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CBBC to show art spin-off
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has ordered a raft of new pre-school series for CBBC, including a spin-off of popular art show SMart, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Archives given lottery payout
Wildscreen, British Pathe and the British Film Institute (BFI) have each won huge lottery hand-outs to convert their analogue archives into next generation online content.The awards, part of the£50m National
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SCREENSHOP APPOINTS NEW BOSS
Screenshop, the former Flextech channel now owned and managed by auction outfit bid-up.tv, has named Lee White as its new head, replacing S'an Ellis-Thomas, who is being promoted within Flextech owner
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TX - The animal rescuer
When presenter/producer Mark Jordan started filming Cruel World, he soon realised it was not going to be an easy ride. In his attempt to expose cruelty to dogs in South Korea,
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Ready to pounce?
Granada chairman Charles Allen last week warned that his company faces being gobbled up by a European media company unless the government acts. Broadcast assesses who the potential buyers could possibly be.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Sitcom loses out to quiz and chat
Terrestrial channels vary widely in their strengths and weaknesses in each genre, with none of them seemingly able to find the next classic sitcom.
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GRANADA TO AIR FAME
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought the rights to the entire series of cult drama series Fame, writes Simon Ellery.
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FREE TO AIR - No longer a world service
One of the pleasures of driving in the US is being able to listen to all kinds of music on the radio. There are oldies stations, playing classic tracks from the
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OPEN TV TO USE ACTV KIT
Interactive television platform provider Open TV is to integrate technology from US specialist ACTV into the Open TV platform. This integration will provide ACTV's enhanced TV and programming solutions through digital
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AARDMAN SACKS 90
Aardman Animations has made 90 staff redundant after production of its next feature film, Tortoise vs Hare, was put back six months because of problems with its script. The company's Aztec
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BBC creates 700 jobs
The BBC has created over 700 new production jobs over the past year while director general Greg Dyke's attempts to cut 1,100 administrative posts continue.The figures were revealed in the BBC
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C4 builds closer links with north
Channel 4 is attempting to step up its regional strategy with the appointment of a dedicated commissioning editor based in Manchester, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 BAGS BIMA AWARDS
Channel 4 education arm 4Learning has scooped two British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) accolades just two weeks after bagging seven RTS Education Awards. C4's website, Sex, which offers frank advice to
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S4C to make celebrity co-pro
S4C International has bagged another two co-production deals with Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and German public broadcaster ZDF, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC plans 3D e-sports revamp
The BBC's online sports website is set to introduce revolutionary 3D graphics as part of a plan to supply users with simulated versions of some of football's greatest moments, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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R3 PLANS FILM AND THEATRE MUSIC SERIES
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has commissioned new weekly programme Stage & Screen. The 44 x 60-minute series will broadcast between 16.00 and 17.00 from 23 July and will play
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FOREVER BROADCASTING BUYS PEAK 107FM
Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based radio group Forever Broadcasting has bought Grand Central Broadcasting, which owns and operates Chesterfield's analogue radio station Peak 107 FM, for£4.82m. It is the fifth station that Forever Broadcasting
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NTL REDUCES DEBT MOUNTAIN WITH£100M DEAL
Cable giant NTL has reduced some of its£10bn debt through a£100m investment deal with GE Capital Telecom. NTL chief financial officer John Gregg said the deal, together with another
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WORLDS END'S£1M DEAL
Indie Worlds End Productions has secured a£1m deal with drinks company Diageo to produce programming for a new entertainment channel in bars and pubs. The project, named Translucis, will deliver
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Gimme Gimme moves to BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is planing to shore up the channel's failing comedy output by poaching yet another series from BBC 2 - controversial sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme.Heggessey has greenlit