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JELLY GOES HARD AT C5.
Jelly Television has created the titles for Channel 5 documentary Hard Bastards. Presented by Ronnie Kray's widow Katy, the series examines the lives of Britain's toughest men. Designed and directed by
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Glassworks nabs Jacomb.
Glassworks has appointed former Soho 601 managing director Tom Jacomb to the new role of chief operating officer, writes Dominic Timms.
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FINAL CUT PLANS GROWTH.
Commercials and pop promo editing house Final Cut is stepping up its drive to attract international business by signing with global creative matchmaking agency The Comfort Zones. Established in January this
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DGP SIGNS UP STAFF.
DGP has hired four new staff following its recent refurbishment and suite upgrades. The appointments include Symphony/Smoke editor John McLaren and producer Moira Brophy. McLaren joins from Welsh Worldly Production where
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MISX.COM EXPANDS.
Media Intelligence Service Exchange (MISX.com) has extended its online showcase service to include UK animation companies. Following the company's report on the UK animation business earlier this year, nine companies, including
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DEEPEND PICKS KELLER.
Multimedia design agency Deepend has appointed Mark Keller as technical director for the moving image team. Keller was recently responsible for the design, specification and installation of the Ice Room, the
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Who's policing tech quality?
While this magazine generally supports a move away from box ticking in favour of lighter-touch broadcasting regulation, the philosophy has its problems. The greatest of these is the huge and increasing
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FREE TO AIR - A voice from the BBC's past.
How interesting that one of the most potent arguments against the BBC's plans for digital expansion and restricting the powers of the board of governors should come not from the commercial
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TRADE TALK - Play UK's big man.
'Gregarious' and 'extreme' Matthew Littleford leaves the Prickly Heat of Sky One (pictured) to take on a new challenge as editor of Play UK channel.
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ON THE BOX - Friendly persuasion.
Editor of Channel 5's The Wright Stuff Jezz Wright can't get enough of his Friends but thinks that Spaced is just a complete mystery. Friday night is 'Friends night'. No, I'm not talking about the traditional end-of-week piss-up down the local, I'm talkin
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NEWS ANALYSIS - State of the union.
Could Bectu, active in disputes at the BBC, MTV and Carlton, be growing in importance? Membership may be rising but the union must adapt to technological and labour market changes and promote itself better.
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INTERVIEW - Ambassador for TV.
If Carlo Sartori, professor of communications at the University of Rome, did not exist, the late Malcolm Bradbury, scourge of the modern, globetrotting academic, would almost certainly have made him up.The
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Homegrown hits still eluding C5.
Channel 5's audience share is obstinately stuck at about 5 per cent, with sport and Hollywood movies getting viewers rather than UK produced shows, such as The Mole, even though they have been well-publicised. Katy Elliott reports.
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TX - The paws and effect.
Graham Brown is the King of Gunge so as the producer of Petswap, ITV's new kids' gameshow, he is in his element. Every inch of the CITV studio set is either
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BBC witnesses an upturn at the start of the week.
The return of football and the two-part drama Silent Witness were the two main changes to the primetime schedule. They brought a change of fortune for BBC 1 as the week's
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OFF THE RECORD - Web spoilsports.
Regular readers will remember our public service announcement about the inadvisability of investigating regional ITV programme Meridian Tonight on the web. Well, it seems our public service wasn't in vain for
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OFF THE RECORD - King of misery.
He may be king of all he surveys at the BBC, but Greg Dyke was in no mood for celebration at the RTS television journalism awards do last Wednesday, when he
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Carlton strike threat could hit Crossroads
Union members at Carlton Central balloted on industrial action following rejection of 2.5% pay increase
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Sky looks to expand into digital radio
Likely deal with Radio First would pave way for national digital radio network around Premiership football clubs