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BBC factual to fall short
The BBC's beleaguered general factual department is 'tens of millions of pounds' under-commissioned after a breakdown in the commissioning system, according to insiders.Sources have told Broadcast there has been a huge
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BBC sets digital radio date
BBC radio will launch all of its new digital radio services by autumn next year, with its first, Network Y, to launch in January, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BREAKFAST PILOTS ON
RDF, BSkyB and Princess, Talkback and Planet 24 will all make pilots for Channel 4's Big Breakfast replacement, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 stake plan slammed by indie Clark
One of the authors of a major review into Channel 4's licence three years ago has blasted the broadcaster's proposal to take stakes in indies, claiming the move would make independent production 'a business not worth being in', writes Penny Hughes.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - TV news heads expect discord
Leading TV news chiefs this week claimed that relations between broadcasters and the government could deterio-rate as the conflict in Afghan-istan continues, writes Steve Aston.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Correspondenttakes on crisis
BBC 2'S GLOBAL documentary strand Correspondent is dedicating four of its 45-minute programmes to issues surrounding the conflict in Afghanistan, writes Katy Elliott.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Government scheme set up for docs on third world
The government has established two funds totalling more than£600,000 for producers to travel to and develop documentary ideas about the developing world, writes Katy Elliott.
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Rapture pay-off 'miserly'
Staff at dance music channel Rapture are being offered redundancy packages of£240 per year of service as owner United Business Media gears up to close the channel next month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Digital exec joins debate on digital tsar
The government's digital tsar should hold a multimillion pound marketing budget and wield pan-departmental clout according to a leading digital TV executive, writes Simon Ellery.
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Carlton axes comedy dept
ITV comedy was dealt a further blow this week after Carlton decided to dissolve its comedy department following controller of comedy Nick Symons' decision to quit.Symons, the man behind ITV's only
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Brook Lapping goes low-cost
Brook Lapping is setting up a new production unit specialising in low budget factual and factual entertainment programmes, as it becomes the latest outfit to move into high volume multichannel output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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KEY HIRE FOR GRANADA
Granada has poached Kieron Collins from the BBC to become controller of programmes in its Manchester region. Collins, who was only promoted to the position of editor, BBC Manchester entertainment and
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TREVES TO STAY AT C4
Channel 4 chairman Vanni Treves' tenure at the broadcaster has been extended to the end of 2003. The decision, made by the Independent Television Commission this week, was approved by media
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NTL ADDS 15 CHANNELS
NTL has bolstered its TV offering by adding a further 15 channels to its programming line-up. Set to go live on 1 November, the channels include two extra Disney channels -
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PLAYJAM TO OPEN IN US
Interactive broadcaster Static 2358 has launched its interactive gaming service PlayJam in the US through New York cable service Cablevision. PlayJam is currently on BSkyB, NTL and Telewest in the UK
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OCTOPUS TV SOLD
Octopus TV parent company Octopus Publishing Group has been bought by Hachette-Livre, part of the French Lagardere Media Group. Operations director Laura Banford said TV operations would remain unaffected and Nick
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EC BACKS OFCOM
The European Commission has thrown its weight behind the call to curtail the BBC's board of governors by firming up guidelines on state aid to broadcasters. It has called for public
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Straight TV set to revive Planet Pop
Straight TV is to revive its former Channel 4 music format Planet Pop after securing an eight-part commission from Flextech-owned channel Trouble, writes Penny Hughes.
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Jowell provokes further delay
The broadcasting industry may have to wait until next summer to learn whether media ownership rules are to be relaxed after media secretary Tessa Jowell announced plans to serve up yet
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Zenith loses iTV boss to National Trust
Anne Dixon, managing director of Zenith entertainment-owned interactive TV outfit Workhouse, is quitting the company to become director of the National Trust, writes David Wood.