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Dutch reformat Granada shows.
Former Granada controller of factual sales and acquisitions Malcolm Allsop, who recently joined Amsterdam-based TeVe Media
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FORMAT FOCUS: THE NEXT ACTION STAR.
Sixteen contestants are given acting classes, weapons training and dance classes in the hope of turning one of them into a big star, writes Michael Rosser.
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FORMATS & DEALS - PRIME SUSPECT HEADS FOR EASTERN EUROPE.
Granada International has made a hat-trick of new sales of hit Helen Mirren drama Prime Suspect
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FORMATS & DEALS - EC AWARDS CHATSWORTH CARTOON SUBSIDY.
The European Commission has granted television company Chatsworth a subsidy of more than£240,000 for a
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FORMATS & DEALS - US LOOKS TO BBC LIBRARY FOR JFK FOOTAGE.
BBC Library Sales has clinched several new licensing deals as broadcasters prepare to commemorate the 40th
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FORMATS & DEALS - ACTION TIME QUIZ SHOWS TO MIDDLE EAST.
Action Time has sold a number of quiz show formats to indies across Europe and the
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Interview - Hanging on at the top.
ITV chief executive designate Charles Allen is confident that top-rating drama, savings of£55m and a new multichannel strategy will spare him Michael Green's fate.
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Analysis - Profile - Frow's relocation, relocation.
Ben Frow has been responsible for commissioning some of Channel 4's most successful shows - but can he retain his Midas touch with a move to Five?
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Analysis - On The Box - Swapping that emotion.
Wife Swap and Pop Idol Extra are shows that buck the trend and provide their respective audiences with 'that rush of emotion', according to William van Rest.
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Analysis - Power to the people.
The BBC is creating a department of audience advocates who will represent the viewer in programme-making decisions. But Jessica Hodgson wonders whether there's more spin than substance behind the initiative.
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Opinion - In my view - 'Good game, good game'.
With a face that in one expression can unify a nation, Bruce Forsyth has enjoyed a career that has come full circle, writes Wayne Garvie.
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Comment - Are you being served?
New research reveals that most unsolicited ideas are chucked in the bin by commissioning editors in favour of their own ideas. No wonder TV has become so samey, says Alan Hurndall.
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Opinion - ITV's identity crisis.
The newly emergent 'one ITV' could give rise to the biggest culture clash in British television. Granada needs to address it now.
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How hit shows happen - Eureka!
Although most breakthrough shows start with a moment of inspiration, putting them on screen usually needs years of trial and error, rewriting and unflagging passion.
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MACCA ROCKS IN ITV CHRISTMAS.
ITV has snapped up a documentary charting Paul McCartney's recent trip to Russia where he performed
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NTL TO ENTICE SUBSCRIBERS WITH TCM.
Digital channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is going free to air on NTL for a trial
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HEWITT APPROVES GRANADA/CARLTON DEAL.
Trade secretary Patricia Hewitt has rubber-stamped the merger of Carlton and Granada by accepting the two
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OFCOM STRENGTHENS LEGAL TEAM.
Ofcom has appointed three senior lawyers to head its legal team. Polly Weitzman and Graham Howell,
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TWG BACKS ASHFORD FM BID FOR LICENCE.
The Wireless Group is hoping to bolster its regional presence by backing a local radio station's
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CHAMBERS TO OUTLINE FIVE'S FUTURE PLANS.
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has joined the line-up of speakers at this year's Broadcast