Small MPU – Page 1631
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Opinion - ITC is swimming against the tide
The Independent Television Commission is in some hot water. By sticking its neck out yet again on News at Ten - holding out for more proposals from ITV on propping up
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Genre Focus: TV Classics
The appeal of retro TV has more to do with experiencing a bygone age through contemporary eyes than churning out cheap repeats of classics or presenting reels of archive footage so we can laugh, writes Meg Carter.
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LA Screenings - A primetime pitch
The Los Angeles Screenings start this week with Hollywood studios and US networks vying to secure international sales for their shows. This is no easy task, says John Hazelton, and the UK is a particularly tough market to crack.
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Interview - Frank gets animated
As Lynne Frank, head of Cartoon Network's European office, launches a new channel offering classics from the animation archives, the huge marketing potential of this colourful genre remains one of her primary concerns.
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Ratings - TX - Can you live without...?
Broadcaster: Channel 4Producer: Fulcrum ProductionsStart: 20.30, 30 MayLength: 5 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: Dorothy Byrne, Ben FrowExecutive producer: Christopher HirdSeries producer: Jonathon HolmesChannel 4's Can You Live Without...? is very much a
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AND FINALLY..
Ed Hall, managing director of Simply Money Channel, reveals that he is not hung like a horse and wants to win on the tables.
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NewsCommissioner's Q&A - Liam Humphreys
Channel 4's commissioning editor, features has£140,000 per hour to spend on mischievous ideas for popular factual docs and he wants to know what indies think C4 is missing.
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OFF THE RECORD - Es are good
Off The Record never ceases to be amazed by the burgeoning creativity of Optomen TV. Once known solely for piss poor Alastair Stewart vehicle Police Camera Action, it has more recently
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OFF THE RECORD - Live and dangerous
More barrel scraping was in evidence on last week's late-night edition of Channel 4's tired 'yoof' show TFI Friday. The Chris Evans vehicle rang the changes with a live show -
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OFF THE RECORD - Shy and retiring
The vexed issue of who invented Bazal's Food and Drink rumbles on. Last week Broadcast published a letter from former BBC inmate Mark Patterson insisting that it was one Henry Murray
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OFF THE RECORD - Tight-fisted
And so to the windswept north-east where Tyne Tees Television can be found giving stirling support to local indies. Spies tell us that magnanimous managing editor, news Graham Marples has even
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OFF THE RECORD - Leader of the pack
OTR's lame stunt of the month award goes to the good people of Chrysalis Radio. Following a suggestion at the group's internal suggestion box, a new job swop initiative has been
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OFF THE RECORD - Golden handshake
OTR was delighted when our favourite comedy read, the Channel 4 Annual Report, slipped into our in-tray. Among this year's top nuggets was the spectacle of C4 chairman Vanni Treves eagerly
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On the box - Blair wins on his way out
Confessions of an Estate Agentoffered nothing very new but David Cook found Blair: The Inside Storya more satisfying look at an untrustworthy profession.