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NewsLush says 'entertain me?'
Indies are not putting forward enough quality entertainment ideas, casting a dark cloud over how the BBC will fill the soon-to-be-vacant BBC 2 Simpsons slot, according to BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsLimit partners for efficient production
Programme makers should limit international co-production partners to two or three to reduce conflicts during the production process, according to the head of the PBS network's biggest production arm, writes Colin Robertson
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NewsTelewest borrows two billion
Cable company Telewest has agreed new terms for a two billion pound loan with its banks, writes John Oates
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NewsBazalgette tells indies to link with other companies
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has called on indies to form strategic relationships with organisations other than broadcasters so they can move from dependency to independence, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsPuttnam U-turn on foreign ownership fears
Lord Puttnam has said that he is 'relatively happy' with the government's proposal to allow non-European ownership of British broadcasters following the publication of the Independent Television Commission's review into the programme supply market, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Diverse's Minhas urges development focus
Diverse joint head of programmes Narinder Minhas has called on indies to invest more in development in order to generate better ideas and secure commissions, writes Steve Aston
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NewsFlextech slams indies for multichannel knowledge gap
Executive vice president of Flextech channels Lisa Opie has criticised indies for their poor understanding of the multi-channel TV market, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsStar vehicles no longer a runner say drama chiefs
Two senior drama executives have argued that pitching a drama with a premium star attached no longer guarantees a commission, writes Colin Robertson
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A-Ha! Locals sick of Alan taking the mick
Angry Norfolk councillors are set to officially debate the way the comedy character pokes fun at their area ...
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Ulrika love curse sinks dating show
Ulrika Jonsson's dating show Mr Right last night went horribly wrong ...
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BBC's new voice of America
Why have so many US television viewers become crazy about British Asian presenters? ...
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Norfolk fails to see the funny side of Alan Partridge
The comedy character Alan Partridge came under attack yesterday from Norwich's civic leaders ...
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Can we coin it? Yes we can
Peter Orton says why British children's programmes are winning across the world ...
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TV news with attitude
Five's Chris Shaw argues that it is time to drop the impartiality rules which prevent news bulletins from taking si...
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Osbourne children say TV is not reality
The Osbourne family have fallen out over whether or not their television series is genuine or not ...
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Dyke bans his BBC editors from writing newspaper columns
BBC director general has issued an edict banning programme editors from writing for broadsheet papers ...
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Independent TV chief for BBC
The BBC is to appoint a new senior executive to champion independent television producers ...
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NewsClick here for all the latest news from Broadcast's Future of Commissioning conference...
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