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ICA AND FILMFOUR CO-HOST CONFERENCE ON CENSORSHIP
FilmFour and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) are hosting a conference on the future of UK film and broadcasting censorship. Delegates will include representatives from bodies such as children's charities,
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Carlton and United to make ITV soaps
Carlton TV's ill-fated soap Crossroads will return to screens next year, following ITV's surprise decision to choose two new weekday soaps for its daytime and early evening schedules.United Productions' Trafalgar Road
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FOX KIDS EUROPE EMULATES POKEMON-STYLE CARDS
Fox Kids Europe is launching a Pokemon-style trading card promotion based on characters in the UK channel's autumn schedule. Targeting four to nine year-olds, the cards (right) will feature stars from
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OFF THE RECORD - You can run, but you can't hide
A message to the Channel 4 executive whose exuberance/clumsiness (delete where applicable) caused an entire tray of champagne to come crashing to the ground at the Guardian party, and who then
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - PBS chief calls for UK indie ideas
President and chief executive officer of US public service broadcaster PBS Pat Mitchell told festival delegates that she wants British producers to pitch more programme ideas to her company, writes Ashley Davies.
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Libs call for footie rights
The Liberal Democrats are calling for at least one live Premiership football match to be shown weekly on free-to-air TV during the football season, writes John Lewis.
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OFF THE RECORD - Cagoule crisis
Somebody else who may have been on the verge of making a scene was Michael Grade. Having splashed out thousands on Pinewood Studios-branded anoraks to hand out to delegates, he was
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OFF THE RECORD - Hop on the bus, Gus
It was a weekend topped and tailed by transport hell for many of those poor lushes in Edinburgh this weekend. Train delays on the way up; out- and-out cancellations on the
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INTERVIEW - BSkyB grows up
Sky is maturing as a new strategy evolves and Mark Sharman, who is filling the shoes of the high profile Elisabeth Murdoch as head of broadcasting and production, is the man charged with keeping audiences growing.
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OFF THE RECORD - Brighter pitcher
Brighter Pictures' shrinking violet Remy Blumenfeld was bouncing about£20,000 richer after winning a programme-pitching competition in which three indies tried to outpitch one another for a hypothetical Channel 4 brief.
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - Shadow to oversee new Ofcom body
The current system of regulation could be replaced by a single body kept in check by a shadow strategic communications authority, according to one of the team formulating ideas for the forthcoming communications white paper, writes Tara Conlan.
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SYDNEY OLYMPICS - Let the show begin
The BBC is planning its most extensive coverage ever of the Olympics, with over 21 hours of programming a day. Naomi Marks talks to those in charge of running this major sporting event from September onwards.
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BBC's Olympian feat
The Sydney 2000 Olympics is an even bigger challenge for the BBC than the 1996 games in Atlanta, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Turner quits for BBC net operation
Granada Media director of online and interactive media and former City trader Julian Turner has defected to BBC Worldwide to become chief executive of new commercial internet subsidiary, Beeb Ventures, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC mulls 'one newsroom'
BBC News is considering controversial plans to merge output for News 24 and BBC 1 news bulletins as part of a project dubbed internally 'one newsroom', write Tara Conlan and Colin Robertson.
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BBC plans CPU review
BBC head of factual and learning Lorraine Heggessey is to review the 50-strong Community Programme Unit (CPU) and its diversity database, after admitting that the database has failed, writes Simon Ellery.
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OFF THE RECORD - The occasional diary of a BBC director general
SATURDAYGregster, the Greg-meister, Gregorama. What a speech! What a performance!What on earth possessed Thommo to use as many words as humanly possible with Rs in? Genre this, genre that, watershed frigging
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OFF THE RECORD - Barclay nap
If you have time, please spare another thought for the baby-faced king of cable, Barclay Knapp, whose name this weekend gave a new definition to the old popular rhyming slang fave.
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TV branding specialist Red Pepper Film Company has unveiled a rebranding package for the UEFA Champions League, writes Barbara Marshall. Designed to last three years, the image extends beyond the on-s
TV branding specialist Red Pepper Film Company has unveiled a rebranding package for the UEFA Champions League, writes Barbara Marshall. Designed to last three years, the image extends beyond the on-screen
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Baby Channel to raise fresh cash
The Baby Channel is in talks with indies to commission 15 new series and has also revealed plans to raise a further£10m for its launch next year, writes Simon Ellery.