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C4 opens doors to Irish producers
Channel 4 is opening its doors to Irish producers this week in an event co-hosted by economic development agency Enterprise Ireland. On Thursday (7 April), 35 independent Irish companies, including Independent Pictures, Tyrone Productions and Mint Productions, will showcase their work and meet commissioners, including head of E4 and factual ...
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Question Time lines up election debate
Leaders from all the major political parties are to be quizzed by a studio audience for the first time, as part of a Question Time Election Special. Labour leader Tony Blair, the Conservatives' Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy from the Lib Dems will each be given ...
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Ludus to pitch Olympic quiz at MipTV
Ludus, the indie behind political format Vote For Me, is set to meet with the 2008 Olympics committee to discuss launching a new international quiz show. The company is also meeting broadcasters from around the world at the MipTV market in Cannes next week to talk ...
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Emap finance director resigns
Emap finance director Gary Hughes has unexpectedly resigned with no job to go to. Emap, which publishes Broadcast, has seen profits rise every year since Hughes took over in 2000, but it is believed he wanted a larger role at the company. He will leave at ...
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Talent could ruin us
Whether on pitch or in the pitch meeting, now is a lucrative time for talent. But, just as the investment boom turned out to be damaging for football clubs, could it bring mixed results for TV companies? By Alex Connock.
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Trouble at the top
With swingeing job cuts, slashed budgets and the threat of strike action, the BBC is facing one of the most turbulent times in its history. But director of television Jana Bennett says it's necessary pain - and the viewer will benefit.
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Fresh, hot and crunchy
Jamie Oliver has done more than stir up the school meals debate, says Stuart Cosgrove - he's made other PSB output look stale.
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The view from Ofcom
Fresh from announcing that its costs have been reduced, media regulator Ofcom is poised to publish its Annual Plan which is to focus on several key areas affecting broadcasting.
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Woe is me (and TV)
Steven D Wright reveals that a career in television has destroyed his taste for the finer things in life.
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Can home-editing be made to pay?
Apparently it's never been simpler or cheaper to make TV, but as Leo Carlyon discovers, the costs of editing from h...
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Five's co-pro money-spinner
From filming crocodiles to hunting international cash for co-productions, Lilla Hurst is determined to pull in quality programmes and young ABC1 punters for Five.
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Wish you were here?
Splashing out on a Cannes jolly can seem extravagant, but the development producer's trip to Mip is an indie's best...
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Votes of no confidence
With a political process mired in cynicism and apathy, is there anything broadcasters can do to engage the electorate?
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NewsMandabach signs BBC comedy deal
Caryn Mandabach, the veteran US producer behind Roseanneand The Cosby Show, has signed a major sitcom development deal with the BBC.
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NewsRDF plans£55m May Float
It is a fitting coincidence that RDF Media's first commission 12 years ago was for BBC2's Money Programme.
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NewsHat Trick in buyout talks with IWC Media
Hat Trick has opened talks to buy Scotland's biggest indie, IWC Media, producer of Channel 4 hit Location Location Location.
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NewsMTV glimpses home lives of top footballers
MTV is to see how close the constructed world of ITV's Footballers' Wivesis to reality with a series that goes through the keyhole of a number of Premiership footballers' homes.
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NewsCuts yield£100m for BBC TV output
The BBC is to plough an extra£100m a year into its TV division, as a result of the massive cutbacks planned across the corporation.
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Sky and Tiger Aspect to open wildlife shop
Sky One is moving into wildlife programming by making content through a new joint-venture production entity with indie Tiger Aspect.
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BBC loans staff to Bristol indies
The BBC has taken the unprecedented step of hiring out staff to local indies in Bristol in a bid to help strengthen the city's independent sector and keep talented staff in the region.