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Jargon Buster
UK TV head of new media Neil Morris sorts the UCAs (unnecessarily confusing acronyms) from the essential buzzwords in his guide to new media jargon
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BSkyB recovers after Kirch sell-off
Share price re-bounds after German pay-TV group sells remaining stake
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ITV plans factual approach to domestic violence
Nelmes sounds out indies for 'substantial piece' with view to possible series
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Carlton and United to make ITV soaps
Carlton TV's ill-fated soap Crossroads will return to screens next year, following ITV's surprise decision to choose two new weekday soaps for its daytime and early evening schedules.United Productions' Trafalgar Road
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Turner quits for BBC net operation
Granada Media director of online and interactive media and former City trader Julian Turner has defected to BBC Worldwide to become chief executive of new commercial internet subsidiary, Beeb Ventures, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC mulls 'one newsroom'
BBC News is considering controversial plans to merge output for News 24 and BBC 1 news bulletins as part of a project dubbed internally 'one newsroom', write Tara Conlan and Colin Robertson.
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Granada Media reverses decision to sell HTV production
Granada Media has backtracked on its original decision to sell HTV's network production arm and now wants to retain ownership of the Bristol-based teams and their output, writes Colin Robertson.
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CRACKER WRITER BEHIND MAJOR NEW BBC 1 DRAMA
Zenith Entertainment and AKA Pictures are completing production on a 3 x 50-minute drama co-production, Best of Both Worlds, for BBC 1. Commissioned by former Independent Commissioning Group head of drama
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CORONATION STREET ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL TO GO OUT LIVE
Granada Television will celebrate 40 years of its ITV soap Coronation Street this autumn with a special live episode to be screened in the run-up to the show's anniversary on 9
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BBC ENTERTAINMENT TO MAKE MORE DJ ANTHEMS
UKTV channel UK Play has commissioned BBC entertainment to make a second series of DJ Anthems and is looking for new programme proposals. The 40 x 30-minute series showcases four different
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BBC 1 WINS RIGHTS TO SPIELBERG WAR MINI-SERIES
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has unveiled an 'in association deal' for exclusive broadcast rights to new 10 x 60-minute second world war mini-series Band of Brothers with producers Band of
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PUB GRUB TO BE SUBJECT OF NEW CFN 15-PART SERIES
Carlton Food Network has commissioned indie producer Twodotfour.com to make a new 15 x 30-minute series on pub food. Carlton Food Network channel director Anne Gray has ordered the series which
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OCTOPUS GETS FIRST UK LIVING SERIES WITH PARENTS SHOW
Octopus Productions has scored its first commission from UK Living to produce a 30 x 5-minute run of Practical Parenting, which will be a fully interactive TV project. The third series
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BBC RADIO 2 TO BROADCAST MERSEY BEAT DOCUMENTARY
USP Radio Projects is completing production on Mersey Beat for BBC Radio 2. The 2 x 60-minute documentary commissioned by R2 controller Jim Moir is about the Mersey Beat in Liverpool
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EDINBURGH LIVE PITCH WINNER CHOSEN FOR£25,000 FILM
BBC Choice has commissioned a 30-minute film from freelance director Jon Sen as part of the TV25 live pitch session at this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival. Sen beat off competition
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Tell-Tale to launch animation studio
Tweenies producer Tell-Tale Productions is preparing to make its first move into animation with the launch of a new dedicated arm based at Pinewood Studios.The independent producer is using the same
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ITV targets violence
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes is sounding out producers for new a factual strand focusing on domestic violence, writes Colin Robertson.