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TX - The suburban bugbear
You don't have to go to the plains of Africa or the jungles of South America to make natural history programmes. All animal life is right here all around us. At
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Breakfast slot open
Planet Rapido, Planet 24, Ginger Productions, Princess Productions and TalkBack Productions have emerged as potential bidders for Channel 4's early morning slot following confirmation that the Big Breakfast format will be axed this year, writes Penny Hugh
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ON THE BOX - Jazzing up late night
For BBC Scotland head of comedy and entertainment Mike Bolland, Jazz is music to the ears, but Big Brother numbs the brain.
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GRANADA BOSS TO LEAVE
Granada UK broadcast managing director Stewart Butterfield is set to leave the company. Butterfield, who joined Granada from Channel 4 in 1997, is being seen as the first casualty of Granada's
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GWR DIGITAL BOSS LEAVES TO BROADEN SCOPE
GWR digital services managing director Russell Stuart is stepping down at the end of the month. Stuart, who has worked in the commercial radio sector for 25 years, will continue to
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RDF Media wins major US boost
RDF Media has bagged its second major US commission after sealing a deal with USA Networks to produce a transatlantic version of its cod Japanese betting format, Banzai.USA Networks' Chris Sloane
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TWO FOUR TV FILLS BOARD
Two Four Productions' new media arm twofourtv has filled its last boardroom position with Paul Tarplee taking up the role of chief technology officer. Tarplee will oversee and co-ordinate the company's
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BILLY ELLIOT SLOT
Indie Tiger Aspect is set to make a one-off documentary for BBC 1 on how the success of the hit UK movie Billy Elliot has affected its young star, Jamie Bell.
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ITV unveils The Bill offshoot
ITV has unveiled details of its second planned spin-off from The Bill, Beech Is Back, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BID-UP BOOSTS REACH
Auction channel bid-up.tv has this week launched on Telewest. The channel, in which Telewest holds a 36 per cent stake, already broadcasts 14 hours of live TV auctions each day on
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SCOTS DIGITAL BIDS
The Radio Authority has received two applications for the Dundee and Perth digital multiplex licence from Score Digital and Switchdigital. Score Digital, a subsidiary of Scottish Radio Holdings, is proposing a
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Snell & Wilcox in bid for firm
Snell & Wilcox has confirmed it is in talks to buy Newbury-based hardware manufacturer Post Impressions whose managing director has quit for Avid, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BUYING A DIGITAL TV - Are you being served?
The predicted date for analogue switch-off in the UK is creeping up. Broadcast goes undercover in London to gauge whether sales staff in high street stores on the front line of the digital revolution are armed with enough information to interpret jargon f
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Beat boss moves on
Beat 106 programme controller Andrew Jeffries has left the station to become programme director of Galaxy 105, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC returns US chief
BBC Worldwide Americas chief executive Peter Phippen is returning to the UK to head the company's publishing division, writes Katy Elliott.
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BBC LOCAL TALENT DRIVE
The BBC has launched a new scheme based in the nations to find nine young people to help develop the next generation of entertainment programming. The initiative, which will be based
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BBC SIGNS NTL DEAL
The BBC has signed a digital carriage deal with NTL to allow subscribers to access its interactive services for the first time. The agreement will give viewers access to the BBC's
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BBC orders Hat Trick sitcom
Hat Trick Productions has been commissioned to produce a comedy 'mini-soap' for BBC 1 from the writer of Drop the Dead Donkey, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC TACKLES WEATHER
The man behind Walking With Dinosaurs, BBC science creative director John Lynch is to executive produce Weather, a landmark series, writes Barbara Marshall. Scheduled for delivery next year, the series will
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IN MY VIEW - Steve Barnett
On why the public's indifference to digital television has been seriously underestimated.