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Indie Business - The quest for self-control.
Despite fears of a recession, independent producers remain bullish about the future. But unless they fight for ownership of ideas, they may lose out in the long run to media groups and broadcasters. Peter Keighron reports.
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Indie Business: Interview - A precarious life.
While the dominant indies are growing in size and basking in economic confidence (see Indie Business, pages 16-17), the majority of smaller companies live from hand to mouth. For fledgling outfit The Producers, past successes are no guarantee of future co
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Ratings Analysis - Going head to head for viewers.
Although rows over the 22.00 news slot have dominated the issue of similar shows airing at the same time, it is a growing tendency across all genres and slots, even though channels do still sometimes co-operate. Jon Rogers Reports.
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TX - In-depth investigation.
When asked by the BBC to come up with an undercover crime series, Peter Jukes immersed himself in the subject matter in a way few other writers might consider. Rather than
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ITV puts up 90-minute A Touch of Frost while it can.
This was the last week before News at Ten returned on ITV and so, to paraphrase Channel 4's marketing campaign, 'What was on at 22.00?'On Monday, the final 90-minute episode of
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Off the record - No relief for SM:TV's Dec.
The Broadcast Awards was awash with the usual schmoozing last week. But M2's commercial lad, Peter Walton - who dished out a whole bunch of money to sponsor one of the
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Off the record - Doing anything to get attention.
The award for shameless plugging went to September Films czarina Sally Miles, who eschewed traditional black tie to draw attention to her indie's new venture, clipsales.co.uk. This was done by donning
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Off the record - Jargon guide from an exile.
Tip o' the cap to a former Broadcast hotshot who has been exiled to Poland after doing time as a development producer. We'd love to name her but we can't read
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Hit Entertainment given US clearance to acquire Lyrick Corporation
Bob the Builder producer looks set to add US kids favourite Barney the Dinosaur to growning entertainment portfolio
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Hit Entertainment given US clearance for Lyrick bid
Acquisition would give UK kids company vital US foothold and bring Barney into Bob the Builder producer's camp
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Head to head
thirdspace's Brian Keating argues that telcos will soon be rivalling leading cable and satellite companies for the provision of broadband and interactive services. Telewest's John Murray insists that cable is streets ahead and the gap is widening
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Southern Star and Wark Clements tie for factual offshoot
International production outfit and Scottish indie plan non-fiction Factual Factory
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Capital beats Kiss to win younger market
Turnaround attributed to new programme controller Jeff Smith's content changes
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Bazalgette battles for to regain indie status for Endemol
Creative director continues to lobby on three fronts and takes legal advice
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C4 business arm to house digital film channel launches
Channel 4 is to spin off its entire portfolio of commercial ventures as it prepares to launch three digital film channels this spring, write Penny Hughes and Lucy RouseC4
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BBC3 and 4 budgets for commissions to be 'on par' with 2
Budgets for BBC 3 and 4 original commissions will be on a par with those for BBC 2, digital channels controller Roly Keating has pledged, writes Lucy Rouse.In a
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BBC Radio boosts indie productions
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - BBC Radio networks look set to exceed their 10 per cent voluntary targets for indie productions in the next financial year, writesLeigh Holmwood.Over 14 per
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BBC brings on the enforcers
New roles created in BBC 1 and BBC 2 to police development to transmission processes