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Indies challenge C4 over tax breaks
Six leading independent production companies have banded together to challenge Channel 4 over its refusal to allow them to use a tax break for programme-making.The unnamed group of drama producers have
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Carlton sees ITV slate drop
The total value of Carlton-made shows for ITV dropped nearly 14 per cent, from£80 million in 1998 to just£69 million in 1999.Carlton Productions managing director Waheed Alli, told Broadcast
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Broadcast news launches on produxion.com
Broadcast went online on Thursday (27 January) as part of the launch of a web portal for television producers and broadcasters.Broadcast will provide both a daily news service and details of
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BBC mulls EastEnders expansion
BBC 1 is working on plans for a fourth weekly episode of EastEnders, writes Tim Dams.The proposals have been under discussion for some time between BBC drama executives and BBC 1
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Grade back in TV world
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade is to dip his toe back into the world of television for the first time since leaving Horseferry Road in 1997, writes Tim Dams.Grade
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ANGLIA'S TRISHA LANDS PEAKTIME ONE-OFF
Anglia Television has secured a one-off peaktime commission from ITV for a celebrity-based show starring daytime presenter Trisha Goddard.Celebrity Heartbreaker will focus on the difficulties encountered by high-profile media celebrities when
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C4'S BARKER ORDERS F WORD AND 'REAL' BEACH SHOWS
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker is waiting to schedule a 1 x 60-minute documentary called A Brief History of the F Word, made by Oxford Films.
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VANESSA FELTZ TO TALK TELEVISION WITH LION TV
Lion Television has won the contract to make Vanessa Feltz's new daytime show, 10 x 30-minute series Talking Television - despite the fact that BBC Production's features and events department made
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C4 COMMISSIONS NORTHERN SOUL COMPETITION WINNER
Rochdale psychiatrist Avnish Luthra has been commissioned to write a drama for Channel 4 after his 30-minute play, Cross My Heart, won the channel's Northern Soul drama writing competition. The judges
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ITV NETWORK AND CARLTON STAND BY OK! TV
The ITV Network Centre has dismissed reports that Carlton Television masthead show OK! TV is to be dropped. A spokeswoman said ITV network executives had been 'thrilled' with the series' average
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WRITERS TAKE UP RESIDENCE AT BBC DRAMA
BBC drama has signed up its first ever writers in residence. Diane McInerney and Sebastian Baczkiewicz will work with established script writers in radio and TV for the next six months
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CARLTON READIES TRIPLETS ONE-OFF FOR ITV
Carlton Television is in post-production on an ITV single 60-minute documentary about a Nottinghamshire school that has five sets of triplets, aged between 12 and 18. Triplets is due to be
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BRILLIANT WINS CITV TIMMY TOWERS SERIES COMMISSION
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has ordered a first series run of Timmy Mallett comedy drama vehicle Timmy Towers from Mallett's indie Brilliant TV. The 7 x
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Avalon enters US fray with LA office
The Avalon Group has opened a Los Angeles office with a brief to represent British production companies, formats, programmes and talent in the US.The new arm, Avalon Management USA, will also
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BBC to swing with Primates
The BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) is making a new series about primates that will let viewers make up their own minds about the similarities and differences between humans, monkeys and
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Princess brings net to C4
Channel 4 has lined up Princess Productions to make a new entertainment show about the internet, fronted by Gail Porter and comedian Chris Addison, writes Ashley Davies.Commissioned by C4 head of