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S4C BOOSTS CHILDREN'S
S4C is doubling its children's output to one hour in the afternoons and to 45 minutes from 30 minutes at lunchtime from January. The Welsh language broadcaster is extending its children's
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NO FOOTBALL STRIKE
The Premier League and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) have struck a deal to avert a damaging footballers' strike which would have hit ITV and BSkyB sports coverage. The deal sees
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TV LICENCE FEE TO RISE
The television licence fee is to go up by£3 to£112 from April under the funding formula drawn up by the BBC and the government to pay for the corporation's
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DISTRIBUTORS SEMINAR
BBC Worldwide director of international TV Mike Phillips is to head a British Television Distributors Association seminar on TV distribution to be held on 4 December at Channel 4's Horseferry Road
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FIVE LIVE NEWS HIRES
New BBC Radio Five Live head of news Ceri Thomas has made a clutch of appointments across the station's daily news strands. Simon Mayo editor Sali Collins is to become editor
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NewsKershaw leaves Five to set up indie
Five's controller of factual Justine Kershaw is leaving the channel after five years to set up her own independent production company.
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RTS FILM-MAKING EVENT
Veteran Northern Irish TV producers Paul Greengrass and Peter Taylor are to discuss their contrasting approaches to filmmaking at a Royal Television Society session on 10 December. Chaired by factual producer
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Energis scoops pension project
Energis Interactive, the digital TV firm owned by telecoms giant Energis and software developer Graham Technology, has been selected by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) to develop a£1.6m
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Portman sold to MBO team
TV and media company PrimeEnt has offloaded its wholly owned subsidiary Portman Entertainment for£1.2m following a management buyout, writes Simon Ellery.
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Multicultural deputy named
Channel 4 has appointed BBC producer Sam Bickley to the post of deputy commissioning editor, multicultural, writes Penny Hughes.
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Black magic not right for TV, say viewers
Scores of television viewers believe that programmes showing practices such as voodoo and black magic should not be shown on TV at any time, writes Steve Aston.
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CREATIVE BRIEFS
Moving Picture Company has created a Christmas ident for E4 in collaboration with E4/Film Four creative director Brett Foraker. Designed by Russell Appleford, it features E4 characters being chased by a
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UK distributors pull out of Natpe
Two of the UK's biggest broadcasters have been forced to pull out of next year's Natpe programme market in Las Vegas due to the high cost of attending the annual event.Both
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NewsMPs call for Call TV quiz shows to be reclassified
MPs have called on the government to reclassify Call TV quiz shows as lottery games, meaning broadcasters would have to donate up 20% of their revenues to charity.
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BBC's Code of Practice
Relating to programme commissioning of independent productions by the BBC
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NewsBroadcasters publish codes of practice
Broadcast today publishes the new codes of practice from all four public service broadcasters governing their dealings with indies.
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BBC orders terror simulation series
BBC2 has commissioned a topical entertainment series in which members of the public will take on the role of government ministers and react to simulated major national disasters such as a bomb on the tube, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Betty looks at Brit penchant for camp
Channel 4 has commissioned Betty to make a two-part documentary series which examines the UK's love affair with gay entertainers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Secret Policeman reassessed
Films of Record is to revisit seminal comedy event The Secret Policeman's Ball for a 25th anniversary special, writes Michael Rosser.
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Five boosts commissioning
Five has bolstered its senior commissioning team by appointing Steve Gowans as its new controller of factual and promoting Liam Humphreys to commissioning editor of factual entertainment.