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Manchester radio jobs shed by BBC
BBC Production is shedding almost two-thirds of the radio production posts at its Manchester-based entertainment and features department due to a loss of commissions.Staff were told that 21 radio production and
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BBC BOOSTS NEW WRITING
BBC drama has asked seven writers new to TV to submit a treatment on the theme of sisters, one of which will be commissioned and made into a 30-minute film for
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BBC draws up plans for digital library
The BBC is considering a multi-million pound investment in digital archiving in an attempt to catalogue and manage its library, estimated to include over 100 million items of video, audio, stills
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BBC DEAL INCLUDES EASTENDERS SALE TO POLISH TV
The BBC has announced a raft of deals in the wake of Showcase last month.Among the sales agreed are 135 episodes of Casualty to Nelonen in Finland and 130 episodes of
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OFF THE RECORD - Ban the bomb
And talking of the Kosovo crisis, a memo to ITV Network Centre. OTR enjoys a war film as much as the next man (and his name's Norman Schwarzkopf) but wouldn't it
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WORLD SERVICE INCREASES BALKANS COVERAGE
BBC World Service has added extra daily broadcasts in Serbian, Albanian and Bulgarian to its service since the escalation of the conflict in Kosovo last week. From Thursday (25 March), the
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BBC thrives at awards ceremony
Some of ITN's founding fathers, including former editors Nigel Ryan and David Nicholas, joined Trevor McDonald and chief executive Stuart Purvis to collect a special prize for News at Ten at
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BBC WINS BEST DOC AWARD
The BBC has won the Grierson Award for best British documentary for the second successive year - the sixth time overall. The winning show, Inside Story: Tongue Tied from BBC documentaries
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Discreet's Brett to quit for rival Avid
Discreet Logic UK country manager Simon Brett is quitting the company to join rival manufacturer Avid Technology.Brett, who joined Discreet four years ago, is expected to take up the position on
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New facility eyes autumn launch date
Soho will get its first major new commercials facility in four years when plans being hatched by market research company founder Philippa Gillies come to fruition this autumn, writes Dominic Timms.Code-named
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CARLTON GOES TO AUCTION WITH TRANSMEDIA DOCU-SOAP
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered a new 10 x 30-minute docu-soap on two auction houses from Transmedia Productions.The series, which has the working title Auction House, will
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PERCY TO LEAD BARCUD-DERWEN ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS
Barcud-Derwen, the UK's largest regional facilities group, has lured former Bafta director Nia Percy to head up its TV facilities for the new Welsh Assembly. She joins operations manager Mike Joseph,
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TV Corp shops around for kids/drama outfit
The Television Corporation is looking to spend up to£50 million on a 'rights-related acquisition' - probably in the shape of a children's or drama production company - according to chief
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BROADCAST RATINGS ANALYSIS - Time for a change
Channel 4 is set in its ways - old-timers Brookside and Countdown are still its most popular shows. Is it time for the once-innovative broadcaster to try something new?
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OFF THE RECORD - Alive and kicking
OTR was astonished to receive a phone call this week from none other than legendary funnyman Benny Hill. Well, not exactly because our Benny (he was a big hit in America,
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OFF THE RECORD - Paxman's Airfix kit
There's nothing like an armed conflict to give TV news bulletins the excuse to wheel out their latest groovy computer-generated maps and graphics.Except, apparently, if you work on Newsnight (above right).
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United to defend Prospero action
United Productions is to defend the action being brought against it for alleged copyright theft by Australian independent Prospero Productions, writes Nicola Methven.The indie issued a writ in March (Broadcast, 12.3.99),
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Whose Line? airs once more on ABC
ABC has recommissioned Hat Trick Productions' Whose Line Is It Anyway? for a 22-episode run in its autumn schedule later this year.Drew Carey will once again take up the role as
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C5 'must improve quality and range'
The Independent Television Commission has told Channel 5 to improve both the quality and the range of its programmes across the board, in its second end-of-year report on the broadcaster.In its
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CHANNEL 5 GETS SECOND HELPING OF FLOYD
Keith Floyd is set to appear in his second food and drink show for Channel 5, Floyd Around the Med. Produced by Denham Productions, the 9 x 30-minute series will be