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New BBC 2 controller kicks off Production Show
Basking in the glow of record pre-registration figures (up tenfold on this time last year), The Production Show 1999 reveals yet another trump card. The show delights in welcoming on board
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BBC 2's Root to success
Although currently enjoying the best of health, BBC 2 faces a tough future of growing competition from its rivals. Jason Deans asks if new controller Jane Root can keep it one step ahead of the pack.
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C4 PROBES 1996 DOC
Channel 4 is carrying out an internal investigation into the making of Guns on the Street, a documentary about the illegal gun trade, produced by Manchester-based Ray Fitzwalter Associates and broadcast
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EDITING MARKET HOTS UP WITH LAUNCH OF 1410 DEGREES
Former Essential Pictures managing director Robin Clarkson has launched a new editing facility, 1410 Degrees. Named after the melting point of silicon, the outfit is currently working out of temporary premises
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United Wildlife has bought the library of underwater film-makers Howard and Michele Hall for $2 million (£1.2 million)
United Wildlife has bought the library of underwater film-makers Howard and Michele Hall for $2 million (£1.2 million), writes Nicola Methven.The deal gives United Wildlife, part of United Productions, 145 hours
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ACTION TIME FARMS OUT CATCHPHRASE TO TVP1 IN POLAND
Action Time has licensed the format to quiz show Catchphrase, broadcast on ITV in the UK, to Polish broadcaster TVP1. The Polish version, which has been commissioned for a 52 x
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Panorama beefs up with extra£250,000
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is injecting an extra£250,000 to fund in-depth investigations and high-profile interviews for flagship current affairs show Panorama, writes Jason Deans.
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TYPECASTING - TV Tribes
Defining demographic sub-groups is all the rage. Following on from Blair and the Beeb, now Broadcast offers its take on the 13 tribes of British TV.
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Tony Stoller
A distinguished radio commentator reckons that whenever she hears the word 'transparency' she is inclined to count the spoons. Nevertheless, the current climate in regulation and public administration is for as
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OFF THE RECORD - Teletubbies v tellytubby
Shock news. Vanessa 'I feel wretched' Feltz is going upmarket in the battle for daytime viewers. According to Off The Record insiders, her flailing BBC 1 show is turning its back
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Pulling strings
The latest Rajars offer little comfort to Radio 3 controller Roger Wright. But John Plunkett discovers the station chief is gearing up for a fight.
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REUTERS' PROFITS SLIDE
Reuters has announced a 7 per cent fall in pre-tax profits to£580 million for the year to 31 December. Media revenue, which includes TV services, pictures, and graphics, fell by
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OFF THE RECORD - PC plod
As former England coach Glenn Hoddle knows to his cost, sensitivity is a key requirement when referring to people with disability. Broadcast hacks found themselves in similarly hot water last week
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OFF THE RECORD - Media luvvie
The great and the good turned out at Sky News' tenth birthday celebrations at The Avenue in fashionable Piccadilly last week. Charlie Whelan was there too, dressed like a lumberjack and
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TELEWEST TRIMS LINE-UP
Telewest is understood to have served notice on Carlton Food Network (CFN) and Sky News as part of its shake-up of programming on its analogue service. The cable operator is also
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Scanlon takes leave of Smoke & Mirrors
Bill Scanlon, the co-founder of Smoke & Mirrors' 3D department, has left the company after only six months in the job.Scanlon, who quit VTR subsidiary the Film Factory last July to
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WORLDWIDE SELLS TELETUBBIES TO KINDERKANAL
BBC Worldwide has sold Ragdoll Productions' hit pre-school show, Teletubbies, to Kinderkanal, the German children's channel jointly owned by public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF. Teletubbies will launch on the channel
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HUGHES TAKES TOP JOB AT WELSH TRAINING OUTFIT
Sion Hughes, deputy chief executive of Welsh independent producers' association TAC, has been appointed chief executive of Cyfle, the training company for the film and TV industry in Wales.
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Raven to head UBE sports team
United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) is boosting its commitment to sport by beefing up the management team at United Sport, writes Nicola Methven.
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GRUNDY TO OVERSEE REALITY-BASED TV FOR UNIVERSAL
Annette Grundy has been appointed vice-president, European reality-based television for Universal Worldwide Television Production (UWTP). Grundy, who will be based in Amsterdam and report to UWTP president Ned Nalle, will be