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Wise Buddah cements move into television
Indie wise Buddah has bolstered its commitment to TV with the appointment of former This Morning producer Lisa Perrin to the new position of director of programmes, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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COOKIE KID FOR C4 ANIMATION
An animated short set in 1950s America about a boy with a large appetite for cookies will open the first night of Hot Reels, Channel 4's animation zone, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC unifies world divisions
BBC World Service director Mark Byford moved a step nearer to realising his vision of better co-operation between the World Service and its sister BBC companies, after his division was pooled
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19 TV wins£25m funding
19 Group, the TV-to-music management outfit owned by pop svengali Simon Fuller, has struck a venture capital deal that will see up to£25m ploughed into the company, writes Simon Ellery.
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NewsNewsnight staff will not co-operate with redundancies
Newsnight correspondents have written to the show's editor, Peter Barron, telling him they will not cooperate with compulsory job losses.
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BBC appoints first interactive executive
The BBC has appointed its first channels executive for interactive TV to bridge the gap between the corporation's interactive and TV arms, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ragdoll quits CBBC battle
Indie Ragdoll has pulled out of the race for the new CBBC commission to replace Teletubbies after securing another, unspecified, major project, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Street lands new producer
Granada has drafted in former Emmerdale producer Kieran Roberts in a bid to refresh flagship show Coronation Street, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Sky readies pop music first
Sky One has lined up a new primetime pop music series and commissioned former Top of the Pops producer Ric Blaxill to make it, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC reviews factual commissions policy
The BBC is set to overhaul the commissioning system at its beleaguered general factual department after executives admitted it was suffering problems.Director of television Mark Thompson told Broadcast that changes would
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RFU IN SPORTEV DEAL
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has struck a deal with internet sports publisher Sportev to stream video footage of England international and Premiership club rugby matches worldwide. A free internet trial
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RIMA TO AWARD SPORT
The Race in the Media Awards (Rima) has introduced a category for sport. Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier and BBC World Service sport editor David Coles will judge the new
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NewsChannel 4 board orders review of Big Brother
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has ordered a review of the editorial and compliance processes that support Big Brotherbut has ruled out pulling the show off air.
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UKTV HIRES CHIEF
Former Auction Channel European managing director John Keeling has been named UKTV controller. He replaces Kathryn Mitchell, who left this year to join US cable channel Comedy Central (Broadcast, 31.8.01). Keeling
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MTV CUTS 450 JOBS
Up to 450 jobs are to be cut at Viacom-owned MTV Networks' internet and cable divisions, although the UK business will be unaffected, the company announced on Wednesday (31 October). The
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More cultural diversity at C5, says Lygo
Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo has promised to make cultural diversity a key component of the channel's programme strategy, after admitting that the lack of such a provision was an 'embarrassing' omission from C5's mission statement, writes P
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NewsGranada mulls options for Corrie studio
Granada has received upwards of four bids for the redevelopment of its TV studios site at Quay Street - in a move that will decide whether the company relocates to the media city development in Salford alongside the BBC.
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Oftel consults on must carry
Telecoms regulator Oftel has launched a three-month consultation on conditional access that could see it intervening over carriage of ITV channels on Sky Digital, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Execs debate changing docs
ITV controller of documentaries and features Diane Nelmes this week criticised her employer for squeezing documentaries into late-night slots, as commercial broadcasters moved to reinforce their commitment to documentary making.Speaking at
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BBC lines up Welsh service
The BBC is set to launch a new digital service for Wales which the corporation claims is the biggest broadcasting advance in the country since the launch of Welsh language channel S4C 20 years ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.