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C4 finances indies in drama initiative
Channel 4's drama department is financing six start-up independents as part of a drive to boost drama output.Money has also been invested in five trainee drama producer placements at four other
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Betting hots up on next DG
The odds on who will be the next BBC director general have turned upside down since the favourite - Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson - ruled himself out of the race last week, writes Tim Dams.
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UK Play buys in BBC music pair
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has recommissioned two series from BBC music entertainment, including a second series of The Chris Moyles Show, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Crucial Films focuses on Henry after rationalisation
Lenny Henry is downsizing his film and TV production company, Crucial Films, to focus exclusively on the development and production of projects in which he stars, writes Liz Shackleton.
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BBC 2 to spotlight loyalist killers
BBC 2 is to broadcast the follow-up to its highly successful expose of the IRA, Provos, with an intimate account of the lives of loyalist paramilitaries, writes John Plunkett.
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LORD HOLME TAKES DEPUTY CHAIRMAN POST AT ITC
Media Secretary Chris Smith has named Lord Holme of Cheltenham as the new deputy chairman of the Independent Television Commission. Lord Holme, 62, has been parliamentary spokesman on Northern Ireland for
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WARE SECURES PROMOTION AT BRISTOL FEATURES
Tom Ware has been appointed head of the development unit at BBC Bristol's features department replacing senior development producer Andrea Michell.Ware, who will report to BBC Bristol head of TV features
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SET-TOP BOX RETAIL SALES HIT 171,000 IN THREE MONTHS
An estimated 171,000 digital set-top boxes were sold through retail outlets between 1 October and 26 December, according to data released by market information company GfK Marketing Services this week. The
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GMG INCREASES RIL STAKE TO 28 PER CENT
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) has upped its shareholding in Radio Investments Ltd (RIL) to 28 per cent. GMG chief executive Bob Phillis now joins the board of RIL, which has
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FIRST CALL TO OPERATE TICKET SERVICE FOR BIB
British Interactive Broadcasting (BIB) has signed ticketing agency First Call for its interactive service platform, Open. The deal will enable BSkyB's digital satellite (DST) customers to order and pay for tickets
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ITC ISSUES FORMAL WARNING TO VH-1 FOR SPRINGER PLUG
The Independent Television Commission has issued a formal warning to music channel VH-1 for airing a pop video featuring strong language before the 21.00 watershed. The regulator has also slammed Flextech's
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EXTRA TIME FOR GRANDSTAND'S FINAL SCORE
The BBC has fired the latest broadside in the Saturday afternoon football ratings war by announcing that Grandstand is beefing up its soccer coverage with increased news and ground reports and
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BROWN TAKES OVER FROM SCHOONMAKER AT CRCA
The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has named its chief executive, Paul Brown, as its new chairman. Brown succeeds Emap Radio chief executive Tim Schoonmaker. Brown said: 'I am delighted and
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BURCH GAINS KUDOS
Kudos Productions has appointed Howard Burch, former associate editor in Channel 4's drama department, as head of drama development. Burch is expected to oversee and develop new drama projects and nurture
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PRIZE FOR LOCAL HEROES
Screenhouse Productions producer/director Paul Bader has won a prize for BBC 2 science series Local Heroes. The show was honoured by the Chemical Industry Association with the president's award for its
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BELL JOINS 5 NEWS
ITN has poached Andrew Bell from the BBC to become the new political editor for 5 News on Channel 5. Bell, 35, is currently foreign correspondent for the Today programme on
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BBC recruits Jason for first world war drama
David Jason is to star in first world war drama All The King's Men, one of BBC films and single drama's biggest projects to date with an estimated budget of£2.5
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C4 threatens 50-year BBC Commonwealth coverage
Channel 4 is considering bidding for the TV rights to the Commonwealth Games to be held in Manchester in 2002, writes Tim Dams.
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Swan Lake headlines NVC Arts deal with Performance
Cable-exclusive arts channel Performance has acquired 175 hours of programming from arts production and distribution company NVC Arts in its biggest programming deal to date, writes Alice Macandrew.
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R5 Live to follow Olympic Dreams
Children's BBC is to produce a major new series for BBC Radio 5 Live following the fortunes of young Olympic hopefuls in the run-up to next year's games in Sydney, writes John Plunkett.