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TRADE TALK - An original touch
Former executive producer at Carlton Rob Pursey has set up his own indie, Touchpaper, eager to put his passion for new drama into practice.
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IN MY VIEW - Samir Shah
On how awards for news sit uneasily with glamorous ceremonies at swanky hotels.
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ON THE BOX - The bear necessities
BBC editor, mainstream LE Jonathan Glazier finds Grizzly Face to Face a little uninformative but As If an all-round delight.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Treading a fine line
The threat of legal action against the producers of Pop Idol for format plagiarism shows how difficult it is for programme-makers to tell the difference between copying another show and being inspired by it.
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BBC WORLDWIDE - The BBC's catch-22
The review of BBC Worldwide, begun nearly a year ago, is still going on and insiders are suggesting there won't be much to say once it is completed. Have Greg Dyke's commercial instincts for once let him down?
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INTERVIEW - Sense of Wellbeing
Wellbeing joint managing director Paula Carter is confident that the Boots/Granada 'brandcaster' has the edge over digital rivals like Discovery Health.
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News moves fail to make a splash
When the BBC/ITV news at 22.00 battle started, critics and the ITC were shouting about lost ratings but, six months on, the fuss seems to have come to nothing with viewers tuning in much as they did before.
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The apostles rise again
ITV's The Apostles follows hot on the heels of Son of God, the BBC's landmark religious series. Both programmes explore the historical and archaeological evidence to shed new light on some
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Holby City comes back to prop up Tuesday night
Back to earth with a post-Comic Relief bump for BBC 1 - Coronation Street returns to the top of the stack in the top 50 and all except one primetime night
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OFF THE RECORD - Yanks put Britain in quarantine
RDF is having fun and games filming its Channel 4 series Scrapheap Challenge in Los Angeles where the weather's more or less guaranteed to be sunny enough for the outdoor shoot
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OFF THE RECORD - Cable chaos
And so to the annual cable industry awards where Off The Record was mightily confused to see Disney's Playhouse pick up a gong for best pre-school channel in 2000. The channel
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OFF THE RECORD - Belt tightening
Blame the economic slow-down, but Granada is tightening its belts. OTR hears that bowls of fruit have been banned from all executive's offices and company credit cards have apparently been taken
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY...
Diane Whitley, producer at Granada Kids, reveals how she gets a kick out of life...If you weren't in TV/radio what would you be doing?Sitting on a beach somewhere, writing my novelWho
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Turning Japanese: I-Mode sizes up Europe
The launch of WAP- and the supposed dawn of the mobile internet age - has left us all feeling distinctly underwhelmed. Whenever a post mortem on the cause of 'wapathy' is
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Head to head: personal video recorders
Andrew Cresci argues that word of mouth will make TiVo Europe's favourite PVR technology, while NDS's Richard Cross lauds XTV's flexibility for viewers, broadcasters and advertisers
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Bunkum: Carlton Active chief excutive Jane Marshall
...On the importance of knowledge sharing in interactive TV
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Broadband Content
How are the major content players preparing for a business that isn't here yet?
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Craft Classic: Have I Got News For You
As the cult satirical news quiz show celebrates its tenth anniversary, Hat Trick executive producer and joint MD Jimmy Mulville talks to Ed Shelton about its success
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Root6 grows R&D capability
Hires former Kinston Voiceware software developer to work on streaming automation tool Hammerhead