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NewsBBC launches YouTube channels
The BBC is launching three branded entertainment channels on YouTube, including two that feature short form video from shows such as Doctor Who.
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INITIAL TO MAKE SIXTH SERIES OF THE PEPSI CHART
Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry has commissioned Initial to make a sixth series of pop music show The Pepsi Chart, (left) which is to be relaunched with a
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CHRYSALIS RECOMMISSIONED FOR THIRD TOP TEN SERIES
Chrysalis Television has been recommissioned by Channel 4 factual entertainment, deputy commissioning editor Sue Murphy to make a third 10 x 90-minute series of its Top Ten strand. Chrysalis is assembling
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CLASSIC FM TO PRODUCE SERIES ON YEHUDI MENUHIN
Classic FM is producing a 6 x 60-minute programme on the life of Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist who died last year. The show will be presented by writer and broadcaster Humphrey
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NewsVirgin Media poll shows customer anger
Virgin Media customers have voiced their anger over the loss of the basic Sky channels in a web poll, with more than half of respondents threatening to leave the cable service.
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BBC WALES AND DISCOVERY GO UNDERGROUND IN LONDON
BBC Wales is embarking on its first co-production with Discovery Communications, making a 60-minute pilot about the sewers and tunnels of London called Underworld. Director Griff Rowlands will use infrared cameras
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LESLIE GRANTHAM STARS IN NEW KIDS DRAMA
Film and General Productions has gone into production on its 7 x 30-minute ITV children's drama Gypsy Girl. The show, which will feature Leslie Grantham, is being filmed throughout August on
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CENTRAL WILDLIFE TO GET ITS OWN SIX-PART SERIES
Central Television has lined up a six-part series of wildlife programmes as part of parent company Carlton's Sanctuary 2000 initiative. Called Heart Of The Country, the 6 x 30-minute series will
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BENTLEY ON LOOK OUT FOR SCANDAL SCRIPTWRITERS
Chrysalis indie Bentley Productions is looking for scriptwriters to develop programme ideas after buying the rights to Amanda Platell novel Scandal. Bentley confirmed that it was gearing up to approach broadcasters
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SKY ONE TO SHOW TV HITS AWARDS FROM WEMBLEY ARENA
Sky One is to broadcast this year's TV Hits awards show, which will feature pop acts such as Steps, S Club 7 and Billie Piper. The event takes place at London's
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Anglia wins daily chat show on C5
Anglia TV has landed a multi-million pound contract to produce a new morning chat show for Channel 5, fronted by ex-Mirror gossip columnist Matthew Wright.The Wright Stuff will air five days
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Orchestrated by Paramount director of programming Sally Habbershaw, the deal represents the channel's biggest investment to date in US acquisitions. From MTV, Paramount has bought animated comedy Dari
Paramount Comedy Channel has unveiled a raft of new acquisitions, including the rights to two series of US comedy Everybody Loves Raymond, writes Simon Ellery.
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NewsVirgin welcomes NCC complaint threat
Virgin Media has welcomed the National Consumer Council's (NCC) threat to call on Ofcom or the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the loss of Sky's basic channels from the cable platform.
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Collins in BBC drama
Zenith Entertainment has been commissioned by BBC Scotland and BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon to make a new 6 x 50-minute drama series, Two Thousand Acres of Sky, writes Tara Conlan.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Big Brother pulls while Park empties
Channel 4's Big Brother continued its ratings success as the nation tuned in and voted for the eviction of the first housemate, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Cornwell to quit TWI for consultancy
Trans World International head of production development, Europe, Middle East and Africa Nicola Cornwell is quitting International Management Group's programming arm to become a consultant, writes Tara Conlan.
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BBC Bristol has been commissioned by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon to make a follow-up to 1970s experimental series Living in the Past, writes Tara Conlan. The 4 x 30-minute primetime
BBC Bristol has been commissioned by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon to make a follow-up to 1970s experimental series Living in the Past, writes Tara Conlan. The 4 x 30-minute primetime
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Foreign directors asked to support campaign
Foreign directors are being instructed not to work in the UK by their industry associations as a campaign over directors' rights escalates between the Directors and Producers Rights Society (DPRS), the Directors Guild of Great Britain and Bectu, writes Ta
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COX PROVES POPULAR AT R1
The latest round of radio audience figures are expected to show that BBC Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox has maintained the audience she inherited from Zoe Ball. Rajar figures for the
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NewsVirgin Media: customers can cancel for free
Virgin Media will give its customers until the end of March to cancel their agreements because of the loss of the basic Sky channels - but insists that not offering those channels does not constitute a breach of contract.