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OUTPUT DEAL WILL BRING SHREK TO BBC 1.
The Oscar-winning animated movie Shrek is to get its first terrestrial screening on BBC 1 as part of the corporation's rights output deal with Hollywood studio DreamWorks SKG, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BSC REPRIMANDS ^R1.
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has rapped BBC Radio 1 over bad language and sexual content in an interview with Ali G on the Sara Cox Breakfast Show. The BSC found
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PROGRAMMING - BBC 1 hopes to banish demons.
BBC 1 has ordered a full six-part series of its fantasy drama Strange following a successful 60-minute pilot.The 6 x 60-minute series, a collaboration between the BBC and indie Big Bear
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GRANADA PLUS GOES 24-7.
Granada Sky Broadcasting channel Granada Plus is set to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week from 17 June. The channel will continue to show repeats of classic TV
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C4 invests in regional research.
Ten regional indies will share #163;250,000 of funding under the Channel 4-backed researcher development programme, writes Penny Hughes
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C4 puts weight behind drama.
Channel 4 has demonstrated a commitment to long-running returning UK drama series for the first time in its 20-year history after commissioning a third run of Teachers, writes Penny Hughes
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PROGRAMMING - Animate! winners get C4 slots.
The channel 4-backed digital animation scheme Animate! has awarded funding to six filmmakers whose shorts will now air on C4 later this year, writes Penny Hughes
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PROGRAMMING - CHANNEL 4 BUYS MTV'S TAKE ON OZZY'S FAMILY.
Channel 4 is finalising a deal to buy MTV's much-vaunted The Osbournes, the fly-on-the-wall US show about heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and his dysfunctional family. The show, which has already
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C5 lobbies ITC over World Cup.
Channel 5 is lobbying the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to allow it to screen World Cup games that would clash with the BBC and ITV's planned coverage.The broadcaster's plea follows plans
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Interview - Abraham's Discovery.
David Abraham's successful transition from advertising veteran to broadcasting executive is typical of a new breed in television.Equally happy selling campaigns to chancellor Gordon Brown as he was going off to
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Clear rejigs after founder quits.
Clear Post Production has rejigged its board of directors following the departure of co-founder Simon Fallon, writes Barbara Marshall
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Cheerful Scout to float on AIM.
Multimedia and animation specialist Cheerful Scout is set to raise£850,000 when it floats on the alternative investment market (AIM) next week.In a complicated reverse takeover, Cheerful Scout, which was set
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PROGRAMMING - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SHOW TO AIR GLOBALLY.
National Geographic Channel is joining up with its sister stations internationally to show landmark series Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost Empire. The 60-minute programme, which promises new revelations about the
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FREE TO AIR - Brassed off with Bafta.
It is time to 'prendre un page du livre des Francais' and I don't mean electing a fascist government. Rather the rioting in the streets in defence of 'quality television' post
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PROGRAMMING - NIGELLA GOES AL FRESCO.
Self-styled domestic goddess Nigella Lawson is taking her culinary wand out of her kitchen with a new show for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes
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News Analysis - An end to class TV?
The Budget contained a nasty shock for indies: the end of the sale and leaseback tax break for non-theatrical productions, which could lead to current productions being halted and quality drama budgets being cut back
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PROGRAMMING - CITV TO SERVE UP ANIMATED TOFU FAMILY.
ITV has bought 52 x 11-minute episodes of French kid's animated series Tofu Family from Saban International Paris. The series, which follows the adventures of two children and their environmentally aware
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PROGRAMMING - GREEN WILL APPEAR IN BOX TV DRAMA FOR BBC.
Actor Robson Green, who Broadcast revealed last week has ended his exclusive contract with ITV, is set to appear in indie Box TV's six-part BBC drama Trust, which begins shooting this
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Rise's new approach to breakfast.
Rise, the Sky/Princess Productions Big Breakfast replacement that launches on Channel 4 on Monday (29 April), will be a sofa-free, hi-tech zone with no opening or closing credits to reflect the fact that viewers will dip in and out of the show, writes Pen
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Older Audiences - Why old habits die hard in TV and radio.
Older viewers are richer and watch more TV than anyone else. So why does the industry persist in seeing them as a burden instead of an opportunity?