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BBC to provide mobile content
The BBC has beaten commercial rivals to a five-year contract to provide audiovisual 3G phone content for mobile phone outfit Hutchison, writes David Wood.The multimillion pound deal marks BBC commercial subsidiary
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Extreme to make Lourdes of Love for C4
Northern Ireland-based indie Extreme Production has scored three new commissions, including a 4 x 5-minute series for Channel 4 about a major European event for single people.Lisdoonvarna - Lourdes of
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Discovery slate focuses on diets
Discovery Health has unveiled its first batch of commissions for this year with two new series and a second run of United Productions' Dietbusters, writes Simon Ellery.Discovery director of programmes for
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Talkback wins raft of orders
Talkback Productions has bagged its widest ever range of commissions, including a number of factual series for the BBC and a quiz show for Channel 4, writes Penny HughesHeadlining the BBC
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Leg-up for runners
Skillset is holding a two-day event for London-based runners at the Islington Business Design Centre on 11 and 12 March.There are 200 free places available each day, offering workshops covering
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Richard Taylor interviews come back to C4
Channel 4 has ordered a series run of last year's Comedy Lab show The Richard Taylor Interviews from Planet 24.The 6 x 30-minute run, based around a fake estate agency,
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Somethin' Else wins radio 2 reggae series
Indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 2 to produce an 8 x 60-minute series on the history of reggae.Island Rock will be broadcast in May to coincide
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Third of ITV1 output to be repeats
Budget freeze for channel means up to 30 per cent of output over next 12 months will be re-runs
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NewsBBC hunts new TV writers
The next generation of TV writers are being sought by the BBC for its Drama Writers Academy, guaranteeing budding scribes the opportunity to work on primetime shows.
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NewsAshes to Ashes going 'darker'
The creators of Ashes to Ashes have promised mystery and darkness when it returns next year, after being forced to compromise on the tone of the first series.
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PROMAX & BDA Europe 2002 Award Winners
Promotion Categories:Best Television Image CampaignGold: The Lines You Wish You Said?,Turner Classic Movies, UKSilver: Do Not Campaign,MTV South, ItalyBest Television Image PromoGold: Network
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BBC 2 beats sister channel with Food Junkies
First part of study on the nation's eating habits sees off BBC 1's wildlife documentary Serpent but night belongs to Manchester United and ITV 1
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Thompson tackles Dyke over C4 taunt.
In his first public statement since joining Channel 4, new chief executive Mark Thompson has intensified the war of words with his former boss BBC director general Greg Dyke, claiming the
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Liquidation on the cards for ITV Digital.
Carlton and Granada are expected to start winding down their ill-fated ITV Digital platform on Monday (15 April), after failing to strike a crucial deal with the Football League, writes Simon Ellery
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NewsOutline hires Maverick exec
Outline Productions has hired Maverick's head of development Kelly Frankel to head up its own development slate.
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Big Brother to run until 2005.
Reality show Big Brother is set for an enduring presence on Channel 4, following a deal with producer Endemol UK that will see the show spun out for a further three runs, writes Penny Hughes
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Footballers' Wives to make return to ITV1
Shed Productions' sex and silky shorts drama Footballers' Wives is to return to ITV after securing a second series from controller of drama Nick Elliott.The next series, the length of which
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BBC asks for ideas for politics format.
The BBC hopes to have a series of pilot shows ready for its new politics format for under 45-year-olds - the key plank of its politics review - by the summer, writes Leigh Holmwood
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UK Online goes interactive.
The government has unveiled a digital TV version of its UK Online public information service, offering a range of information from health advice to World Cup football travel news, writes Simon Ellery