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TRADE TALK - Smart politics
As Newsnight editor Sian Kevill goes off to review the BBC's political coverage, insiders wonder if it's just the next stop on her way to the top.
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IN MY VIEW - Ray Fitzwalter
On the potential casualties Michael Jackson and Christopher Bland might leave in their wake.
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ON THE BOX - No laughing matter
Kate Bourne, Target Distribution's director of sales, embraced Masters of Combat, but The Armando Iannucci Show didn't raise a smile.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Rented facilities
With rents on the up, Soho - the traditional home of post-production - could soon prove too expensive. But as demand for rented office space falls, it may be worth playing a waiting game - or you could just buy instead.
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Super indies soar to a higher level
As the indie sector continues to segment into the big fish exploiting their rights and formats and the smaller fry which live from hand to mouth, Peter Keighron asks whether the arrival of the super indies can really upset the power of the broadcasters.
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INDIE BUSINESS - Is selling on the right thing to do?
The independent sector has seen a huge growth in the past five years. Producer Dominic Prince remembers his first experience of programme-making 12 years ago and asks if the health of indies can be sustained.
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TX - A shake'n'vac in drama
Strumpet is a curious film about a pack of stray dogs, a spontaneous poet and a homeless waif, written by playwright Jim Cartwright. But it so appealed to film director Danny
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INTERVIEW - Backing the future
After an illustrious career in the UK's most traditional broadcasting institution Roger Laughton is now fighting to create a more professional environment with the help of more structured training. By Peter Keighron.
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Match of the Day swipes smiles from Premiership
When there is a full-scale battle being fought between ITV and BBC 1 on Saturday night you have to keep reminding yourself it's only August, traditionally a period of calm in
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Making most of broadcast workforce
How to make the most of your broadcast workforce, lesson one: if you can't delegate to one of your minions do it yourself - something that Sky One deputy director of
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Yabba dabba don't
A very drunk PR at Edinburgh told Off The Record in confidence that the Beeb was thinking of using an animated version of Greg Dyke as one of the launch idents
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A model TV show
Channel 4 series Model Behaviour - a kind of Soapstars/Popstars for wannabe models - which is currently in production is apparently not having a very good time of it. C4 picked
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Ideal World in demand at the BBC
Scottish indie Ideal World Productions has scooped a stack of BBC commissions, including its first documentary for BBC 2's Horizon strand.BBC Scotland commissioning editor, television Ewan Angus, has ordered 6 x
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NewsPanorama grabs 3m in current affairs clash
First blood went to BBC1's Panoramayesterday in its battle with Channel 4's Dispatches in its new 8.30pm slot. Some 3 million (11.4%) watched the BBC1 show against 1.5 million (5.8%) for Dispatches.
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Play UK plans weekly footie show
Play UK is set to add to the season's football shows with its own weekly live programme, writes Simon ElleryThe Score will be produced by indie Money and run for two
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Fulmar scoops a terrestrial bagfull
Cardiff-based indie Fulmar has scooped commissions from Channel 4, Channel 5 and BBC Wales, writes Penny HughesC4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee has ordered a half-hour film on architecture. The programme,
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Visual Voodoo makes Bravo travel series
ITN-backed production company Visual Voodoo has produced a travel series for cable channel Bravo.Commissioned by Bravo channel editor Matt Paice, the 15 x 30-minute series Travel Sick airs in October
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NewsThompson escapes blasphemy case over 'Jerry Springer'
A Christian pressure group has failed to have BBC director general Mark Thompson charged with blasphemy for his part in broadcasting Jerry Springer - the Operaon BBC2 in 2005.
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BBC accused of anti-US bias
Viewers in uproar as Question Time audience blames America for terrorist attacks
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BSkyB 'not interested' in 20% C5 stake
Chief executive Tony Ball tells RTS convention there would be 'no joy' in taking a minority stake