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TRADE TALK - Chained gang.
Having been linked to Initial, what will Baadasss TV producer Nav Raman bring to her new factual entertainment commissioning role at Channel 4?
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CBBC gives tots two new shows.
CBBC Controller Nigel Pickard has unveiled two new pre-school commissions - seen as the next generation of Teletubbies and Tweenies - with one series to be produced by little-known indie Novel
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LOTTERY CASH FOR THE COMMUNITY CHANNEL.
Charity service The Community Channel has secured #900,000 of new funding safeguarding the channel's future until 2004. The money is a mixture of Lottery funds through the National Lottery's Community Fund
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Kilgarriff joins Cartoon Network.
Former Rapture director of programmes Richard Kilgarriff has rejoined the TV industry to head Cartoon Network's UK operation, writes David Wood.
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Carlton creates key hi-tech role.
Carlton is set to shake up its largely unsuccessful strategy of embracing new technologies with the appointment of a technology troubleshooter.Richard Cross, vice-president of News Corporation's digital subsidiary NDS, joins Carlton
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OFF THE RECORD - Carlton Xmas present.
Those Scrooge-like bosses at Carlton have been at it again. Instead of a pay rise this year, staff got a day off in lieu as a Christmas present!Tighter than a BBC
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - IBC CONFERENCE CALL.
The International Broadcasting Convention has called for contributions to help shape this year's conference to be held in Amsterdam in September. The deadline for proposals, which should be no more than
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GALLEON GROUP BUYS PC PEPPER RIGHTS.
Animation company The Galleon Group has bought half the rights to new children's animation production PC Pepper, jointly owned by Fireman Sam creator Rob Lee. PC Pepper is based around the
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Buyers sought for Photobition.
Administrators at accountancy firm Arthur Andersen are seeking buyers for the film storage and distribution division of graphics services provider Photobition Group, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BT may invest in indies.
BT could become a major investor in the independent television sector, according to new chairman Sir Christopher Bland, writes David Wood.
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BROADBAND FOOTIE.
Granada's joint-venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc.tv is to broadcast its first ever broadband match - a pay-per-view premiership clash between Manchester United and Liverpool later this month. The match will
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CREATIVE BRIEFS.
The Farm post-produced the titles for the new series of The Magnificent Seven, produced for and by Universal cable channel The Studio. Each episode provides a countdown of seven great movie
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ON THE BOX - Xmas at the Kumars.
Dan Chambers, C5 controller of factual, feels at home with the Kumars but found Nearly Soapstars too close for comfort.
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Ex-EastEnders editor to boost Sky's drama.
BSkyB IS looking to bolster its UK-originated drama and has hired ex-EastEnders script editor Sara Johnson to help spearhead the push, writes Simon Ellery.
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LEADER - Can Bland teach BT new tricks?
BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland's reputation for being anything but was underlined once more this week as he revealed that the telecommunications giant is about to embark on a new strategy
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BIG BROTHER BUILDS NEW HOUSE AT ELSTREE.
The producers of Big Brother have confirmed that the set for series three, due to air this summer, will be built at Elstree Film & TV Studios. The previous two series,
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Geldof joins SBS for radio bid.
Bob Geldof's Indie Ten Alps has joined forces with Scandinavian broadcaster SBS Broadcasting in a move which could see both companies enter the UK radio broadcasting market for the first time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC and NTL close to sports channel deal.
The BBC and NTL have revived their plan to launch an archive-based sports channel and could now have a proposition up and running before the summer, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC news ups US clout.
The BBC has consolidated its position as the dominant foreign news provider in the US after securing a raft of distribution deals, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Old trooper wins Christmas Day war for BBC.
It may have only picked up a lukewarm response from the critics, but BBC 1's decision to revive Only Fools and Horses pulled in gigantic ratings for the corporation on Christmas Day, writes Jon Rogers.