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Diversity in television - Why television has to change.
The Crouches may have ended its run last week but the programme brought a torrent of attack against the BBC and TV's cultural stereotypes in its wake, which makes the appointment of Greg Dyke as CDN chairman all the more important, writes Jacqueline Asafu
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Opinion - Comment - There's no future in filth.
Even the terrestrials have sunk to new depths in their use of sex, horror and violence to get eyeballs and instant tabloid coverage, but it doesn't have to be this way, argues Jeff Henry.
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Analysis - Will Sky's clouds lift?
As greater competition from terrestrial channels backs Sky One into a corner and its audience share dips, all eyes are on new controller James Baker to see whether he can revamp a stale schedule.
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Opinion - In my view - When opportunity knocks.
No longer in its infancy, the format business has become a multinational trade, open to all and more competitive than ever, writes Mark Rowland.
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FORMATS & DEALS - PARTHENON TO DISTRIBUTE FOR SCANDINATURE.
Factual indie Parthenon Entertainment has signed a five-year distribution deal with Scandinavian wildlife production outfit Scandinature
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FORMATS & DEALS - NODDY GOES TO POLAND, ASIA AND SLOVENIA.
Brand management company Chorion has made several international sales of its£10m CGI children's series Make
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Analysis - Fox hunts for older men.
Fox's Jason Thorp has the tricky job of making a success of new channel FX without cannibalising fellow News Corp channel Sky One. So how will he do it?
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Analysis - On the Box - The Roman way of death.
Jeremy Dear gave the thumbs-up to the action in BBC1's re-creation of Rome's Colosseum if not to the acting, but felt Pompeii buried it as a history programme.
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ITN to give universities free access to archive.
ITN is to give colleges and universities across the UK free access to its huge news archive - one of the world's largest film and image libraries, writes Michael Rosser.
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Format focus: The family - Adam Buckman, New York Post.
The latest experiment in role swapping puts a working-class family into an upper-class country house, where the servants boot one of them out every week, writes Michael Rosser.
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FORMATS & DEALS - NAT GEO BUYS MAYDAY AND DOGS WITH JOBS.
Cineflix's London-based international distribution arm has sold a brace of programmes to National Geographic Channels International
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FORMATS & DEALS - RDF MAKES FIRST SALES FOR US COURT TV.
RDF International has made its first distribution deals for Court TV, after taking on nearly 80
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FORMATS & DEALS - LUDUS SELLS THREE FORMATS TO US.
Format house Ludus is set to make its first foray into the US after selling the
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Dale explains rationale for drama-docs.
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale has claimed factual producers are increasingly making drama-documentaries because
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Lion wins factual orders from BBC.
The BBC has ordered a raft of factual series from Lion Television including an inside look
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AT IT PRODUCTIONS TO MAKE BUSTED DOC.
Indie At It Productions is to make a 60-minute documentary for Channel 4 on young British
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BBC2 to get own consumer show.
BBC2 controller Jane Root is set to commission her channel's first major consumer strand as part of a raft of new orders for the BBC's in-house consumer affairs unit, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Commissioner's Q&A - Aaquil Ahmed.
The commissioning editor for religion and science for Channel 4 discusses the importance of taking a fresh and contemporary approach to religious issues to revolutionise the way they are addressed.
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COMMISSIONS - DINERS OUST HEAD CHEFS IN UK FOOD SHOW.
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 'Faking It-style' cookery series from Red Door
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COMMISSIONS - MMA WINS CELEBRITY REALITY BITES ORDER.
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts (MMA) has won a raft of commissions including a hidden camera