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BBC factual set to go upmarket
The number of hours the BBC devotes to factual programming is to fall as it cuts back on cheap docu-soaps and pumps more money into higher budget quality documentaries, the corporation
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BBC PLANS TO RAISE MR HELL
The BBC is developing what it claims is the world's first animated comedy sketch show with a new project featuring a computer-generated devil voiced by comedian Bob Monkhouse, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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SO WHAT NOW? TO GET SECOND SERIES ON BBC
The BBC has said it will commission a second series of the Lee Evans sitcom So What Now? (left) despite reports that it had axed the vehicle. A BBC spokeswoman told
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Off the Record ... Yentob's designs on BBC Scotland
News just in from Los Angeles, where the LA screenings are in full swing, tells of Alan 'Botney' Yentob on his mobile phone night and day to those responsible for judging
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BARR TAKES OVER AS SPORTS REPORTER AT ITN
ITN has appointed Felicity Barr as its new sports correspondent. Barr joins from regional news programme London Tonight where she was a sports presenter. She will replace Gabby Yorath on ITV's
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BBC lands six sport awards
The Olympic victory of Britain's coxless fours proved a triumph for the BBC this week as the corporation scooped six gongs at the Royal Television Society's sports awards, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Radio Authority in automation rethink
The Radio Authority this week kicked off its consultation process on new automation limits set to come into force later this month, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Output boost for Artsworld
Artsworld Channel director Richard Melman has made a raft of orders, taking the total hours of original programming to over 100, writes Simon Ellery.
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SMOKE TAKES ON ARTIST
High-end facility Smoke & Mirrors has appointed Frenchman Jean-Philippe Leclercq as senior Inferno artist. For the past five years he has worked for some of France's leading post-production houses as well
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Thomson bids for Philips arm
French electronics group Thomson Multimedia is to buy the professional broadcast content creation activity of Dutch giant Philips, writes Barbara Marshall.
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MURDOCH RIVAL APPEARS
BSkyB chairman Rupert Murdoch remains the frontrunner to buy US satellite giant DirecTV despite news that the second largest US satellite player, EchoStar, is now also in the frame. DirecTV parent
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How long will ITV anomaly last?
Is it time the industry asked whether ITV's system of commissioning and producing programmes should change in the light of consolidated ownership?The subject is a thorny one for producers, whether they
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Change of image
Refreshing a tired but established format can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand a new look is capable of attracting a new audience but, on the other, too great a revamp runs the risk of alienating the faithful core.
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ITV alters contract rights
ITV has begun a major overhaul of its programme rights policy as it gears up to expand its portfolio of channels and internet activity.The new commissioning contracts are set to see
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Sky airs tribute to Anne Frank
Sky News and the History Channel have joined forces for the first time to make a one-off factual special to coincide with Anne Frank memorial day later this month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Equity in talks with Pact on airings pay
Producers' alliance Pact has agreed to enter 'crunch talks' with Equity over improved contracts for actors whose work is exploited by broadcasters, following mounting pressure from the actors union, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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CITV TO AIR PONGWIFFY
UK animation studio Telemagination has landed its third CITV commission with 13 x 22-minute animated sitcom Pongwiffy, writes Simon Ellery. The series for 6-9 year-olds has been commissioned by ITV controller
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FREE TO AIR - A new leaf for ITC's library
Britain, according to a recent edition of Germany's Stern magazine, is an island where nothing works, plagued by foot and mouth disease and foot-in-mouth politicians, but we still care about our
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BBC Dome plan set to go ahead
A BBC-backed consortium aiming to reopen the Millennium Dome as a visitor attraction is expected to have its bid approved by the government as early as next week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TIME OF OUR LIVES TO LOOK AT SEX AFTER THE WAR
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has ordered a second 3 x 60-minute run of social history series Time of our Lives from producer RDF. Currently in production, the