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NewsIgnite fund ready to seal two deals
Just three months after its launch, Ignite, the£2m investment fund set up by RDF, is close to tying up two deals with a factual and a comedy producer.
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Women who wrestle in BBC 2 doc
Kim Longinotto, who made acclaimed documentary Divorce Iranian Style for Channel 4, is making a new film about female wrestlers in Japan for BBC 2, writes Ashley Davies.Commissioned by former BBC
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - National romps home at fifteen to four
The Grand National on BBC 1's Grandstand on Saturday (8 April) led the ratings race this week, galloping in way ahead of other competitors, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to unofficial overnights, Grandstand's
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BBC radio news names new deputy
BBC News head of radio news Steve Mitchell has completed his review of the new division, with the only major change being the arrival of a new deputy World Service editor,
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Oldroyd gets new C4 schedule brief
Channel 4 has chosen an executive with an advertising sales background to become its new scheduler in an attempt to ensure the channel's schedules maximise programmes' revenue generating potential.Jules Oldroyd, until
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Quantel staff prepare for buy-out
The board of editing and effects manufacturer Quantel has submitted a bid to parent company Carlton Communications for a management buy-out of the company, writes Dominic Timms.Senior management informed Quantel staff
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Red Alert with The National Lottery host Lulu has pulled out of the Ginger-produced primetime Saturday show, compounding speculation that it will not be recommissioned, writes Tara Conlan. The final e
Red Alert with The National Lottery host Lulu has pulled out of the Ginger-produced primetime Saturday show, compounding speculation that it will not be recommissioned, writes Tara Conlan. The final episode
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NewsDaybreak deal boosts Target's drama output
Distributor Target Entertainment has signed an output and development deal with Mentorn's newly formed drama arm Daybreak Pictures.
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Dyke poised to fill nations and regions post by Easter
BBC director general Greg Dyke is expected to appoint a new director of nations and regions before Easter, thereby filling one of the most senior and politically sensitive vacancies at the
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Top Gear drives away with rival presenter
BBC 2's Top Gear has poached presenter Jason Barlow from rival Channel 4 motoring show Driven, writes Tim Dams.Barlow has been signed up for a two-year exclusive deal and starts filming
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PEARSON BIDS FOR TALKBACK
Pearson TV chief executive Richard Eyre confirmed this week that the company is in talks with TalkBack Productions about a possible acquisition.A number of other companies are thought to be bidding
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ITN STAFF WANT REDUNDANCY
Fifty-four ITN staff have applied for voluntary redundancy as part of a package offered by management in February, in exchange for new terms and conditions.Most come from technical staff working in
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BORDER BIDDING GOES ON
The bidding war for Border TV continued this week, with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) increasing its offer for Border to£141million, up from its original bid of£116 million. The increased
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ON DIGITAL UPS SUBS
On Digital has announced its digital subscribers now number 673,000 homes, up from 552,000 at the end of 1999, and claims it is still on course to hit 1 million homes
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ILLSLEY SET TO BOW OUT
Telewest chief executive Tony Illsley has decided not to stay on as number two to Flextech chief executive Adam Singer, who will head the operation formed out of the merger of
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BBC RESOURCES STAFF
The BBC is considering transferring a number of its BBC Resources property management staff as it seeks a private partner to oversee its 750,000 square metre portfolio. The corporation is planning
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BROADCAST OUT EARLY
Broadcast will publish a day early next week to allow for the Easter bank holiday. It will be available from Wednesday 19 April.
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Ferguson quits STV for new NTL division
NTL is to start making its own programmes for its digital services and has poached Scottish TV (STV) controller Scott Ferguson to set up the department.The level of NTL's investment is
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Disney enters Animal World
Buena Vista Productions in the UK has been commissioned to make a new 26 x 15-minute series Disney's Animal World for Disney Channels International, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The show, which is targeted
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Diverse wins 1st OU order
Diverse Production has won the Open University's (OU) first external commission since the process was opened up to independent producers last year (Broadcast, 29.5.98), writes Ashley Davies.Diverse has made two versions