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NewsAnd Finally...Steven Russell
Steven Russell,development Co-ordinator at Celtic Films Entertainment, loves being up to his elbows in soapy water What's the cruellest thing you've ever done?Telling someone ice cream smells nice, then pushing his face into itHow ...
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First orders for Gaelic channel
The Gaelic Media Service (GMS) has commissioned the first round of programmes to feature on its dedicated Gaelic digital channel due to launch later this year.
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NewsMark Thompson speech in full
Media Summit 2007 - The Future of Creative Content Conference - London
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NewsCeleb Big Brother continues to rise
Channel 4 continued to reap the benefits over the alleged racism in Celebrity Big Brotherwith the show attracting 5.1 million (21.4%) at 9pm, the third highest audience of the current series.
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NewsBBC borrowing limit only£230m
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell will confirm this afternoon that the BBC licence fee will rise by 3% over each of the next two years. She is also expected to announce a borrowing limit of around£230m well below the£400m the corporation was seeking.
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Licence fee to rise by 3%
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell is set to announce that the BBC licence fee will rise by 3% over each of the next two years.
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NewsNorton presents rebirth of variety talent show
Graham Norton will attempt to revitalise the variety talent show for BBC1 with a new format that combines voting from a celebrity judging panel and 101 pre-registered viewers at home.
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NewsPrimetime mover
Tivo co-creator Mike Ramsay helped liberate viewers from the whims of TV schedulers - and skip the ads
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September strengthens management
September Films has beefed up its senior management team with the addition of an executive producer, factual producer and a head of development.
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On location: The steeplechase
Series producer/director Carlo Massarella and his crew had to say a few prayers and be spot on with their filming to capture the journey of a church to its neighbouring parish.
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NewsLeader - The ugly side of reality
Celeb BB's travails only serve to emphasise that the format is no longer a surefire hit, writes Lisa Campbell, Broadcast's acting editor
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ITV marketing move
ITV has appointed David Pemsel as group marketing director following the departure of Clare Salmon at the end of last year.
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NewsOsmond to host Pyramid for UK
Housewives' favourite Donny Osmond will host a UK version of Emmy award-winning US gameshow Pyramid for Challenge in the spring.
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NTL goes for romance for V-day launch
NTL is understood to be launching the Virgin Media brand into the TV, broadband and telephony markets on St Valentine's Day, which it will dub 'V-day'.
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Panorama move gets mixed results
BBC1's decision to move Panoramato a Monday peaktime slot at 8.30pm had mixed results as it battled for viewers with ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonaldand Channel 4's Dispatches.
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Titchmarsh fronts interactive history
Alan Titchmarsh is to present an interactive history series for UKTV History which features UKTV's first content created exclusively for internet downloads and mobile. Britain's Best, which launches in April, will see Titchmarsh travel around the UK asking the public to vote for their favourite ...
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Ratings - Winners and losers in a fresh look at primetime
Sometimes a simple question can give you pause for thought. Last week I was asked what definition of primetime we use for the tables on this page.
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A Foundry Oscar
Software developer The Foundry has won an Oscar at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The London company is honoured for its Furnace effects suite, used by facilities including MPC and Framestore CFC and on films including Casino Royale. The Oscar will be ...
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The Farm expands
The Farm has hired two former Evolutions staff as part of its ongoing expansion. Senior editor Alex Moffatt joins the Deal or No Dealteam at The Farm's Bristol facility and Margeaux Moore takes the newly created role of technical supervisor. Moore, who ran ...
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NewsEntertaining new ideas
Branded content is pointless unless the content itself is compelling, argues Adrian Pettett