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BDA posts Promax winner
BDA has completed the Promax-winning Think Again campaign for the National Geographic Channels. In Donkey, which won a Promax gold for best corporate promotion, a donkey kills an old woman by accidentally disturbing a cart and sending watermelons crashing down on her. The promo finishes with the line: 'Every year, ...
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Channel 4's PR problem
Big Brother is the main reason C4 faces an uphill struggle to convince policy-makers it can do the PSB thing.
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Leopard films starts up drama arm
Indie Leopard Films is setting up a drama division, Leopardrama, to focus on developing new returning series and serials. The indie, which makes series such as Cash in the Attic and Car Booty for BBC1, has lined up a number ...
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CPS grants access to crime videos
Broadcasters look set to push for further concessions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after it offered a partial climb-down on its decision to ban police from giving TV producers access to video evidence. The CPS has now told broadcasters 'non-contentious' types of video footage, such as scenes of crime ...
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Emap to appoint Kiss and Magic MDs
Emap Performance is hunting for two managing directors for its Kiss and Magic networks in a bid to establish them as national brands. The move follows the decision by Emap managing director of radio programming Mark Story to relinquish his combined role as managing director of Kiss and Magic in ...
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Thompson dismisses BBC job cut claims
BBC director general Mark Thompson has dismissed as 'preposterous' claims that up to half the corporation's 28,000 staff could be axed as part of the on-going reviews. Thompson, reacting to a newspaper report that up to 14,000 jobs could go, said in an email to staff: 'Inevitably, staff numbers are ...
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NewsRoss returns to top C4 drama role
Channel 4 head of film Tessa Ross is poised to take back her old drama brief, as head of drama John Yorke this week confirmed his deal to return to the BBC.
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NewsInjured Hell's Kitchen man gets $125,000
Granada has paid out around $125,000 (£67,000) to the contestant on the US version of Hell's Kitchen who was injured after a scuffle with hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay.
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NewsITV Tyne Tees to axe more jobs
Up to 30 jobs are set to go at ITV Tyne Tees as the company moves out of its City Road headquarters in Newcastle to a new production centre in Gateshead.
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Duncan reviews C4 International
Channel 4 could pull out of the international rights distribution business following a review of the company's commercial activities.
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Government weighs up ?digital licence fee'
The government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals.
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Five gives celebrities a baby in reality show
Five is to give celebrities the chance to show off their maternal skills in a new reality show that will see model Caprice attempt to care for a£40,000 baby doll.
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Objective opens in north
Objective Productions, the company behind Derren Brown's Mind Control, has become the latest indie to set up a base in Manchester.
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MTV US takes Tiger Friend
A version of Tiger Aspect's comedy format My New Best Friend has been greenlit for a series by MTV in the US.
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NewsBBC creates indie quota for online
The BBC is to create a 25% indie quota for its internet content in a move that will see an extra£5m pumped into the independent sector.
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NewsUnions threaten ITV regional strike ballot
Unions at ITV are set to ballot members for industrial action if the network announces more regional job cuts before Ofcom has completed the final stage of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsBid-Up TV set for Asian expansion
Auction channel operator Sit-up Ltd is in discussions with an Asian media group, which could see two of its TV formats being launched in South East Asia.
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NewsAli G writer scripts Fox reality show
British writer Ant Hines, part of the team behind characters Dennis Pennis and Ali G, is working on a new comedy reality series for Fox Broadcasting in the US.
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NewsBids line up for Manchester FM
The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.
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NewsFive pulls train crash show
Five last night pulled a documentary on train crashes out of respect for those involved in Saturday's rail tragedy.