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Broadband roll-out may get tax breaks
The government is putting together a number of high-profile initiatives to accelerate its vision of 'Broadband Britain', including a film industry-style scheme to grant tax breaks to companies producing broadband content.Other
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BRASS EYE IN THE CLEAR
The Independent Television Commission ruled that Channel 4's Brass Eye, which satirised talk-show confessions of child abuse, did not breach rules on taste and decency. The commission failed to uphold six
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ON THE BOX - Jamie's comeback
Producer and director at Oxford Films and Television Ian MacMillan loved the satire of Rock Profiles but found Never Mind ... boorish.
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US sales boost ITV companies
Beleaguered ITV companies Carlton and Granada received a much-needed confidence boost this week after signing a raft of programme deals at Mipcom.Granada International announced a six figure co-production and distribution deal
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Bolton wanders into television production
BOLTON WANDERERS is setting a precedent for other football clubs by installing an in-house production facility to provide live coverage of home games, writes Barbara Marshall.
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INDIE FINANCE - Creativity pays Carnival's bills
The success of Carnival Films and Theatre owes more to a policy of developing ideas than relying on business plans. It is now one of the UK's most eminent independent drama producers, writes Meg Carter.
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BREAKFAST BIDS CUT
Channel 4 was expected to decide which three of the seven bidders for the Big Breakfast slot will be shortlisted to make pilots for a new show as Broadcast went to
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BIDE LEAVES CARLTON
Carlton controller of factual Polly Bide is set to step down from her position because of ill health. She joined the broadcaster from the BBC in October 1998 to head the
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BBC confirms new division
The BBC this week confirmed that its fourth commercial division, formed from the broadcast and presentation department, could be up and running in the new year, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC may close minority units
The BBC's flagship minority programme centres - the disability programme unit (DPU) and the Manchester-based Afro-Caribbean programme units (ACPU) - are being 'closed by stealth', according to insiders.Sources have told Broadcast
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RATINGS - BBC football coverage kicks ITV into touch
BBC 1's coverage of England's World Cup qualifying match with Greece this week put another boot into ITV's ratings, writes Steve Aston.
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CZECHS TO GET TUBBIES BBC
Worldwide has licensed 250 episodes of Teletubbies to leading Czech commercial channel Nova, to air from March. Meanwhile 156 episodes of the pre-school show have been licensed to TVP1 in Poland.
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Wark profiles great Scots for BBC
Glasgow-based Indie Wark Clements has secured two factual commissions from BBC Scotland commissioning editor for television Ewan Angus, writes Penny Hughes.
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PEPPER'S GHOST BAGS CITV DEAL
Pepper's Ghost Productions has formed a partnership with US rights developer Beckett Entertainment to develop animation properties, and it has also bagged its first CITV commission writes Barbara Marshall.
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CUP TALKS BACK ON
Talks have re-opened between German media giant Kirch and the BBC and ITV over the controversial sale of rights to World Cup 2002. Since April the three had hit a stalemate
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - CROW IN AVID EXPANSION
Post-production facility Crow TV, based in west London, has expanded with the addition of five Avid suites, making a total of 14, and a second Symphony. The company has taken on
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Atlantic overhaul
Struggling long-wave dance music station Atlantic 252 is expected to be overhauled as a sports-oriented station after its sale to sports internet and radio company Teamtalk Media, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Festival role for Tiger Aspect boss
Organisers of the Edinburgh Festival have chosen an independent producer as advisory chair for the first time in seven years, appointing Tiger Aspect joint managing director Charles Brand to the role, writes Penny Hughes.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Arri promotes Louka and delays float
Camera and lighting specialist Arri has promoted general manager Renos Louka to group managing director of its UK companies but has put its plans for a stock market flotation on hold, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - WELSH ARCHIVE MERGER
The National Library of Wales' sound and moving image collection is to merge with the Welsh Film and Television Archive to form the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales. The