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£50m TV/film fund aims to fill deficit
A new£50m production fund has been set up to provide top-up finance for factual and drama television programmes and feature films.Called the Apollo TV & Film Partnership, the fund has
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TV-Loonland buys UK Telemagination
German-based animation giant TV-Loonland has bought UK animation studio Telemagination, heralding the start of a UK expansion drive, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Under the terms of the deal TV-Loonland director of programmes and
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Mentorn mulls opening new regional indie
Mentorn Group is considering opening a new regional office, according to Chris Rowlands, chief executive of the indie's parent company The Television Corporation, writes Tara Conlan.Unveiling a rise in TV Corp's
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C5 LOSES OFT SOAP CASE
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has dismissed Channel 5's complaint against ITV over Home & Away. C5 - which bought new rights to the Australian soap - complained about ITV
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C4 HITS SHARE HIGH
Channel 4 recorded its highest audience share since its launch in 1982 for the week ending 3 September. The broadcaster pulled in a 13.3 per cent of share over the week,
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SKY WOOS CRAIG DAVID
BSkyB is in talks with a catalogue of homegrown UK talent including pop star Craig David and footballer turned TV presenter Ian Wright. Sky One head of entertainment and factual Sam
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BIRD UP AT TURNER
Turner Broadcasting Systems Europe entertainment networks president Andrew Bird has been made co-president of Turner Broadcasting Systems International (TBSI) with former TBSI president of international advertising sales David Levy. Levy will
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TRIBUTES FOR WILCOX
Industry figures have paid tribute to veteran documentary-maker Desmond Wilcox this week, following his death on Wednesday morning (6 September).BBC Scotland head of network programmes Colin Cameron who worked with Wilcox
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Granada's drama chiefs to join BBC
BBC director drama, entertainment and children Alan Yentob has confirmed that Granada controller of drama Simon Lewis and his deputy Sue Hogg are to join the BBC, as exclusively predicted by
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Walt Disney goes pre-school
Walt Disney Television International is making its first move into the pre-school television market as part of the launch of three new UK channels, writes Simon Ellery.Headed by Walt Disney Television
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Emap chief takes group music post
Emap Performance Network (EPN) has appointed Piccadilly Key 103 and Magic 1152 programme director Dave Shearer to the new role of head of music, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Shearer, 36, takes up his
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ITC hires top BBC strategist
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has signed up one of the BBC's key strategists, Robin Foster, to help reshape the regulator in anticipation of the 'new regulatory environment', writes Colin Robertson.One
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Wark Clements nets Lockerbie man
Wark Clements has poached award-winning Scottish Media Group senior producer/director Ross Wilson, writes Ashley Davies.Wilson, who is expected to join the indie next month as a senior producer, won a Bafta
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CHRIS SMITH DENIES GOVERNMENT DASHING FOR DIGITAL
Media secretary Chris Smith this week rubbished reports that the government was to make a mad dash for a switchover from analogue to digital transmission to yield the Treasury as much
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CARLTON TV HEAD OF BUSINESS MOVES TO ONLINE CLASSICS
Carlton Television head of business affairs Ailsa McIntyre has left to join arts website Onlineclassics.com as director of legal and business affairs. McIntyre oversaw business affairs for all Carlton's UK production
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EX-MILLIONAIRE LAUNCHES TV JOBSHOP ON SKY DIGITAL
Former millionaire and Crystal Palace football club owner Mark Goldberg has launched a recruitment channel called TV Jobshop. The service will air 12-hour blocks of programming every week that are repeated
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ON DIGITAL ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF ON NET INTERNET SERVICE
Ondigital has announced the launch date and details of its internet service On Net. The service, which will be priced at£5 a month and includes a free cordless keyboard and
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SENIOR STAFF MOVES FOLLOW DAILY MAIL RADIO ACQUISITION
GWR group operations director Steve Orchard has announced a further management restructure following the company's acquisition of Daily Mail General Trust's radio assets for£146m in June (Broadcast, 16.6.00). GWR's Northants
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ANGLIA NEWS WEST TO DROP REALITY SETS AND GO VIRTUAL
Anglia News West has dispensed with its regular news set and adopted a virtual studio in its place. From this week (4 September) the regional broadcaster's 30-minute bulletins will be filmed
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PRISM ENTERTAINMENT BUYS INTO WEB DESIGN COMPANY
Prism Entertainment, the company that launched the Hallmark Entertainment UK channel, has bought a 49 per cent stake in web design company Subnet. The new joint-venture company Prism-e has been set