All Broadcast articles in 12 December 2003 – Page 2
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Production - McMillan sinks with 140 job losses.
Barely a month after going into receivership, equipment supplier McMillan has ceased trading with the loss
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Production - UK firms develop virtual pop star.
The first ever virtual soul singer has been created and a virtual band is just round
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Interview - Living dangerously.
After being shot at by an Israeli soldier and risky stints in Iraq, it might be thought the BBC's Orla Guerin, over here to pick up an award, might have had enough. But no she'll be back in Jersualem for Christmas.
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Comment - The tabloid telly year.
Crossroads was axed, Cilla and Michael Aspel quit, John Leslie and Angus Deayton were sacked, Michael Jackson was betrayed and Rise fell. What a year, says Nicola Methven.
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On the Box - Two into one won't go.
Did the subject matter of Bodyshock: The Boy Who Gave Birth to his Twin really need a sensationalist approach and spooky special effects, asks Lisa Campbell.
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Opinion - Let battle commence.
With an armoury of new powers at its disposal, will Ofcom be able to resist the challenge of picking a fight with Sky?
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Analysis - ITV's taxing question.
ITV's regional programming could be 'impossible' if the government does not reduce the supertax imposed on the broadcaster. That was the message from its MD, but did anyone listen? Peter Keighron reports.
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Opinion - In my view - Ten tips for 2004.
The year ahead will see more copycat formats and a decline in paranormal programming, predicts Simon Shaps.
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Review of the year - The plums and puddings of 2003.
As another 12 months in broadcasting draws to a conclusion, we cast a wry eye over the year's most notorious moments both on and off-screen, and remember the people and the programmes which made 2003 the year that it was.
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FORMATS & DEALS - ZEAL TO DISTRIBUTE DON'T GET MAD FORMAT.
Zeal Television has secured the rights for the global distribution of new event format Don't Get
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FORMATS & DEALS - SERBIAN TV TAKES SWATHE OF KIDS SHOWS.
Fremantle International Distribution has sold 240 hours of children's programming to Serbian television. Kanal D has
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COMMISSIONS - MARTIN SHAW TO STAR IN PD JAMES THRILLER.
Martin Shaw is to star in a further PD James novel dramatisation for BBC1. The two-part
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Commissioner's Q&A - Sioned Wiliam.
ITV's controller of comedy on snapping up the greatest comedy talent of our time and on what comedy series she would steal from another broadcaster.
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COMMISSIONS - SMG TV DEVELOPS TWO CLUB REPS SPIN-OFFS.
SMG TV Productions is developing a spin-off to its Club Reps series to accompany a third
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Jones stays on as BTDA chair.
Granada International general manager Ian Jones has been voted in as chairman of the British Television
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COMMISSIONS - VICTORIA WOOD MAKES SLIMMING DOC FOR BBC.
Comedian Victoria Wood is to give her personal take on the slimming industry in a new
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Analysis - Profile - Putting a Shine on factual TV.
He says he sounds like a 'complete Trot', but John Silver's record in lifestyle TV marks him out as a man in tune with the commercial tastes of the masses.
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FORMATS & DEALS - FIVE'S HOUSE DOCTOR ON ROUTE TO AMERICA.
Five's hit property show House Doctor is to be screened across Canada and the US after
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FORMAT FOCUS: RACE TO THE ALTAR.
Engaged couples go head to head in a series of trials of mental and physical strength in this competition to win a dream wedding, writes Michael Rosser.
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COMMISSIONS - BBC AND TURNER PLAN SECRET AGENT DRAMA.
The BBC has teamed up with Turner Network Television to commission a three-part drama series about