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BBC Creative Services has created eight new title stings for UK Play's new season of live music concerts. Parodying the classic Rank Films openers, the titles were designed by BBC Promotions
BBC Creative Services has created eight new title stings for UK Play's new season of live music concerts. Parodying the classic Rank Films openers, the titles were designed by BBC Promotions
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BAKER SWITCHES TO SALES ROLE AT MAD EDITING
Suzanne Baker, formerly sales and marketing director with Baraka and Evolution, has joined Mad Editing in the same role. She will also act as post-production producer. Mad has also taken on