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Mori poll shows reality TV having major influence on young
Pollsters' head of media research says shows such as Big Brother becoming instrumental to the the way young people interact with each other
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NewsDancing with the Stars gets sixth series
Australia's Channel Seven has signed up to do a sixth series of Dancing with the Stars.
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Flextech signs multi-millon pound Icebox deal
Content provider buys up 170 interactive animation shorts for broadcast on wholly-owned channels
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Nigella takes on America
Champion of English domesticity is thrust in front of US audiences after E! Entertainment snaps up Nigella Bites
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After Effects 5.0
Nick Ridley is dazzled by the latest version of Adobe's latest paint and effects package
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200 jobs go in Soho
London's post-production community is braced for massive redundancies as a full-blown recession in the industry takes hold.As many as 200 people are believed to have been laid off at traditional post-production
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FremantleMedia sells Three's Company to Latin America
FremantleMedia's Latin American distribution arm has sold comedy format Three's Companyinto networks in Chile and Ecuador.
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West Midlands first in digital TV project
The West Midlands has been chosen for the government's first 'digital neighbourhood' project, it was announced this week, writes Steve Aston.
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ENDEMOL IS FAVOURITE FOR NEW C4 BREAKFAST
Channel 4 has whittled the potential candidates for the Big Breakfast contract down to a shortlist of eight, with Endemol Entertainment UK emerging as the industry's favourite, writes Penny Hughes.
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Reality series give children lessons in life
Producers should take great care when making reality TV, because programmes in the genre have been found to have a major influence over how young people relate to each other, writes Simon Ellery.
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NewsBids in for Endemol as sale approaches
Endemol could have a new owner by the end of April, following the reintegration of its French arm back into the main business. Five bids for the production company are understood to have been placed with its owner Telefónica in November.
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World Service wants One BBC
BBC World Service director Mark Byford wants to increase co-operation between the Foreign Office-funded unit and the licence fee-funded BBC and raise the profile of the radio network within the UK, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC plans temp chair
Gavyn Davies may have to step in as a BBC caretaker chairman while media secretary Tessa Jowell delays making a permanent appointment to consult the new Tory leader, writes David Rose.
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Pact allays quota fears
Producers' Alliance Pact this week moved to reassure indies that feared the BBC's independent production quota was at stake by insisting that keeping the quota was still a core plank of
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PREMIERSHIP TO HIT PRIMETIME
ITV is set to screen its main premiership football highlights programme in an early evening slot, hauling it out of the BBC's late evening tradition, writes Steve Aston.
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Shortlist reached for access radio
THE RADIO Authority has shortlisted 15 contenders for its access radio pilot scheme, after receiving more than 200 letters of intent, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada poaches Carlton boss
Carlton Communications commercial director Tom Betts has been poached by ITV partner Granada to strengthen its business development department, writes Simon Ellery.
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Readers to play a part in selections
The Broadcast Awards 2002 launched this week with a call for entries in each of the 16 categories and the inclusion of a brand new readers' vote. For the first time,
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Discovery trawls net
US Broadcaster Discovery Communications has turned to a TV commissioning website to ask UK indies for ideas for its Discovery Health channel, writes David Wood.
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Horizons raids BBC for editor
UKTV has poached BBC 2 head of scheduling and planning Liam Keelan to become editor of its factual channel, UK Horizons, writes Simon Ellery.