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JOHN WILLIS IN CALL FOR AUTHORED DOCS.
BBC director of factual and learning John Willis has called for less homogenised television and more
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Allen offers staff help with setting up indies.
ITV is trying to persuade regional programme-makers facing the axe to set up indies by offering
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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, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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AUCTIONWORLD FOLDS WITH DEBTS OF£14M.
Teleshopping channel Auctionworld has gone into administration with debts of around£14m. The station went off
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Sony Pictures looks at stake in Shine.
Sony Pictures Television International has held informal talks with Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, about buying a stake in the indie, writes Colin Robertson.
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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, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Duncan bids for licence fee.
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for direct access to the licence fee and
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Comment - Best in the world.
Despite the soul-searching, we'll all be misty-eyed about the current era of British television in a few years' time, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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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, writes Maria Esposito.
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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, writes Paul Revoir.
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Off the record - Spoof Mark Thompson email.
This is the spoof email doing the rounds at the BBC purporting to be from the
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BBC 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, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV 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, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five gets£17m boost to budget.
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has been handed a£17m budget boost to strengthen the
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Race for the PSP prize
It's interesting to speculate what Ofcom's proposed public service publisher (PSP) could look like. Perhaps it might be an offshoot of Channel 4, with a brand name of E5 and run by Roly Keating out of Birmingham. Perhaps a mobile phone giant could run it. Perhaps its proposed budget of£300m ...
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MPC sale hits snags
Reports of the sale of ITV-owned The Moving Picture Company (MPC) to French technology group Thomson appear to have been premature. The sale is yet to go through with the main stumbling blocks thought to be price and terms offered to the existing management. This may have opened up an ...
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Golden Sq new staff
Golden Square Post Production has recruited two new staff. Senior producer Andrew Swepson joins from Pepper, where he was facility manager and senior producer. His recent credits include the BBC documentary Dirty War and ITV's Lawless. Senior Inferno artist ...
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A place in? finds new homes in world
Channel 4 International has inked several deals for Tiger Aspect series A Place in? including a second window in the UK. Discovery UK has picked up repeat rights to all four titles - A Place in France, Greece, Spain and ...
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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.
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Format Focus: Music Farm
An Italian format gives one-hit wonders the chance to make a second impression.