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Govt must hold BBC to its word.
Media secretary Chris Smith is now facing the decision on the BBC's proposed digital services. The deadline for consultation passed on Wednesday (28 February) and, according to the guidelines Smith published
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OFF THE RECORD - No foppish frippery for Bazal.
We got all trembly when we found out that Endemol Entertainment UK - loving parent of Bazal - was moving out of its grand-looking but crowded offices in Bloomsbury to a
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BARBIE TV RIGHTS WON.
Entertainment Rights has landed the international television and distribution rights to the 75-minute Barbie film Barbie in the Nutcracker, produced by Mainframe Entertainment. The deal coincides with the promotion of Entertainment
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TRADE TALK - Back in business.
Carlton producer Sharon Bloom has been in charge of the difficult task of renovating Crossroads to suit a younger audience. But will they check in?
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RATINGS - BBC's Kenyon washed away by ITV's soap.
BBC 1's new investigative series Kenyon Confronts found itself predictably exposed by ITV's top soap Coronation Street, writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC news wins at RTS Awards.
The BBC cleaned up at last night's Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, picking up 10 out of the 15 prizes, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITN WINS GOLD NYMPH NEWS AWARD.
ITN this week beat the BBC, CNN and Sky News to scoop its second consecutive gold nymph news award - a first in the award's history - for its coverage of
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FRONTLINE AUDIO SUITE.
Covent Garden facility Frontline/Happy Fish is opening an audio suite this week and has appointed Robin Fellows to provide audio mixing and sound design. Fellows started his career in 1987 and
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Metro to launch new media arm.
Technology provider Metro Group will launch its webcasting and new media division, Metro Digital, at The Production Show later this month, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Telegraph apologises to BBC NI.
The Daily Telegraph has been forced to apologise to BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert Cooper over references it made to the political views of the writer of controversial BBC 1 drama Rebel Heart, writes Ashley Davies.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Regional enquiries.
Broadcasters are often accused of looking down on regional indies but now Channel 5 has surprised indie producers by committing part of its spend to the regions. Will the other channels follow its example?
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ANALYSIS - INDIE FINANCE - Millionaires on and off-screen.
Celador, producer of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and a range of successful comedies, has made more fortunes for shareholders such as Jasper Carrott and managing director Paul Smith than it has for the public. Jane Marlow Reports.
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FREE TO AIR - Showing just remorse.
This week I have been mostly abasing myself. The problem, entirely of my own making, was one of insufficient fact checking and the result was that I credited Simon Nye, writer
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BBC re-edits Attachments after BSC ruling.
The BBC has been forced to re-edit its controversial dotcom drama Attachments following a rash of complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV PULLS PUBLIC PROPERTY AFTER SIX WEEKS.
ITV has pulled its much-vaunted daytime reality show Public Property just six weeks after it launched, following abysmal ratings. The last episode of the Anglia-produced show will air this Friday (2
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NTL ALLOTS£5M TO BROADBAND PROMOTION.
Cable giant NTL is to spend£5m promoting broadband to consumers and has set itself a target of 100,000 broadband customers by the end of this year. The outfit, which will
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C5 ADDS MASTURBATION TO RISQUE ROSTER.
Channel 5 is bolstering its reputation as the home of risque sex shows with the commission of one-off documentary The History of Masturbation. C5 controller of special events Adam Perry has
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C4 TOUR GOES TO HOUSE.
The growing outrage over Channel 4's refusal to broadcast the Tour de France this summer has gone to the House of Commons, writes Ashley Davies.
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BROADCAST MAN MAKES C4 FILM.
Broadcast classified sales executive Scott Pearce has co-written, directed and filmed a one-off 25-minute film for Channel 4's late-night strand The Other Side. Due to air this weekend, Cruel Brittania centres
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C4 COMMISSIONS UPDATED CARMEN.
C4 deputy commissioning editor, music Jan Younghusband has asked Landseer Productions to produce a 90-minute contemporary film noir version of Bizet's opera Carmen. Set in a 1960s greasy diner and garage,