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News analysis - A new generation.
19TV, the winner last week of the indie of the year award, is one of a new kind of producer which has learnt how to turn a UK TV series into an international cross-media hit. How can other indies learn the trick?
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ITV Merger - Will two into one go?.
The proposed merger of Granada and Carlton was this week referred to the Competition Commission. But if the deal does get the go-ahead, what can staff, programme suppliers and advertisers expect from a single ITV?
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Interview - Street credibility.
By ditching efforts to appeal to the young and bringing back character-based drama, producer Kieran Roberts has put the UK's original soap opera back on top.
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CITY WATCH - Advertisers play a waiting game.
Despite signs of an ad recovery, media companies are showing widely differing fortunes. But any upturn will have to wait until the war is over.
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TX - A sense of well-being.
One Wednesday last November, nine documentary crews from BBC Bristol set out to take a snapshot
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Off the record - Don't frighten the patients.
Spare a thought for the executive producer whose job was to help set up access to
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Off the record - Indie Awards.
Award for best line at the Indie Awards last week goes to pub landlord Al Murray,
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Off the record - Sun style lives on.
The life of a media secretary is not all glamorous openings and celebrity soirees - as
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Programming - Dancing lands peak C4 slot.
Channel 4 is looking to broaden the appeal of creative dance with a season of 11 films to be broadcast in a Saturday night peaktime slot, writes Penny Hughes.
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Programming - Five whittles UK's heritage down to top 10.
FIVE has ordered a two-part 'top 10' series counting down Britain's most popular stately homes and ancient monuments, writes Penny Hughes.
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Programming - WESTLIFE TAKE A COUNTRY & WESTERN TURN.
Ubiquitous boy band Westlife are to turn their hand to country and western music in a
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Programming - FOUNDATION'S KIDS SHOWS GET THUMBS UP.
Foundation TV, the producer of The Basil Brush Show, has secured a series of recommissions for
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Programming - C4 To give over Rise time for war reports.
Channel 4 is poised to cut back its ailing breakfast show Rise to make room for
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Programming - WESTCOUNTRY SIGNS UP FOR HOSPITAL REALITY.
Carlton Westcountry controller of features and programme development Caroline Righton has commissioned a further series of
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Programming - LA PLANTE BACK WITH TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION.
Lynda La Plante is going into production on a new two-part Trial and Retribution (pictured) for
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Programming - DOWN TO EARTH GOES IN-HOUSE FOR FOURTH RUN.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have commissioned a fourth
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Programming - BBC2 LINES UP SEASON OF FILMS ON INFIDELITY.
A series of five films looking at themes of love and infidelity have been put together
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Programming - VIRGIN ADDS SECOND SHOW FOR GULF TROOPS.
Virgin Radio has added an extra request show for members of the armed forces serving in
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Technology & facilities - HD Conference - Leading light makes bold claim for HD.
A British film and TV producer has claimed that producing content in high definition offers better value for money than both 35mm and Super 16mm film, writes David Collins.
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Technology & facilities - HD Conference - BBC post buys from Quantel.
BBC Post Production has spent nearly #750,000 on a new HD finishing system, including kit from Quantel, writes Will Strauss.