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Ideal World creates new Scottish role.
Ideal World is beefing up its Glasgow operation and has hired producer/director Peter Jamieson to the newly created role of head of television, Scotland, writes Penny Hughes.
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Corley returns to ITV as GMTV MD.
Former Border TV chief executive Paul Corley has been appointed as the new managing director of GMTV.Corley left his position at Border in July last year shortly after it was taken
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Granada International signs major co-production deal.
Granada International has signed a co-production partnership with Israeli media company At Media to produce factual programming for the international market, writes Colin Robertson.
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ZIG ZAG COMMISSIONS LED BY UGLY SHOW.
Zig Zag has won three commissions from Channel 5 and Channel 4. The success of London's Ugly Model Agency is explored in Ugly, commissioned for C5 by Michael Attwell, senior controller
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SPORTAL AND CNN LINK.
Sportal has signed a deal with CNN to provide European sports content for a new website, CNN.Sportal.com. The site will be used as the core sports offering for CNN.com Europe and
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Slump forces Pittard Sullivan to close down.
US-based main title, on-air design and branding producer Pittard Sullivan has 'closed for business' resulting in the loss of at least 95 jobs.Managing director of Pittard Sullivan's UK operation John Holland
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CITV FAVOURITES GET GO-AHEAD FROM GRACE.
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Janie Grace has recommissioned four long-running series from Gullane for CITV. The indie will produce a 13 x 20-minute run of Sooty (pictured), taking
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CITIZEN WINS DOUBLE ORDER FROM ITV.
ITV has commissioned a sporting archive series and a half-hour comedy special from Dele Oniya's Citizen Television. The 6 x 30-minute series, Sporting Vintage, will be produced and directed by Krishna
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CHIEF LEAVES TLRC.
The Local Radio Company (TLRC) chief executive Ian Axton has left the group after a restructure by parent company Radio Investments Limited (RIL) meant he no longer had a role. The
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CFC film scanner outperforms Telecine variants.
THE Computer Film Company (CFC) in Soho has developed a film scanning machine that out-performs the image quality of Telecine-based equivalents, writes Barbara Marshall.
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HAHABONK TALENT CALL.
Cross-media production company Hahabonk is offering the chance to get multi-platform entertainment ideas commissioned. Anyone with a concept for a sitcom, gameshow or animation to work across two or more media
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RDF buys stake in drama launch Touch Paper.
RDF Media has taken 30 per cent of a new populist drama indie Touch Paper, launched this week by Carlton Productions executive producer Rob Pursey, writes Katy Elliott. In a double
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CREATIVE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Farm Group has completed a 3D spot for CNN's latest global campaign, 'Be the first to know'. The ad features a water droplet hitting a surface in super-slow motion, symbolising
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CHANNEL HEALTH WINS PREGNANCY BRIEF.
The NHS has commissioned Channel Health to produce a new interactive series on pregnancy as part of a£1.2m award to the broadcaster. The Sky Digital channel is to make a
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BRANDS CONSOLIDATE.
On Digital is reportedly considering relaunching its service as ITV Digital in a bid to attract subscribers. On Digital chief operating officer Rob Fyfe said rebranding was one of a range
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BPG HONOURS CHILDS.
The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) last week recognised veteran producer and Inspector Morse executive producer Ted Childs (above) for his outstanding contribution to broadcasting. The BPG also handed four gongs to
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On the Box - A religious experience.
Craig Hill, strategy development chief of broadband designer Wheel, lauds Son of God but isn't at all excited about Digital Sex.
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CARRY ON BOOT CAMPING.
Sky One is to show reality series Boot Camp as part of its spring and summer schedule, after buying rights to the show from Granada International, writes Lucy Rouse. The 8
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COLLEAGUES MOURN SURVIVAL VET BOMFORD.
Tony Bomford, one of Britain's leading wildlife cameramen, has died at the age of 57. Bomford filmed Anglia Television's Survival series for over 30 years and won many international awards. He
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Rigden set for Big Breakfast role.
Ben Rigden stepped up from Big Breakfast managing editor to executive producer on Monday (2 April) to begin the task of revitalising the ailing Channel 4 show, writes Penny Hughes.