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Taps scheme ups sticks to Shepperton Studios
The Television Arts Performance Showcase (Taps) has moved to the Shepperton Studios, after being thrown out of its Teddington Studios home. The move follows Taps' warning that it faced closure unless
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NewsIcstis calls 'urgent' phone-in TV meeting
Icstis, the premium rate services regulator, has called an urgent meeting next week in the wake of recent allegations made against Channel 4's Richard & Judy show and the BBC's Saturday Kitchen.
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BBC to open new commercial arm
BBC director general Greg Dyke is expected to announce the creation of a new commercial entity on Thursday (6 July), grouping together all the BBC's technical services in a bid to maximise revenue, write Barbara Marshall and Tara Conlan.
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Yentob gets deputy as review rolls out
BBC director general Greg Dyke and the BBC executive committee are expected to unveil the second phase of Dyke's 'One BBC' structure on Monday (10 July), kickstarting a search for a
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BSkyB in E4 partnership discussions
BSkyB is in secret negotiations with Channel 4 about becoming an equity partner in its planned entertainment channel E4, writes Ashley Davies.
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NewsTX: Fallen Angel: What makes a killer?
A three-part adaptation of a reverse-narrative thriller signals a new direction for ITV drama.
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BLAZE SECURES FURTHER ITV COMMISSIONS
ITV has signed up a raft of commissions from Blaze Television, including a further 12-month run of its successful Saturday morning stalwarts SM:TV Live and cd:uk. The Network, along with ITV2,
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BROOK LAPPING TO EXAMINE SERIAL KILLERS FOR ITV
ITV has commissioned Brook Lapping to produce a series on Britain's serial killers, which takes a forensic look through the ages kicking off with Jack the Ripper. Ordered by former ITV
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BROADCASTERS VIE FOR AARDMAN'S ANGRY KID
Broadcasters including Channel 4 are in talks with Aardman Animations about airing ground-breaking animation short Angry Kid (left). The 25 x 1-minute series has had 1 million hits since it was
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FLOELLA BENJAMIN SERVES UP THREE CARLTON FOOD SERIES
Carlton Food Network has commissioned Floella Benjamin Productions to produce three new series. The first is a 6 x 30-minutes series called Islands of the Caribbean, looking at the culture and
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On location - So very far from home
Lion Television swapped Scotland for New Zealand as the setting for the return of Castaway. But finding the perfect remote island was a tough challenge, as Jeremy Mills recounts.
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C4 EXTENDS ITN POWERHOUSE CONTRACT TO SUMMER 2001
Channel 4 head of news, current affairs and business David Lloyd has renewed ITN's contract to produce Powerhouse until summer 2001. The political discussion programme goes out live every Tuesday, Wednesday
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RADIO 1 TAKES AWARD CEREMONIES DOC FROM ALL OUT
Radio indie All Out has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 to produce a 30-minute documentary And the winner is ... about the role and growth in popularity of music award
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BBC 2 DOCUMENTARY SERIES TO INVESTIGATE GAMBLING
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a 10 x 30-minute post-watershed series about gambling from BBC documentaries and history. Jackpot comprises 10 films by different directors, such as Alison Millar,
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Comment - Making race positive
When there's some truth in stereotypes, why not reflect that, asks Sanjeev Kohli
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ITV brings drama to autumn line-up
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment unveiled what he claimed was his strongest schedule yet on Monday (3 July), serving up a£250 million glut of star-studded new drama series, documentaries
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Vaughan to write Choice drama
BBC Choice head of programming Stuart Murphy has unveiled a raft of commissions, including a 30-minute drama written by Johnny Vaughan and a horror series featuring high-profile actors including Sadie Frost, writes Tara Conlan.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Morse outwits BBC 1's sci-fi sleuths
Mulder and Scully were outwitted by Inspector Morse this week when a rerun of the ITV stalwart racked up almost double the number of viewers that tuned in for the first episode in the latest X Files series, writes Ashley Davies.
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Money finds extra£11m
The Money Channel claims that it has raised a further£11 million in funding this week, following news that the channel had lost more money than expected in its first year of operation, writes Simon Ellery.
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Terrestrial TV watched via aerial in digi homes
The majority of terrestrial TV viewing in Sky Digital homes is not done through the digital set-top box, but through an ordinary aerial, according to ITV research based on Barb figures, writes Colin Robertson.