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BBC searches for next Simpsons
BBC Production head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins has teamed up with the BBC Bristol-based animation unit in a bid to develop a Simpsons-style primetime animation for BBC 2.Development producer Jenny Landreth
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Penises, breasts and cannibals top the list of shows distributor Electric Sky will offer for the first time at Mipcom this October.
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BBC breaks bank to make Anderson feature
The BBC has agreed its biggest budget to date for a feature film - $12 million (£7.4 million) for a movie based on Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale, The Snow Queen, writes
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Wark Clements gets into drama
Glasgow-based indie Wark Clements is moving into drama with the launch of a joint-venture production company with Monogram Productions.The new company will specialise in drama programming in Scotland and is expected
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HADLOW MOVES TO C4
Janice Hadlow, editor of BBC 2's Reputations, has been confirmed as the new commissioning editor for history, religion and features at Channel 4 (Broadcast, 14.5.99). Due to have a baby in
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CRIMEWATCH RATINGS UP
The ratings for Crimewatch UK, featuring a reconstruction of Jill Dando's murder, secured an average share of 48.5 per cent on Tuesday (18 May). Viewing peaked at 10.6 million during the
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C5 HITS NEW SHARE HIGH
Channel 5 recorded its best monthly audience share last month, attracting 5.3 per cent of all viewing. April's figures, which beat the channel's previous high of 5.1 per cent in March,
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BBC WORLD TO POST LOSS
BBC World, the BBC's international news and information channel, is expected to report losses of£15 million for the year to 31 March. These losses, due to be released next month,
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SRH RECORDS PROFIT RISE
Scottish Radio Holdings' (SRH) pre-tax profits have risen 35 per cent to£7.2 million for the six months to 31 March. SRH has also formed a subsidiary, Score Digital, to drive
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C4 BUYS SPICE GIRLS DOC
Channel 4 has secured the world premiere of Spice Girls in America - A Tour Story, a 1 x 78-minute behind-the-scenes portrait of their 1998 tour. The film, pencilled in for
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TV bosses united against digital fee
Television chiefs stepped up their attack on proposals for an additional digital licence fee with a letter to Media Secretary Chris Smith expressing 'serious concerns' and asking for a meeting to
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Morrel quits Meridian to become Bafta chief
Bafta has appointed a former Panorama producer, John Morrell, as its new chief, writes Colin Grimshaw.Morrell, who is currently controller of press and regional affairs at Meridian, takes up the new
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BBC Choice has picked up its first commission for BBC 1 - a documentary about the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry, girl band Precious (above), writes Colin Grimshaw. The 1 x
BBC Choice has picked up its first commission for BBC 1 - a documentary about the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry, girl band Precious (above), writes Colin Grimshaw. The 1 x
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BBC will bolster Production
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister is to recruit senior development executives to manage the directorate's relationship with TV and radio channel controllers, writes Jason Deans.Bannister, speaking to Production staff last
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FilmFour to get more original shows
Channel 4 announced this week that it is upping the amount of original programming on pay-TV channel FilmFour, writes Ashley Davies.The news came as C4 revealed that FilmFour general manager John
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FAITH FINANCIAL CHANNEL AIMS FOR NOVEMBER LAUNCH
Pop star-turned-actor-turned-financier Adam Faith has floated his planned TV station, The Money Channel, raising just over£6.5 million on the Alternative Investment Market. The channel, now valued at just over£9
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ITC UPHOLDS COMPLAINT ABOUT SKY'S FOREIGNERS
The Independent Television Commission has upheld a complaint against Sky One's Bloody Foreigners, broadcast on 2 March at 22.00. Sexual intercourse had appeared on a TV set in the background during
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SKY BAGS FIVE-YEAR GOLF DEAL WITH US OPEN
Sky Sports has beaten off competition to renew the exclusive live rights to the US Open Championship. Under the terms of the contract, negotiated by Sky Sports managing director Vic Wakeling
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EUROBELL ASKS ITC TO LOOK INTO SKY TELEPHONY OFFER
UK cable operator Eurobell has asked the Independent Television Commission to investigate BSkyB's offer of cheap telephony for its digital customers. Eurobell has asked the regulator to examine whether the satellite
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ITV TO AIR MILLENNIUM ANIMATION FROM OCTOBER
The Millennium Dome organisers and the ITV Network Centre have given the go ahead to 13 x 15-minute animation series Timekeepers of the Millennium (right). As revealed in Broadcast (2.4.99), ITV