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IN MY VIEW - Tabitha Elwes
On how interactive advertising may change the future business model for broadcasters.
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ON THE BOX - Repeat offenders
Senior producer factual SMG TV Productions Steven Bailey will stick with Big Brother and is moved by Timewatch's Strangeways.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Change of image
Refreshing a tired but established format can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand a new look is capable of attracting a new audience but, on the other, too great a revamp runs the risk of alienating the faithful core.
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Who has the right?
In the battle to retain commercial control over their own creations, independent producers are challenging those broadcasters which automatically assume ownership of a programme's TV rights.
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INTERVIEW - Carolyn Reynolds
After eight years on Coronation Street, Yorkshire TV's Carolyn Reynolds knows what works in drama and wants to exploit ITV's new role as risk-taker in the genre.
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INDIE FINANCE - September has a spring in its step
Having built up its 'Hollywood' franchise which panders to viewers' fascination with US lifestyles, September Films is planning to create drama and distribution arms to tap into its database of existing clients.
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Going in for the kill
A production crew getting chased up trees by black rhinos, a man getting hit by a bullet bouncing off an alligator and a presenter getting attacked by a big angry bird,
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BBC snaps into action to keep snooker fans glued
The spring bank holiday Monday finally brought the snooker to a close on BBC 2 (Monday 20.00) with an audience of 4.86 million and the channel used the momentum of the
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Off the Record ... and finally ..
James Greville, head of Cartoon Network/Boomerang UK, uses psychology to get his way.
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Off the Record ... Yentob's designs on BBC Scotland
News just in from Los Angeles, where the LA screenings are in full swing, tells of Alan 'Botney' Yentob on his mobile phone night and day to those responsible for judging
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Off the Record ... Following Nasty Nigel's footsteps
Yorkshire TV executive producer of entertainment Jim Brown is hoping to replicate the success of Popstars with Starmaker, his new talent show for ITV2. But he's also shamelessly keen to follow
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Off the Record ..
Production pontiff Michael Foster is reportedly setting up a talent agency backed by PR guru Matthew Freud and is supposedly representing one Ross Kemp (who he? Ed). For all those interested
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Off the Record ... A saving too far
Desperate for a drink while on the phone to a journalist last week, Teddington Studios boss Roger Morris raided the fridge in former chairman Ewart Needham's office. He grabbed a bottle
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Big Brother messaging service goes live
40,000 online requests for service received as BT Cellnet puts out feelers for payed-for mobile content
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Radio indies lash out at R4
Independent producers say fall in number of commissions is a threat to their existence
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BBC 1 adopts theme night in Saturday evening re-jig
Themed nostalgia nights to run from August as Heggessey seeks to shake up weekend schedule in face of stiff competition from ITV
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Network Heroes falls to BDP
Merv Wood's outfit to merge with Bryan De'Ath's 10 year old creative company
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Shenfield relinquishes day-to-day control of Mill
Director of production and co-founder Pat Joseph takes on managing director role at leading Soho commercials outfit
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Sky News and History Channel join forces
Sky News and the History Channel have joined forces for the first time to make a one-off factual special to coincide with Anne Frank memorial day later this month, writes Simon Ellery
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Tiger secures raft from BBC and C4
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a raft of factual commissions from the BBC and Channel 4 including a follow-up to its recent Bafta success, Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, writes Penny HughesHoward