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NewsElliott: why I dropped handcuff deals
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has said he stopped signing golden handcuff deals with stars because he was worried they were appearing on screen too often.
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NewsLupus moves into CGI
Lupus Films, the production company behind Little Wolf's Book of Badness , is making its first foray into CGI animation with an adaptation of a book by children's writer Edith Nesbit.
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NewsCBS veteran Dan Rather resigns
Veteran CBS anchorman Dan Rather has resigned, just months after he was forced to apologise about a story about President Bush's military service based on dubious documents.
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NewsHarry Potter heads BBC Xmas
BBC1 is to give Harry Potter and Shrek their terrestrial premieres over the Christmas period as it bids to once again win the festive ratings battle - although this year it will have to do it without any new episodes ...
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NewsHeggessey defends drama move to 19 TV
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has defended the decision to allow drama chief Mal Young take a major new series he was working on with him when he leaves to join 19 TV in January.
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RatingsSex Inspectors attracts 1.9m
Channel 4's new late night sex advice show The Sex Inspectors reached a peak of 1.9 million (2.3%) at 11.30pm.
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NewsAuctionworld goes into administration
Teleshopping channel Auctionworld has gone into administration with debts of around£14m.
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Heggessey bullish over Young drama
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has defended a controversial decision to allow drama chief Mal Young to take a major new series he was working on with him to 19TV, which he joins in January.
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All3Media launches German TV offshoot
All3Media is to further expand its international clout by launching a TV production company in Germany.
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BBC3 drops Liquid Assets
The BBC3 series examining celebrities' finances, Liquid Assets , has been axed as part of the channel's shift away from showbiz-based content
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Murphy's Law to go to US
BBC1 detective drama Murphy's Law is the latest British drama series to be picked up for a US remake.
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Bazalgette gains global brief
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has become the indie's global head of creative operations as part of a move by Spanish owner Telefónica to shift power from the Big Brother creator's Dutch base to Britain.
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Street-Porter to star in second reality show
She may have branded it 'brain-rotting' television, but Janet Street-Porter is to appear in yet another reality TV series - this time with Five.
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NewsAllen offers staff help with setting up indies
ITV is trying to persuade regional programme-makers facing the axe to set up indies by offering to pay for independent legal and business advice.
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NewsITV launches ?Strictly Ice-Skating' show
ITV is to take on the BBC with its own ice-skating show and has signed the king and queen of the ice rink, Torvill and Dean, to front it.
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NewsBBC set to cut 250 jobs with factual merger
The BBC's specialist factual and documentaries and contemporary factual departments - homes to shows such as Pompeii and What Not to Wear - are set to merge, in a move that could cost at least 250 jobs.
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NewsDuncan bids for licence fee
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for direct access to the licence fee and said he wants C4 to
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NewsFive gets£17m boost to budget
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has been handed a£17m budget boost to strengthen the broadcaster's schedule next year.
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Allen's new ITV passion
ITV's regional strategy is under scrutiny as plans to pull out of non-news programming threaten to overshadow a£40m investment in news. Broadcast headed to Maidstone to ask ITV chief executive Charles Allen how deep his commitment to news really goes.
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Shine to follow final legal hunt
Members of Britain's oldest hunt have given permission for cameras to follow them as they take part in what could be the final season of the blood-sport following its banning by Parliament last week.