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UKTV adds to Betts brief
UKTV has appointed Nick Betts to the newly created post of commercial director of programming in a bid to develop commercial relationships with programmers and advertisers
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RDF wins novel C4 commission
RDF Media's new head of history, Martin Davidson, has scooped his first commissions for the indie, including a major series on the history of the novel for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes
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Documentary will recreate cook's journey
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned film maker Chris Terrill to make a new documentary series recreating the 18th century journey taken by Captain Cook around Australia and the south seas
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Spooks and Cutting It given second runs
BBC 1 dramas Spooks and Cutting It have been recommissioned for second series by controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter and channel controller Lorraine Heggessey
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New Talkback gameshow to trade on looks
E4 head of programming Murray Boland has commissioned a 20 x 30-minute gameshow from Talkback Productions that challenges contestants to predict how attractive they are, writes Penny Hughes
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USN guns for spin-off
Universal Studios Networks (USN) has bought the rights to the long-awaited X-Files spin-off, The Lone Gunmen, which will premiere in the UK on the Sci-Fi channel next month, writes Paul Revoir
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Production system starts new BBC era
The BBC's new production system - One Vision - which is being pioneered in the natural history unit over the next nine months, will be the template for a complete re-organisation of the way the BBC makes programmes, according to BBC director of production modernisation Michele Romaine, ...
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Soho 601 md quits over 'vision'
Soho 601 managing director Mike Wilkie has quit less than a year after joining the Liberty Livewire-owned commercials post facility, writes Barbara Marshall
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Debt probe hits closing Buddha
Details emerged this week about the demise of Soho post facility Laughing Buddha that was put into liquidation two months ago, writes Barbara Marshall
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Digi designs email tool
Avid Technology's audio division DigiDesign has launched a new service called DigiDelivery that allows users to send any type of file, including Pro Tools sessions, video and text, to an email address
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DMW takes on rivals
The organisers of Digital Media World (DMW) and the London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf) have hit back at critics following the launch of the rival Digital Arts Festival three weeks ago (Broadcast, 7.6.02)
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NewsTories threaten to cut BBC licence fee
The future of the BBC's licence fee could now hang on the outcome of the next general election after shadow media secretary Tim Yeo threatened to cut it if the Tories regained power, writes David Rose
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NewsTiger Aspect's Bennett-Jones warns of 'wasted' UK talent
Broadcasters are wasting some of the UK's best creative talent with their 'over obsession' with the under 35s, according to the head of one of the UK's biggest indies, writes Colin Robertson
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Raised voices
Proposed legislation for broadcasting is good news for community radio, but there is serious concern it will lead t...
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Avesco hit by Millionaire switch-off
The American public's dwindling love affair with quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has led to a sharp fall i...
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World Cup boost ITV ad income
England's World Cup progress had provided unexpectedly large boosts to ITV's weak advertising revenues. ...
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Broadcasters are wasting some of the UK's best creative talent with their 'over obsession' with the under 35s
Broadcasters are wasting some of the UK's best creative talent with their 'over obsession' with the under 35s, according to the head of one of the UK's biggest indies, writes Colin Robertson
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One in three have no intention of ever switching to digital TV
The government's ambition to switch off the analogue television signal took another knock yesterday after research ...
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Avesco's profit dives as 'Millionaire' viewers switch off
Avesco, the media company which part-owns the television games ...