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Foundry wins slice of DTI Eureka fund
Visual effects plug-in company The Foundry has won a third of£1m in a Department of Trade & Industry payout to aid research into new technology.
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Glasshead's magic grandad wins reorder
Indie Glasshead has won a commission for a second 4 x 15-minute series of BBC educational show Adventures with Magic Grandad. The company has produced the series, which has been running for 10 years and is aimed at five to seven-year-olds and their teachers, since ...
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Graphics job moves
Former head of CGI at MPC (Moving Picture Company) Dominic Buttimore has left to start up a production company called Th1ng ('Thing One'), which will specialise in animation and mixed media directors. In Leeds, post house Mezzo has hired Paul Peppiate as head of design. Peppiate was a partner in ...
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Renault hires muppet
The Jim Henson Company has signed a deal worth a reputed£150,000 with car company Renault that will see the infamous Animal character from The Muppet Show star in a new commercial. The new ad will be a follow-up to the Thierry Henry-fronted 'Va Va Voom' ...
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Steve-o set for Men & motors
Granada Sky Broadcasting's Men & Motors channel has signed an exclusive deal with distribution company Nigel Wood to screen previously unseen footage of pranks from Jackassstar Steve-0. The 3 x 30-minute series, Steve-O: Don't Try This at Home, will run ...
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Oasis TV up for sale?
Oasis Television has refuted claims that it is up for sale. Joint managing director Andrew Coppin denied that he is looking to sell the facility, though he admitted it was an option: 'If someone comes along and makes me an offer I'd be interested. But Oasis is in a very ...
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The Office spearheads record year for profits
He may not be much of a manager but David Brent, the fictional boss in the sitcom The Office, has proved to be one ...
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Saturday nights are week, admits TV chief
The BBC admitted yesterday that the Saturday night schedule on BBC1 was lacklustre and that it was struggling to fi...
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BBC protests at Enron jibe
Simmering tensions between the BBC and Labour exploded yesterday after an MP accused the corporation of being as co...
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Cut TV filth
Modern movies contain so much foul language that watchdogs are demanding a massive reduction in its use. ...
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Saturday is a weak night for TV shows
BBC bosses have admitted that Saturday night Tv is in crisis. ...
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BBS paid£167,000 of YOUR money for this woman to move home
Licence fee payers have been forced to stump up almost£170,000 to fund a top BBC executive's move from US to Brita...
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Gee! Robin will show 'em how to be stars
Bosses at BBC's Fame Academy hope to ditch their Lame Academy label by recruiting a string of top pop stars. ...
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Concern at BBC over fall in ethnic-minority audiences
The BBC's board of governers has attacked the corporation for its failure to attract ethnic minority audiences, two...
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How Hollywood floods TV with bad language
Television viewers are being deluged with foul language as swearwords and blasphemy become commonplace in Hollywood...
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BBC is battered by 'Enron' taunt
An MP triggered outrage yesterday when he compared the BBC's annual report and accounts with those of the corrupt A...
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MoD mole bl;ows a hole in Blair's case against the BBC
Tony Blair's battle with the BBC over Iraq flared again last night when MP's investigating the affair said they did...
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NewsITV companies launch MP news service
Carlton and Granada have embarked on a public relations exercise in support of the regions with the launch of a new interactive service for MPs, which offers access to regional ITV news bulletins via the web, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsMTV2 to launch daily chart show
MTV2 is teaming up with music newspaper NME to launch a daily alternative chart show, which will be compiled by viewers voting for their favourite tunes, writes Rosemary Gallagher