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BBC 3 to show 'funky' dramas.
BBC choice controller Stuart Murphy is planning to turn BBC 3 into the home of cutting-edge drama and has earmarked more than a quarter of the channel's budget to achieve the
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Chrysalis gets regional.
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) has poached Top Gear editor Richard Pearson from BBC Birmingham to run a new regional entertainment office, writes Lucy Rouse.
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NTL delays digital switch.
NTL's analogue customers who were promised a free switchover to digital are now having to wait until at least April owing to unexpectedly high demand for Channel 4's new entertainment channel E4, writes Ashley Davies.
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RIGHTS NEAR TO SALE.
BSkyB, ITV and the BBC are the only broadcasters left slugging it out for the rights to international and club rugby it emerged this week, writes Simon Ellery.
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Wildlife head chosen.
United Productions has filled its head of wildlife vacancy, appointing Phil Fairclough, executive editor of the BBC specialist factual's commercial arm, Wildvision, to the post, writes Colin Robertson.
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BREAKFAST ED CHOSEN.
BBC news has appointed BBC News 24 senior editor Richard Porter to the position of BBC Breakfast editor. Porter, 37, is a surprise appointment to the post, which was left vacant
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NEWS DECISION DUE.
BBC director general Greg Dyke and the BBC governors are to meet the final candidates for the post of BBC director of news this Friday (16 February), with an announcement expected
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HIT BIDS FOR LYRICK.
Hit Entertainment has offered to pay£190.4m to take control of US kids group Lyrick Studios, producer of Barney the Dinosaur. The cash and share deal involves around£114m in existing
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SHEARER QUITS EMAP.
Emap Performance Network (EPN) group head of music Dave Shearer has left the company. Shearer, who worked under EPN managing director of pop Trevor Dann, departed on Monday, although no explanation
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GRANADA UPS CRESSWELL.
Granada director of operations John Cresswell has been appointed to a newly created role as chief operating officer of Granada Creative. He will oversee Granada's production businesses, working closely with the
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COOK REPORT EDITOR ISSUES LIBEL WRIT.
Ex-Carlton Television head of current affairs and Cook Report editor Mike Morley has issued libel proceedings against the News of the World and the Sunday Times, following stories in the papers
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VICTORIA REAL'S GEORGE JOINS ENDEMOL BOARD.
Victoria Real creative director Jason George has been appointed to the creative board of Endemol Group. The board is charged with creating new formats and developing existing global formats in the
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GRANADA INTERACTIVE IN ONLINE AUCTION DEAL.
Granada Interactive has beefed up its online presence after signing an exclusive online auction partnership deal with QXL ricardo. Visitors to Granada sports sites - covering Formula 1 racing, soccer, Liverpool
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SESAME WORKSHOP OPENS LONDON OFFICE.
Sesame Workshop is to run its European operations from a new London office and has drafted in group vice-president Julian Scott to head it. He will be charged with overseeing and
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SOAPS TO GET AWARD FROM RACE COMMISSION.
The Commission for Racial Equality's Race in Media Awards (RIMA) has nominated three soaps for an award in a new category in the scheme - Brookside (Mersey Televison), Pobol Y Cum
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BRIGHTER PICTURES AGREES MEDIA HUT TIE-UP.
Brighter Pictures has signed a deal with factual entertainment indie Media Hut, which brings Media Hut's current development slate under the Brighter Pictures brand. All new formats will subsequently be developed
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Ofcom must rule BBC.
The government has come under increased pressure to rethink its decision not to place the BBC under the new super regulator, Ofcom, following criticism from the industry. Broadcasters including BSkyB, Channel 4,
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ITC calls on broadcasters for programme policy statements.
ITV, CHANNEL 4 and Channel 5 should all publish new programme policy statements next month, according to the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Lucy Rouse.
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ITV boss backs public service.
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment this week stressed that the network's public service obligations were not a hindrance and were in fact perfectly in tune with its commercial imperatives, writes Katy Elliott.
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Digital carriage row goes to Commons.
ITV'S DEADLOCK over carriage on Sky Digital came under the spotlight again last week as ITV finance and development director Kate Stross told the Commons media select committee a deal would cost the network£20m a year, writes John Lewis.