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Indies attack Radio 4 commissioning policy
Independent radio producers have again hit out at BBC Radio 4 claiming the limited number of commissions handed out to the independent sector during the station's latest commissioning round could threaten their existence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Grimsdale to oversee C4 multimedia
Channel 4 Broadband Lab head Peter Grimsdale has become head of cross-platform development with a brief to oversee multimedia events and formats, as predicted by Broadcast earlier this year (30.3.01), writes Penny Hughes.
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Reality bites E4 and ITV
Channel 4 digital youth channel E4 has come under fire for its much-vaunted Big Brother 2 live feed, which kicked off last weekend amid a series of technical difficulties. E4 was
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Hammond set to join 24-hour travel station
Travel channel TV Travel Shop has named former Wish You Were Here? executive producer Douglas Hammond as director of broadcasting and channel development, writes Simon Ellery.
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PM confirms Ofcom to be in force by 2003
Prime Minister Tony Blair this week confirmed speculation that the new communications regulator Ofcom would be in operation by 2003, writes David Rose.
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Pinnacle to aim at B2B
Pinnacle Systems will concentrate its streaming products on the business-to-business (B2B) market in future rather than the consumer market, given the difficulties many companies have had making a profit from consumers in the internet market, writes Nick
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4MC BUYS EDIFIS NO 2
4MC has expanded its content restoration studio with the purchase of a second Edifis system which offers up to 14 hours uncompressed storage and a Scratchbox retouching unit. Divisional managing director
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GALAXY 102 PRODUCER RITCHIE MOVES UP
Galaxy 102 breakfast show producer Simon Ritchie has been promoted to the role of deputy programme director. Ritchie will help build and implement the Manchester station's programming strategy. The appointment follows
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GRANADA SNARES£1.3M ORDER
Granada Wild, formerly United Wildlife, has scored one of its biggest commissions to date after securing a£1.3m series on predatory animals from National Geographic Channel, writes Leigh Holmwood. The 13
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Big Brother messaging service goes live
40,000 online requests for service received as BT Cellnet puts out feelers for payed-for mobile content
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Radio indies lash out at R4
Independent producers say fall in number of commissions is a threat to their existence
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BBC 1 adopts theme night in Saturday evening re-jig
Themed nostalgia nights to run from August as Heggessey seeks to shake up weekend schedule in face of stiff competition from ITV
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Shenfield relinquishes day-to-day control of Mill
Director of production and co-founder Pat Joseph takes on managing director role at leading Soho commercials outfit
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Network Heroes falls to BDP
Merv Wood's outfit to merge with Bryan De'Ath's 10 year old creative company
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Sky News and History Channel join forces
Sky News and the History Channel have joined forces for the first time to make a one-off factual special to coincide with Anne Frank memorial day later this month, writes Simon Ellery
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Talent and Challenge in Scrabble talks
Talent TV is in talks with Flextech-owned Challenge TV about producing a TV version of the boardgame Scrabble.The gameshow series is expected to be hosted by Toby Anstis and executive
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Darlow Smithson in record animation commission
London-based indie Darlow Smithson has scooped its largest ever animation commission after securing $2.5m (£1.76m) for two 120-minute films from Discovery Communications and The Learning Channel (TLC), writes Penny HughesThe first
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Tiger secures raft from BBC and C4
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a raft of factual commissions from the BBC and Channel 4 including a follow-up to its recent Bafta success, Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, writes Penny HughesHoward
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Artsworld takes original programming to 100 hours
Artsworld channel director Richard Melman has made a raft of orders, taking the total hours of original programming to over 100, writes Simon ElleryITN Factual is producing a 60-minute special on
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Rick Stein to get 10-part series on BBC 2
Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions has been commissioned to make a new 10 x 30-minute series featuring celebrity chef Rick Stein for BBC 2.The Best of Britain , produced and directed by