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Granada Media takes BBC's Pye
Granada Media has poached BBC controller of commercial and business affairs, production Chris Pye to become commercial director and executive vice-president, international production.The news comes in the same week that a
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Docherty quits BBC for job at Telewest
BBC deputy director of television David Docherty is leaving to become managing director of broadband content at Telewest.Docherty, who has been at the BBC for the past 10 years, is understood
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GRANADA'S LEWIS TO DEVELOP FRENCH VEHICLE FOR BBC
Granada controller of drama Simon Lewis is developing a new comedy drama series starring Dawn French (left) for BBC head of comedy entertainment John Plowman. Ted and Alice is still at
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BBC buys Christie rights
The BBC has bought the TV rights to a lesser-known series of Agatha Christie detective books to develop a new drama property for BBC 1, writes Tara Conlan.
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BBC TOP DOGS GO UNDER SELECT COMMITTEE MICROSCOPE
The BBC is fielding a top line-up to front the first cross-examination of its annual report and accounts by the Commons' Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee. Those attending the meeting
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BBC to sit new services test
The government has unveiled details of the tests the BBC must pass before launching new services just as it appointed consultants to assess BBC finances, writes John Lewis.
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International News - BBC chief Phillips named BTDA chair
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) announced this week that its new chairman is BBC Worldwide international television director Mike Phillips.He replaces outgoing Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean, who revealed in
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The occasional diary of a BBC director general
WEDNESDAYBunch of interfering old biddies. So the governors reckon Beeb One has to do better, do they? They said that last year. Trouble is, two things have changed. I couldn't have
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Baz calls for online rushes
GMG Endemol Entertainment creative director Peter Bazalgette has called for broadcasters to return rushes to indies so they can be used for online content, writes Tara Conlan.
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BARCUD DERWEN JOINS FORCES WITH MEN IN WHITE COATS
Barcud Derwen is teaming up with the Men In White Coats team to form a new film effects company called Men From Mars. Creative director Phil Attfield and head of production
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G-WIZZ WINS BEST NEW INFORMATION SERVICE AWARD
Granada Media's entertainment portal G-Wizz won best new information service at the British Interactive Multimedia Association (Bima) awards. The site beat off strong competition from news organisations, including FT.com, to win
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EDITZ RECRUITS FLAME ARTIST FROM BOLLYWOOD
Manchester post-production facility Editz, owned by Eos Media, has gone to Bollywood to recruit its latest Flame artist. Sanjukta Gupta (left) is from Mumbai (Bombay) and was working on a large
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PEARSON APPOINTS BREMNER AS INTERACTIVE CHIEF
Pearson Television has appointed Flextech's Grant Bremner as head of interactive. He will oversee traditional online activities, broadband and enhanced TV and spearhead Pearson's drive to develop mobile services. Pearson has
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SCREEN GEMS ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM AWARD NOMINEES
Screen Gems, the short film scheme launched by Channel 4, SGRIN (The Media Agency for Wales) and British Screen, has announced its 10-strong short film shortlist. The scripts are Sister Lulu;
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UK FILMS WIN AWARDS AT ANNECY ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Four UK films won awards at French animation festival Annecy this month, including two in the TV category. An episode of Angela Anaconda from Decode Entertainment and Core Digital Pictures won
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News Analysis - Living with the enemy
Cooperation between television producers and newspapers is reaching unprecedented heights with the new breed of survivor programmes. Simon Ellery asks if TV can keep the upper hand.
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BBC SPORT IN GMG DEAL TO AIR LIVERPOOL UEFA MATCHES
BBC Sport has signed its first deal with Liverpool FC media partner the Granada Media Group for the rights to air Liverpool's Uefa Cup home matches on BBC 1 and BBC
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Opinion - Free to air
Just occasionally, there comes a time when you're slightly ashamed of your profession. Over the past three weeks, the often less-than-salubrious end of the print profession has been putting the collective
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MPS LEAP TO GRANADA AID
More than 50 northern members of parliament are urging trade secretary Stephen Byers to reject the proposed merger of Carlton and United. MPs of all parties have put down an early
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CARNIVAL TO MAKE NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE POIROT FOR ITV
Carnival Films is in pre-production on the latest Agatha Christie Poirot series for ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott. Murder in Mesopotamia, which also has backing from US cable channel A&E,