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BBC BOSS HEADS FOR US
UKTV channels controller Kathryn Mitchell is leaving the BBC/Flextech joint-venture to join US cable channel Comedy Central in New York. Mitchell will take up the role of vice-president of programming and
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ATTWELL TO LEAVE C5
Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has confirmed he is leaving the channel, as predicted in Broadcast (17.8.01). Attwell, who will leave C5 within the next few weeks, is to
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ABC SNAPS UP SKY SHOW
Target Distribution has sold Sky One reality show Single Girls to US TV network ABC. The 6 x 30-minute series will be made by US production company Stone Stanley Entertainment. Meanwhile
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FOOTBALL CLUBS ONLINE
Football clubs are taking advantage of new broadcasting rights to stream match highlights on their websites. West Ham, Leeds, Chelsea and Southampton will all take advantage of a highlights package complied
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ITV2 BOSS SET TO LEAVE
ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts is leaving the digital channel. Lofts, who took up the role in February last year, is set to leave the channel within the next month.
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CBBC plans 'DIY' TV
CBBC Controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a fly-on-the-wall documentary series following a group of young people as they attempt to make their own television programme.The 6 x 25-minute series DIY.tv, to
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C4 to air cartoon theme nights
Channel 4 is running themed nights on 'blaxploitation', science fiction and Japan as part of its two-hour animation zone which kicks off one night a week for six weeks from the autumn, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC 1 backs crime strand
BBC 1 is continuing its Crime Doubles strand with a new six-part forensic science thriller series from BBC Wales, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV CLIFF SHOW
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Cactus TV to produce a special on 'The Peter Pan of Pop', Cliff Richard, writes Steve Aston.
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C4 doc order boosts Spire
Oxford-based indie Spire Films has been commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow to produce a 4 x 50-minute series about some of Britain's greatest historical figures, writes Jon Rogers.
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JET SETTERS TO FEATURE IN TWO FOUR DOC FOR C4
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 6 x 30-minute series examining the lives of the 'jet set'. Commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, multicultural Yasmin Anwar,
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PANORAMA POSITION
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey said that beleaguered current affairs programme Panorama may have to modernise its production techniques to attract a bigger audience. However, she added that the programme was
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ENDEMOL QUOTA PLEA
Endemol Entertainment president John De Mol called for an increase in the Television Without Frontiers European directive's indie quota from 10 per cent to 25 per cent.
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ITV NEWS POPULIST
ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson claimed the network was deliberately taking a more populist approach to its mainstream news coverage. 'There is a resistance (at
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Crime is becoming the 'latest sport' on TV, said a senior lawyer. Speaking at the TV in the Dock session on Sunday (26 August), Donald Findlay QC argued against the televising
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STAR IN RATINGS ROW
Sex and the City creator Darren Star slammed broadcasters for becoming ratings obsessed and not allowing shows a chance to develop. He said he had not had good experiences working with
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DIGITAL CONFUSION
Credit Suisse First Boston global head of media Anthony Fry has warned that leading City institutions are still confused about digital TV. He also raised fresh fears over Granada's City status
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ONLINE REVENUE FEAR
Granada Broadband controller of online Justin Judd claimed the company's ad revenue was unlikely to recover from the current recession. Judd said broadcasters needed to look for new revenue streams, such
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Leading ISP turns away from content
Content is no longer king according to one of the country's largest internet service providers, writes Luke Satchell.
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C5 predicts viewing rise
Channel 5 will increase its regular audience share to more than 6 per cent by next year, C5 chief executive Dawn Airey claimed on Sunday, write Georgina Lipscomb and Ashley Davies.Speaking