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CORRECTION: ATTACHMENTS.
Broadcast would like to point out that the BBC elected to re-edit an episode of Attachments following complaints and was not asked to do so by the Broadcasting Standards Commission as
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BBC backs new diversity push.
The BBC Black Forum (BBF) is planning to set up a network of representatives across the UK as part of an initiative to improve ethnic diversity across the corporation.The plan is
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Granada sets a date for portals.
Granada Broadband plans to launch its much-vaunted Liverpool and Arsenal enhanced football broadband portals in the autumn, writes David Wood.
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C5 presenter heads indie Sponge.
Channel 5 presenter Marc Crumpton and actor Ed Sanders, star of Sky One football soap Dream Team, have set up their own entertainment production company, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Telewest buys major sit-up stake.
Telewest has invested£14.8m in cash and equity for a 38 per cent stake in sit-up, the TV and internet venture founded by former On Digital executives Ashley Faull and John Egan, writes Lucy Rouse.
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C4 poaches factual head from Rapido.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, factual entertainment Sue Murphy has strengthened her department, poaching Rapido TV's head of factual entertainment Stephen Wright, writes Steve Aston.Reporting to Murphy, Wright will become editor, entertainment/
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WINTER RETURN FOR ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES.
Only Fools and Horses (left) is expected to return to BBC 1 for a new series this winter. Writer John Sullivan has been in 'delicate discussions' with the BBC for some
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TWO FOUR TO MAKE IDEAL HOME PROGRAMME.
Channel 4 has commissioned Plymouth-based independent Two Four Productions to make an Ideal Home Show special fronted by Kate Thornton. Channel 4 daytime editor Jo McGrath has ordered the 4 x
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WISE BUDDAH WINS 'HITMAN' DOCUMENTARY.
Indie Wise Buddah has secured its first TV commission, six months after setting up a dedicated TV arm. Commissioned by Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry, The Hit Factory
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LINDA ROBSON TO FRONT NICK JR PILOT.
Kids channel Nick Jr is making a broadcast pilot starring Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson. You Do Too, a 25-minute 'make and do' show, will be made at Nickelodeon's
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EXTREME IN DEAL WITH SPAIN'S AXN CHANNEL.
London-based channel owner and distributor Extreme International has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 hours of programming to Sony-owned Spanish channel AXN over the next three years. AXN is
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DISCOVERY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SHOW.
Discovery Health is re-versioning a Canadian complementary medicine series and has lined up Toyah Willcox to present it. The 39 x 30-minute series called Beyond Medicine looks at health issues with
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SECOND COMMISSION FOR THE HOT SEAT.
Flashback TV has been commissioned by Artsworld channel director Richard Melman to produce a second series of interview show The Hot Seat. Presented by Sir Christopher Frayling, the 6 x 30-minute
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RADIO 2 SCOOPS BEE GEES ONE-OFF CONCERT.
BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive concert by the Bee Gees - their only planned performance for this year.The group will record the 60-minute special before an audience of 300
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YTTTP to make C4 film special
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has secured the company's most ambitious factual entertainment project to date - a five-hour 100 Greatest movie special for Channel
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C5 hikes 'quality' factual output.
Channel 5 senior controller of arts, features and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has commissioned a raft of new factual programmes, as part of a drive to promote quality documentaries in primetime, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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S4CI ties with Einstein for series of docs.
S4C INTERNATIONAL (S4CI) and Einstein Entertainment have struck a£1m deal to make a series of primetime documentaries for both the domestic and international markets, writes Simon Ellery.The two companies plan
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TERRESTRIALS CUT EDEN.
London-based distributor Electric Sky has struck a deal with National Geographic Channels Worldwide to show its National Lottery-funded Eden project coverage, after being snubbed by all of the UK terrestrial channels,
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DEBATE - The TV studio is dead: or is it?
Far from being a dying breed, the TV studio is a thriving, if changing, beast, according to producers and studio bosses. Ten key players met to discuss the state of the studio in a forum chaired by Broadcast technology editor Barbara Marshall.
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Ex-BBC men set up crew web service.
Two former BBC managers are planning a web-based crew finding service that uses GPS-equipped mobile phones to pinpoint the location of staff and vehicles, writes Barbara Marshall.The duo, former BBC South