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Chrysalis to tackle rage
Chrysalis Television has secured a raft of commissions including a three-part, 30-minute series for BBC 1 about the rising tide of anger in the UK, writes Tara Conlan.
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Liberty Livewire picks three UK chiefs
Liberty Livewire has appointed three managing directors to head its UK divisions, writes Barbara Marshall.
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(.TV) LOOKS FOR PROG CHIEF
BSkyB is searching for a new (.tv) head of programming, after acting head of the channel Stephanie Couillard took on the role officially this week. Couillard, who retains day-to-day programming duties
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ITV snaps up gameshow idea from Celador
Celador, the award-winning indie behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, has bagged another major commission from ITV for a new big money gameshow format, writes Colin Robertson.
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SIMPLY MONEY STRIKES ON DIGITAL CARRIAGE DEAL
Simply Money, the consumer finance channel, has struck a carriage deal with On Digital. The channel, which already has carriage on Sky Digital and Yes TV, is also finalising a deal
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ELLIOTT COMMISSIONS KEMP'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has decided to commission the modern-day version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, developed from a treatment by former EastEnders star Ross Kemp. As exclusively
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PRIME TV CALLS FOR IDEAS FROM UK INDIES TO HIT QUOTA
European Pakistani channel Prime TV has called on UK indies to help it achieve a 20 per cent target for UK-originated programming. The channel, which upped its broadcasting hours from 6.5
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CACKETT AND WARD LAUNCH INTERACTIVE OUTFIT
Paul Cackett, former head of Sky Interactive, has joined forces with Open Mike Productions founder Peter Ward to launch a design and technical consultancy tackling interactive TV programming and channel strategy
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Creative buys B&W TV Mobiles
Avesco-owned Creative Technology has bought Black and White Television Mobiles in a bid to expand its outside broadcast business, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ISRAELI ORAD TO BUY FRENCH GRAPHICS OUTFIT GETRIS
Israeli virtual studio company Orad is to acquire Getris, a French video graphics outfit. Valuing Getris at $9 million (£6 million), the deal is in line with Orad's strategy announced during
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WESTCOUNTRY TV SETTLES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSMAN
Westcountry TV has agreed an out-of-court settlement with Plymouth business man John Steven, following an item broadcast in the ITV company's weekly current affairs strand Insight in February 1999. The footage
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BT LINES UP MEDIA OUTFITS
BT has confirmed it is considering buying media outfits to provide content for its broadband offering Openworld. BT recently signed a deal with band managers 19 Management for exclusive premieres of
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LORD HOLME RAPS BROADCASTERS' FLOUTING OF CODE
Broadcasters are increasingly riding roughshod over programming codes of conduct in a bid to increase ratings, according to the third annual report from the Broadcasting Standard's Commission (BSC). BSC chairman Lord
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Brownlow, Corley to leave Border TV
Border TV chief executive Paul Corley and managing director Peter Brownlow are to leave the outfit in July following Capital Radio's takeover last month.Border TV executive chairman James Graham, who continues
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LOCAL FEATURES OUT-PERFORM US BLOCKBUSTERS ON TV
Locally made feature films outperform US blockbusters when they are broadcast on TV in their country of origin, according to research conducted by Eurodata TV. The report 1999: Cinema on Television
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Off the Record - PJ blips
And while on the subject of great literature, one thing we forgot to mention last week in our hilarious story about BBC economics editor Peter Jay's new series The Road to
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Big Brother house swept for bugs
Channel 4 and Bazal paid counter-espionage experts to sweep the Big Brother house for bugs after more than 100 journalists left a press conference at the purpose-built set on Tuesday (27 June), writes Ashley Davies.
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NHS BIDS POUR IN
The Department of Health has confirmed that 20 companies and consortia have pitched for the government's£5 million fund to provide NHS services via digital television. The proposals include submissions from
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ITV in bid to shore up ratings
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment is set to unveil what the Network Centre claims is one of its strongest autumn schedules next week in a bid to shore up dwindling ratings, writes Colin Robertson.
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RATINGS - TX - The Secret Life of the Bentall Family
Broadcaster: BBC 1Producer: BBC scienceStart: 20.00, 5 JulyLength: 50 minutes, Commissioning editor: Peter SalmonExecutive producer: Michael MosleyThe arcane mysteries of science are given a mainstream spin in BBC 1's The Secret