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Trade Talk - Svengali of pop.
Simon Fuller, one-time Spice Girls manager and the creator of S Club 7, is poised to create his next pop sensation - with the help of 'Nasty Nigel'.
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In My View - Mark Rowland.
On spotting the new trend in reality formats as the economic boom reaches its end.
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On the Box - A religious experience.
Craig Hill, strategy development chief of broadband designer Wheel, lauds Son of God but isn't at all excited about Digital Sex.
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News Analysis - The British abroad.
As programme funding is increasingly tied to overseas sales, the British Television Distributors Association must get the promised backing of the government to develop the muscle it needs to fight the UK's corner.
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Advertising Revenue - Fate of the shop window.
A slow-down in advertising sales is not good news for the biggest commercial broadcaster of them all - ITV - or for its programme-makers. Despite strong performances in the ratings, a lack of revenue will inevitably affect future budgets and commissions.
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Interview - Growing up fast.
Peter Urie sold his kids' TV indie to Britt Allcroft (now Gullane) last year and to his surprise was made head of production. Now he's hunting for the new Art Attack.
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Lion TV takes the longer-term view.
Lion TV, producer of Castaway 2000 and Paddington Green among other shows, has been a success from the start and is in a position to take a dip in current profits to ensure future growth and profitability.
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TX - Name that teen tune.
Billing itself as 'a fully integrated web/TV show', n-list is a Nickelodeon music series on TV that will allow children to vote for their favourite music promos over the internet.By visiting
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Comic Relief night gives BBC 1 last laugh on Friday.
Comic Relief produced an out-of-the-ordinary primetime share for BBC 1 on Friday, almost doubling the station's share of the previous week from 22 per cent to 41 per cent.Starting at 19.00,
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AND FINALLY: Jane O'Hara, managing director Rajar, wishes she could still smoke on aeroplanes.
If you weren't in radio what would you be doing?Probably something to do with gardening or sailingWhat is your proudest achievement?Helping to get radio taken seriously when it was a 1
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OFF THE RECORD - DGs have no answers for EBU.
A high-profile audience at an EBU conference in Brussels on public service broadcasting in Europe was left puzzled last week when a Q & A session had to be abandoned as
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Zig Zag commissions led by ugly show
Zig Zag has won three commissions from Channel 5 and Channel 4.The success of London's Ugly Model Agency is explored in Ugly, commissioned for C5 by Michael Attwell, senior controller
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Pace predicts 40% will have digital TV by year end
Latest Pace Report upbeat about take-up of DTV claiming 13% of UK viewers will switch in next 8 months
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Rushes lures Sillery and Man
Commercial facility Rushes has signed Allen Sillery and Phil Man to its Inferno team, writes Dominic Timms.Sillery joins the Old Compton Street facility from rival VTR where he worked across Flame
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Working Title to make Lucky Jim for ITV
Working Title is to make a two-hour film of the classic Kingsley Amis novel Lucky Jim.Stephen Tomkinson will star as the book's eponymous hero, alongside Helen McCrory, Robert Hardy and
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Granada goes Wild
Jettisons inherited United Wildlife brands Partridge and Survival in favour of Granada Wild
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Kingfisher scores with soccer series
Kingfisher Television has landed a 10-part documentary series, Frankly Football, for Carlton TV. The half-hour shows will feature interviews with players and archive and recent footage.Each show will deal with
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Channel Health wins pregnancy brief
The NHS has commissioned Channel Health to produce a new interactive series on pregnancy as part of a£1.2m award to the broadcaster.The Sky Digital channel is to make a
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Radio 3 to go rural for an evening
BBC Radio 3 is to devote an evening of programmes to issues surrounding rural Britain as foot and mouth continues to ravage the countryside.The themed evening, entitled In a Green
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Citizen wins double order from ITV
ITV has commissioned a sporting archive series and a half-hour comedy special from Dele Oniya's Citizen Television.The 6 x 30-minute series, Sporting Vintage, will be produced and directed by Krishna