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Second outing for My Hero
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned Big Bear Films' sitcom My Hero for a second run, writes Tim Dams.Ardal O'Hanlon and Emily Joyce will again star in the new series,
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BBC'S ROSS PONDERS INDIE
BBC independent commissioning group head of drama Tessa Ross and Pathe head of production Andrea Calderwood have quashed speculation that they are planning to set up their own drama indie. Ross'
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CARLTON HITS OUT AT NoW
Carlton TV is talking to its lawyers over reports published in the News Of The World about Carlton's The Cook Report programme. A Carlton spokesman said company lawyers had 'informed the
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TALK SPORT BAGS ASHES
Talk Sport has beaten BBC radio to the exclusive live radio rights to England's Ashes cricket tour of Australia in 2002/2003 in a deal believed to be worth almost£500,000. It
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BUSH HOUSE FACES STRIKE
World Service trade union representatives will meet senior BBC News management next Wednesday (1 March) in a bid to resolve their dispute ahead of the planned overhaul of working practices at
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BSC UPHOLDS C4 DECISION
The Broadcasting Standards Commission has cleared controversial Channel 4 series Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation, after 17 viewers complained about sexually explicit material in the series. In its February monthly
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TVC to complete on Mentorn option
The Television Corporation is planning to buy the remaining 50 per cent of Mentorn Group that it does not already own, writes Tim Dams.The deal will be completed by the end
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Air show moves to ITV
The BBC has lost the rights to the Farnborough International Air Show for the first time since 1953, writes Tara Conlan.Meridian Broadcasting has poached the rights to this year's event, after
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - Smith funding plan pleases both sides
The industry rallied behind the government's carefully balanced package of measures on future BBC funding this week, suggesting media secretary Chris Smith had appeased both BBC supporters and detractors.The corporation said
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - Resources under pressure
BBC Worldwide and BBC Resources are expected to take centre stage in the BBC's drive to cut costs following the government's call for£1.1 billion of 'self-help' savings, writes John Plunkett.Despite
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - SMITH'S NEW DEAL IN FULL
FundingLicence fee to rise by£3 to£104 from April 2000 with similar rises of 1.5 per cent above RPI up to and until 2006/7 when the current BBC Charter ends.
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - UPPING THE AUNTIE
'We will, of course, have tough decisions to make on priorities and on self-help.'BBC director general Greg Dyke'This is a big win for the commercial boys. There's no digital levy, limited
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FILM FOUR'S KEELING TO HEAD AUCTION CHANNEL
FilmFour general manager John Keeling has been recruited by the Auction Channel to head its operations in Europe. Keeling, who becomes president, Europe of the channel owned by Brilliant Digital Entertainment,
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INITIAL NAMES GMG'S JONES AS DEPUTY TO GERRIE
GMG Endemol Entertainment production arm Initial has appointed Laurence Jones as deputy managing director. Jones, formerly head of production and programme finance at GMG, will now report to Initial managing director
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GUARDIAN UNVEILS VARIETY RADIO FORMAT FOR THE WEB
The Guardian Media Group is to launch its new radio format, Variety, on the internet, ahead of any Radio Authority decision to grant it a licence. Guardian Media Group Radio managing
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ITV AGREES SECOND SERIES OF MERIDIAN'S THAT'S ESTHER
ITV social-action programme That's Esther, produced by Meridian, is returning for a second series in the spring on Sundays at 12.00. The show, recommissioned by ITV controller of news, current affairs,
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ACTION TIME'S CANTER MOVES TO TALENT PRODUCTION JOB
Talent TV has appointed Hana Canter to head production at the indie. Canter, 30, who was series producer on Atlantic Production's Channel 5 series The Real LAPD joins Talent from Action
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GREEN'S BLIND AMBITION STARTS PRODUCTION
Tyne Tees and Coastal Productions are poised to start production on Yorkshire Television's new Robson Green vehicle, Blind Ambition. The two-hour drama will begin filming on 28 February in Sydney, Australia.
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CYFLE TO ASSESS WELSH FUTURE TRAINING NEEDS
Welsh TV and film training outfit Cyfle, in association with Skillset NTO and Broadcast Training Wales, is sending questionnaires to 1,500 people in the industry and at colleges to begin judging
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ITN/NTL to launch free news channel
ITN's new joint-venture 24-hour news channel with cable giant NTL will aggressively challenge Sky News and BBC News 24 by offering the channel to cable operators for free.ITN and NTL executives