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NewsJungle Group swings into picture post sector
Sound specialist Jungle Group is moving into picture post with the launch of a new division called Giant.
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CQTV attacks ITV docs
Serious ITV documentaries are an 'endangered species', according to a report from the Campaign for Quality Television (CQTV) revealed exclusively to Broadcast.The report - penned by documentarists working in ITV -
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Flextech in talks to buy GSkyB stations
Flextech is in secret talks to buy the Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) pay-TV channels - Granada Plus, Granada Breeze and Granada Men & Motors - according to sources.The pay-TV operator is
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Jobs axed in R3 overhaul
Three senior executives at BBC Radio 3 are to lose their jobs in a radical management overhaul by controller Roger Wright, writes John Plunkett.Commissioning editor, music policy Hilary Boulding, commissioning editor,
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Treves says no to sale of Channel 4
Channel 4 chairman Vanni Treves has publicly spelt out his opposition to any government attempts to privatise the station, writes Tim Dams.When Treves joined C4 in January 1998, he said he
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Carlton Communications sells post-production subsidiary TVI
Carlton Communications has sold its post-production subsidiary, TVI, in a move that could signal the sale of non-core businesses including companies in its products and film divisions, writes Dominic Timms.Chief executive
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SCARY SPICE INTERVIEW ADDS FLAVA TO C4 SPECIAL
Channel 4 has secured an exclusive interview with Scary Spice (left), aka Mel G, for a 30-minute special edition of its long-running music show, Flava. Series producer Brighter Pictures is filming
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BBC UNVEILS DETAILS OF RADIO SHOW THE CENTURY SPEAKS
The BBC has unveiled further details of a twentieth century history of the UK to be broadcast across all BBC local radio stations. The project, to be produced by BBC regional
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TIGER ASPECT FOLLOWS HENRY AND BULLIMORE TO JAMAICA
Tiger Aspect Productions has been commissioned to produce a special for BBC 1 following Lenny Henry and yachtsman Tony Bullimore as they cross the Atlantic together. The producer is Clive Tulloh,
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TESTBED TO QUIZ GUESTS ON RADIO KNOWLEDGE FOR R4
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned to make a new 6 x 30-minute quiz for BBC Radio 4. Wireless Wise will quiz celebrities on their knowledge of radio with the
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OK! TO ROLL-OUT MASTHEAD FORMAT ON ITV DAYTIME
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has commissioned a new masthead celebrity show based on weekly celebrity gossip magazine OK!. OK TV! has been in development for the past 12 months
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Radio for London's Polish community
Radio Orla, the online Anglo-Polish radio station and Hayes FM 91.8, a new multilingual FM broadcaster in west London, have teamed up to launch a programming block targeting the Polish community in the FM station's catchment area.
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LNN PRESENTS ANIMAL ACTION TO LWT
London News Network (LNN) is making an 8 x 30-minute children's factual series based around Croydon's wildlife hospital, the Wandle Valley Wildlife Hospital. Animal Action is fronted by former Blue Peter
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SCHOFIELD TO FRONT ANIMAL TALES FOR BBC 1 SPECIAL
Philip Schofield is set to host a BBC 1 special provisionally titled Schofield's Animal Tales. Caroline Van Den Brul will executive produce the one-off programme which will feature 'high-tech vets' at
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LANDSEER SEEKS OUT LONDON'S POP LEGACY
Landseer Productions is to make an eight-part series about the history of London's pop music scene to run in the Carlton region of ITV from July. Routes of Rock, narrated by
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NewsGCap joins Podcasters
GCap Media has joined the UK Podcasters Association to help the radio group develop its online podcasting division.
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Lion TV wants to roar with Vardanis
Lion Television has poached BBC features and events series producer Fenai Vardanis to work on a new daytime commission for BBC 1 - Passport to Mallorca.Production on the 30 x 30-minute
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Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
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Expats show heads Chrysalis tv trio of new commissions
Head of Chrysalis TV Tony Moss has secured three new factual entertainment commissions, including a BBC 1 series looking at UK citizens who have moved abroad, writes Jason Deans.Brits Abroad, a
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September/United scale Everest
United Productions has teamed up with September Films to make a feature film charting the last journey of mountaineer George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest 75 years ago, writes John