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James Whale to present sky chat series
Granada Sky Broadcasting is producing a new series fronted by DJ James Whale for its Men and Motors channel.Blue Whale , a 16 x 60-minute series, sees Whale in a radio
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Heavy Entertaiment gains BBC 2 orders
BBC Radio 2 controller Jim Moir has commissioned a number of programmes from indie Heavy Entertainment for the station's evening schedule, including a documentary on pop star Peter Gabriel.
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Meg Ryan joins up for C5 elephant doc
Channel 5 deputy controller of features and arts Kim Peat has commissioned another celebrity-led wildlife special from Tigress Productions.Going Wild: The White Elephants of Thailand , with Meg Ryan, has just
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US open rights go to British Eurosport
British Eurosport has bought the live rights to the US Tennis Open in a deal which gives the broadcaster all four grand slam tennis tournaments.In a deal covering the
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Hallmark wins rights to Aussie drama
The Hallmark Channel has beaten off competition from Australian broadcasters to buy the global rights for 22-part drama McLeod's Daughters.Currently in production in southern Australia, the series is a co-production
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BDP to serve up gastronomic television
London-based food specialist BDP Media has been commissioned to make two new series for Taste CFN, taking its production slate for the broadcaster to 50 hours.Taste channel director Chantal Rutherford
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3D Mann comes home
Glasswork's recaptures 3D animator James Mann from LA's Industrial Light & Magic
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Scandinavian distributor Zodiak Television World has hired Tobi de Graaff as director of sales and acquisitions in London.
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C4 deal boosts Wark Clements
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker has ordered an alternative current affairs programme from Glasgow-based indie Wark Clements that features content made by directors across the globe.Each
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Discovery seeks UK ideas for Health Channel
US group asks independents for ideas for 21 stCentury Medicine slot
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BT Openworld to webcast Everest attempt
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams' attempt to fly over Mount Everest in a hot air balloon is to be webcast live by broadband service BT Openworld next month, writes David WoodThe stream
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Dinosaurs for emmys
Framestore has been nominated for two Emmy awards - outstanding animated programmme and outstanding special visual effects for its BBC 1 Walking With Dinosaursfollow-up Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special.
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BSC chair pay rises
Lord Holme, who resigned as chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission last October, was paid£27,683 for the year ending 31 March 2001, compared with£24,055 in 2000, according to the
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London Live signs Brand and Raeburn
Comedian and columnnist brought in to boost audience figures
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BBC and Sky clinch£200m rugby union deal
Rights to live and 'as live' coverage of international and club games
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ITV grows its share
ITV's audience share has increased 0.2 percentage points over the past three months. Independent Television Commission audience figures for the 12 months to 30 June revealed the network had a 28.5
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Capital nabs former Forever man
Radio group hires Forever Broadcasting's group programme director as brand programme director for Century FM Network
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BECTU and NUJ tells BBC staff to boycott appraisals
Unions advise engineers and journalists at not to turn up for annual meetings with managers in protest at pay structure
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Zeal moves to Brighton
Indie Zeal is moving its distribution arm to Brighton. Managing director Andrea Jackson, who set up Zeal's international sales business, will lead a team of five people at the new office which will be solely dedicated to Zeal's format and programme distribution business.
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Byford seeks to raise World Service's UK profile
Director wants World Service to appear on BBC's domestic sevices