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Minorities 'betrayed' by broadcast sector
The broadcast industry employs more than 115,000 people, according to the first ever census of the TV, radio and new media industries - far more than the government's previous estimate of
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Granada plans merged kids unit
Granada Media is in discussions with Carlton about pooling together their children's production departments to create a streamlined ITV kids outfit, writes Colin Robertson.
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Nation reps to sit on BBC genre boards
Senior editorial executives from each of the nations will sit on the newly created BBC genre commissioning boards, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Pitt in talks to end Real Life connections
Real Life Productions' director of programmes Ruth Pitt is negotiating ways to leave the company she founded in 1988 as part of a legal process expected to be finalised next spring, writes Penny Hughes.
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Film outfit buys quarter stake in Gub Neal indie
Box TV, the drama indie set up by former Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal, has received a 'several million pound' investment from an international film company on the prowl
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Ideal World hires three staff for E.world interactive arm
Ideal World has hired three new staff for its new media operation, five months after receiving a£1.5m investment from the Royal Bank of Scotland for its E.world interactive arm, writes Ashley Davies.
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Crimewatch Daily set to air
High-profile crime series Crimewatch is being spun off into a new daily format as a mainstay of BBC1's daytime schedule, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC VICE-CHAIR SHORTLIST
Media secretary Chris Smith is considering a shortlist of recommended names for the BBC vice chairmanship and is expected to make an announcement in mid-December. MPs and peers are speculating that
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CHANNEL 4 MADONNA COUP
London-based entertainment specialist At It Productions has scooped a rare interview with pop star Madonna weeks after she pulled out of an appearance on BBC 1 show Parkinson. The 75-minute documentary
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SCOTTISH NEWS 24 PROPOSED
The BBC is understood to be exploring the idea of creating a BBC Scotland-branded News 24 service as part of discussions for the future of the corporation's news channel. According to
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CHANNEL 5 SHOPPING SERVICE
Channel 5 is thrashing out plans to launch a TV shopping service similar to BSkyB's interactive shopping platform Open. The new service, which could launch within a year, will be a
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RACING DECISION POSTPONED
The Racecourse Association has postponed for another week its decision on whether to award racecourses' terrestrial and interactive media rights to Go Racing - the Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure
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YENTOB DEPUTY APPOINTED
Former United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) director of legal and business affairs Jan Rowland has been appointed to the new role of BBC drama, entertainment and children chief operating officer, reporting
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STAR TV TO LAUNCH ON SKY
News Corporation-owned Asian broadcaster Star TV is launching in the UK on Sky Digital this January, as a rival service to Zee TV. It includes Indian entertainment channel Star Plus and
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Emap and MTV dispute music share
EMAP is damaging the market share of its own music video channel, The Box, by launching back-to-back music video channels such as QTV and Kiss, according to research obtained by Broadcast, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITC acts against joint airtime sales
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) reinforced its reluctance to see the formation of a single ITV this week, producing new advertising guidelines that rule out the joint sale of Carlton's and
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Researchers to gain extra funding
Glasgow-based The Research Centre for Television & Interactivity is looking to co-fund more black and Asian researchers' posts in regional independent production companies and is seeking applications for next year's researchers development programme, writ
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Scrapheap goes to LA
RDF Media is to close its Bristol office and open a new production base in Los Angeles from which it will produce Scrapheap Challenge and its US version Junkyard Wars, writes Ashley Davies.
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NEW TALENT ARM WINS OVER DONNA AIR
Production outfit Money has launched a new talent arm, Money Management, and has poached presenter Donna Air from Princess Talent Management. Money Management is a subsidiary of The Money Group -
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AWARD FOR 'OUTSPOKENNESS' TO BE GIVEN
The Carlton Women in Film and TV Awards is to be held on 8 December. The 10th award ceremony will include a new category - The Carlton TV Mae West Award