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PEPPER'S GHOST BAGS CITV DEAL
Pepper's Ghost Productions has formed a partnership with US rights developer Beckett Entertainment to develop animation properties, and it has also bagged its first CITV commission writes Barbara Marshall.
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IBIZA HOLIDAY REPS GET OWN SERIES
BSkyB is set to turn its bawdy summer feature film Is Harry on The Boat? (pictured) into a long-running series to air on its flagship channel Sky One, writes Simon Ellery.
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NEWS SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Newsworld overhauled
Newsworld, the annual gathering of international news broadcasters, is overhauling its schedule following the terrorist attacks against the US and the onset of war in Afghanistan, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NEWS SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Al Jazeera plans expansion to UK market
Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera, feted for its stream of picture exclusives of the attacks on Afghanistan, is exploring plans to launch a range of spin-off services in the UK, writes Simon Ellery.
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NEWS SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Afghanistan report boost to Panorama
Beleaguered BBC 1 factual strand Panorama this week scored its highest ratings since being shunted to its Sunday night graveyard slot after screening a special on Afghanistan on the night allied air attacks began, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV Digital slashes fees to reduce cancellations
ITV Digital is offering special cut-price packages including subscriptions for as little as£1 a month to up to 10,000 subscribers in a drastic bid to stop them cancelling, writes Simon Ellery.
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Granada plans idea rewards
Granada is drawing up plans to offer cash rewards to staff who develop successful programme formats in a bid to find its own global hit.The deal would mean staff who generated
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Festival role for Tiger Aspect boss
Organisers of the Edinburgh Festival have chosen an independent producer as advisory chair for the first time in seven years, appointing Tiger Aspect joint managing director Charles Brand to the role, writes Penny Hughes.
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BREAKFAST BIDS CUT
Channel 4 was expected to decide which three of the seven bidders for the Big Breakfast slot will be shortlisted to make pilots for a new show as Broadcast went to
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CUP TALKS BACK ON
Talks have re-opened between German media giant Kirch and the BBC and ITV over the controversial sale of rights to World Cup 2002. Since April the three had hit a stalemate
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3BM BOSS QUITS
3BM Television founder Jeremy Bennett has stepped down from his role as managing director. His successor has been named as Simon Berthon a partner and fellow founder of 3BM. Bennett, who
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SNOW IN CNN DEBATE
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow is to chair CNN's weekly 30-minute International Correspondents show this Saturday examining the current crisis in Afghanistan. Other participants include CNN European political editor Robin
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SHAKE-UP AT RADIO 5
BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show editor Ceri Thomas has been appointed head of news at the station. Taking up the post at the end of October, he replaces Bill Rogers
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IBT SHIFTS FOCUS
Independent producer and lobby group International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) will stop making programmes to concentrate on working with broadcasters and other independents on social action TV projects following the departure of
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BSkyB kicks off interactive football trials
BSKYB has unveiled further details of its interactive strategy which kicks off next weekend (20 October) with the first trials of its 'pay-to-play' interactive Premiership football, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC confirms new division
The BBC this week confirmed that its fourth commercial division, formed from the broadcast and presentation department, could be up and running in the new year, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC may close minority units
The BBC's flagship minority programme centres - the disability programme unit (DPU) and the Manchester-based Afro-Caribbean programme units (ACPU) - are being 'closed by stealth', according to insiders.Sources have told Broadcast
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Atlantic overhaul
Struggling long-wave dance music station Atlantic 252 is expected to be overhauled as a sports-oriented station after its sale to sports internet and radio company Teamtalk Media, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Media Centre's Locke goes to imagineering
The BBC has appointed a head of imagineering after founding head Fiona McKenzie resigned to return to programme making, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - BBC football coverage kicks ITV into touch
BBC 1's coverage of England's World Cup qualifying match with Greece this week put another boot into ITV's ratings, writes Steve Aston.