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PRODUCTION - A BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO: SYSTEMS CAMERAS.
Andy Warhol-like, everyone now has a camcorder for 15 minutes so it's worth noting that other
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PRODUCTION - Tricks of the trade.
This year alone, one top TV studio has spent more than£30,000 on chocolate and flowers for its clients, guests and talent. In a special report, Kevin Hilton asks studio bosses what else they spend on to bring in work and keep producers happy.
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Production - The strength of focus.
British freelance cameraman James Brabazon's love of adventure and desire to unearth untold stories has led him to war-torn locations such as Kosovo and Liberia - and earned him two Rory Peck Awards.
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FORMATS & DEALS - ELECTRIC SKY SCORES DOC DEALS WORLDWIDE.
Electric Sky has sold a trio of documentaries to broadcasters around the world, including an investigation
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Films drive Five's share.
Five is beginning to dent the big four terrestrial channels' stronghold on the market with its highest audience share ever last month. Jon Rogers sees how a shift in the programming focus has helped it make gains.
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Analysis - Profile - Getting to the bottom of people.
Documentary maker Molly Dineen is known for her intimate, sympathetic portraits of institutions and people - even if they do take forever to make.
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Analysis - On the Box - Time for a bit of originality.
Danny Cohen laments the lack of originality in popular documentaries such as Holiday Showdown and Beckham's Body Parts, which borrow well-used formats.
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Analysis - Old wine in new bottles.
As both the BBC and Channel 4 plan spelling shows based on the same film and more series about buying homes abroad, what are producers and commissioners doing to stop this blatant recycling of ideas? asks Patrick Barrett.
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OPINION - In my view - It's time for a one-to-one.
It's time for the great divide to be breached and for advertisers and programme makers to start talking, writes Mark Boyd.
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Comment - Stop using the 'f' word.
Women have contributed a whole lot more to television than so-called 'feminine' home improvement shows, so it's time to give them the credit they deserve, says Jane Marlow.
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Opinion - Disturbing behaviour.
As a new spat between the government, Today and the BBC erupts, we must back the corporation to the hilt, despite its failings.
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Sky - He's got the job, now can he deliver?
The manner of James Murdoch's appointment as BSkyB chief executive provoked much debate, but now there are more fundamental questions at stake. Can he increase subscriptions, hang on to football rights and boost Sky One? Mathew Horsman reports.
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FORMATS & DEALS - US PRODUCERS OPTION FORMATS FROM ZEAL.
Zeal Television has scored a range of format deals with production houses in the US. The
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FORMATS & DEALS - FREMANTLE TAKES BRITNEY SPECIAL TO US.
Fremantle International Distribution has picked up the rights to a behind-the-scenes special on popstar Britney Spears.
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FORMATS & DEALS - RDF INTERNATIONAL IN NEW ZEALAND DEALS.
RDF International has signed a series of deals with broadcasters in New Zealand. TVNZ has picked
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BBC religion goes for mass appeal.
BBC Religion is attempting to appeal to the masses with a new series that asks sports
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Maverick wins three from C4.
Birmingham-based indie Maverick TV has won three commissions from Channel 4 for next year, including a property show, a programme on premature babies and a makeover series, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITV commissions fly-on-the-wall docs.
ITV controller of news and current affairs Steve Anderson has ordered two fly-on-the-wall documentary series for the spring, following taxi drivers in Manchester and police officers in cities around the UK, writes Paul Revoir.
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Blast! doc looks at notorious chancers.
Blast! Films, the indie behind Channel 4's award-winning opera The Death of Klinghoffer, is making a series of documentaries for BBC2 tracking the lives of entrepreneurs living on the edge of the law, writes Michael Rosser.
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COMMISSIONER'S Q&A - Kieron Collins.
Granada Television controller of regional programmes on reality dating and driving shows, the pilots he would really like to get his hands on and the programming link the industry is missing.