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BBC buys latest Wallace and Grommit
Aardman Animation's new feature-length film has been bought by the BBC in an exclusive deal for UK terrestrial TV rights. Wallace and Grommit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbitwill be screened on BBC1 in 2008, after being released in UK cinemas this year. The corporation has ...
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Deverell takes operating reins at CBBC
The BBC's head of interactive news has been made chief operating officer of children's BBC. Richard Deverell currently runs BBC news' interactive and on-demand services including online news, but from 20 June will take up his new post under incoming CBBC controller Alison Sharman. He will be replaced at BBC ...
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Love island keeps head above water
Audience figures for ITV1's high profile reality show Celebrity Love Islandhave managed to pick up but the show is still struggling. The show hit a low of just 2 million (9.8%) last Saturday (21 May) but has since clawed back viewers, with the 10pm episode on ...
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ITV1 hands Nigella daytime slot
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has signed up to host a new daytime magazine show on ITV1. Nigellawill include celebrity chat, discussions over current issues as well as featuring her famed cooking. Nick Thorogood, ITV's editor of daytime, has commissioned Prospect Pictures to make the show which ...
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C4I inks£100,000 development deal with indie Touch
Channel 4 International has signed a two-year development and distribution contract with Touch Productions, the producer of BBC1's Separating Twins.
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Row loses Spun Gold Jordan show
Spun Gold, the indie set up by former Carlton executive Nick Bullen, has lost the contract to make a second series of ITV2's Jordan and Peter: Laid Barefollowing disagreements with the couple's agents.
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Lighting the way for post
Mentors can reinvigorate stagnating careers as well as encourage early development, hence the launch of the Broadcast/Skillset Win a Mentor Scheme. Broadcast
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When TV is no longer TV
Where will all this talk of making television into entertainment brands lead us?
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Hunt for the popular touch
After experiencing first-hand the 'drivel' shown during daytime, Jay Hunt brings conviction to the role of BBC daytime controller - and a willingness to experiment
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Ending the paper chase
Leafleting aside, screen agencies play a key role in encouraging regional TV production as the line between TV and film becomes increasingly blurred, writes Chris Moll
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Why I axed Celeb Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling wasn't pulled because it didn't beat Doctor Who, but because it missed its target audience, insists Nigel Pickard
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Goodbye to celeb TV?
Do the lacklustre ratings for celebrity reality shows mean the genre has bitten the dust - or is it just a case of finding the right format and celebrities we've actually heard of?
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Time for conciliation
The unions are showing signs of compromise, now it's the turn of the BBC to be more open.
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NewsUnion gives ground over BBC layoffs
Bectu has softened its demand that the BBC rule out compulsory redundancies as the two parties head for crunch talks with industrial arbitrator Acas.
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NewsBBC strikers out in force
For BBC music copyrighter Luke Keen, BBC director general Mark Thompson's announcement that 3,780 jobs were set to go had an irritating feeling of djà vu.
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NewsC4 show to create new girl band
Fame Academyproducer Initial has teamed up with Polydor, the record label behind Eminem and Girls Aloud, to make an ambitious Channel 4 series following an all-girl pop group's attempts to crack the mainstream.
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NewsBBC2 to turn bad dressers into style icons
Frumpy members of the public are to be forced to dress as dominatrixes, geishas and bunny girls for a BBC2 makeover series.
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NewsTop Up eyes E4 replacement
Top Up TV has drawn up a short-list of channels to replace E4 on its premium Freeview offering, with comedy channel Paramount said to be the preferred choice.
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Racing industry fails to match C4 demands
The racing industry has tabled a£1.6m offer to Channel 4 in a bid to convince it to continue broadcasting race meets - more than£6m less than channel executives have demanded.