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FORMATS & DEALS - SCANDINAVIA SCOOPS 70 HOURS OF C4.
Channel 4 International has sold more than 70 hours of programming to Scandinavian broadcasters. Broadcasters in
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FORMATS & DEALS - DISTRACTION SHOWS INTEREST IN PROSPECT.
Distraction Formats has picked up worldwide rights for UK indie Prospect Pictures' new ITV1 series Under
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FORMATS & DEALS - DUNNE JOINS CHORION TO DEVELOP BRAND.
Chorion, which own the rights to key Agatha Christie properties such as Miss Marple and Poirot,
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Commissioning - RDF to make Oz reality hit for ITV.
ITV1 has commissioned three primetime shows from leading indie producers for next year, including a round-the-clock
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Commissioning - BBC Schools looks at dangers of reality TV.
The Cult director behind films such as Repo Man and Sid and Nancy has been asked to make a drama on the dangers of reality television for BBC Schools, writes Paul Revoir.
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Commissioning - Tern wins£1.5m of factual orders.
Scottish indie Tern Television Productions has picked up a raft of orders worth£1.5m, writes Michael Rosser.
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Commissioner's Q&A - Ralph Lee.
History deputy commissioning editor Ralph Lee discusses Channel 4's programming plans for the next few months, the best ways to pitch to him and the challenge Saturday nights pose for the industry in the near future.
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COMMISSIONS - UK STYLE TO MAKE HOUSE OUT OF STRAW UK.
Style has commissioned indie ACP TV to produce a 15 x 30-minute property series, Home Wasn't
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COMMISSIONS - LIVING TV ORDERS CHILD ABDUCTION DOC.
Living TV channel controller Richard Woolfe has commissioned 10 x 30-minute Child Snatchers, a joint production
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COMMISSIONS - RADIO 4 TO EXPLORE WHY HISTORY IS FUNNY.
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to create a 2 x
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COMMISSIONS - ALL OUT WINS THREE ORDERS FROM RADIO 4.
Olympic athlete Diane Modahl will present a 5 x 15-minute series for BBC Radio 4 discussing
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COMMISSIONS - CHALLENGE BOSS COMMISSIONS CASINO SHOW.
The controller of Flextech games channel Challenge, Jonathan Webb, has commissioned a dramatised game show, Casino
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Analysis - Profile - One mind or double trouble?
Granada's Charles Allen and Carlton's Michael Green have relentlessly pursued the goal of creating a single ITV company - but will it prove to be their downfall?
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Analysis - On the box - Move over Titchmarsh.
Dedicated Gardeners' World viewer Adam Wood applauds the supplanting of self-satisfied Yorshireman Alan Titchmarsh by curly-haired colossus Monty Don.
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Analysis - Ball's blue-sky thinking.
The response to Tony Ball's MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival this year calling for the BBC to be reined in has been decidedly cool, but might there be some merit in his ideas after all, asks Conor Dignam.
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Opinion - Radiowaves - Can Radio 1 play to win?
Steve Orchard considers Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt's need to inject some distinctiveness into the former 'nation's favourite' to fight off competition from digital commercial players.
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Opinion - Ball takes an odd bounce.
At Edinburgh we marvelled at Tony Ball's ineptitude and saw Greg Dyke pull off an excellent bit of PR. But Mark Thompson, where were you?
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The future of PSB - So you call this public service?
One of of Ofcom's first major projects is a root and branch review of public service broadcasting - including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five's responsibilities. But, asks Jamie Cowling, how will Ofcom measure PSB?
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Interview - Making the news.
Head of Sky News Nick Pollard shrugs off a war reporting scandal to expound on expansion plans, the Hutton inquiry and why he never misses Neighbours.