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MORRIS MOVES TO SOUTHERN STAR CIRCLE.
Susan Morris has been appointed head of business affairs for Southern Star Circle and its wholly owned natural history subsidiary Oxford Scientific Films. She was previously head of business affairs at
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Chrysalis gets regional.
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) has poached Top Gear editor Richard Pearson from BBC Birmingham to run a new regional entertainment office, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Wildlife head chosen.
United Productions has filled its head of wildlife vacancy, appointing Phil Fairclough, executive editor of the BBC specialist factual's commercial arm, Wildvision, to the post, writes Colin Robertson.
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WATSON RISES TO CELADOR INTERNATIONAL MD.
Ellis Watson, head of new media development at Celador Productions, has been promoted to managing director of Celador International. Watson will take responsibility for international television format sales, licensing and marketing
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Digital carriage row goes to Commons.
ITV'S DEADLOCK over carriage on Sky Digital came under the spotlight again last week as ITV finance and development director Kate Stross told the Commons media select committee a deal would cost the network£20m a year, writes John Lewis.
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Grade buys Shepperton as Mill MBO completes.
Pinewood and Shepperton film studios have completed their merger, while Soho facility The Mill has been bought out by its management for£24m, write Barbara Marshall and Dominic Timms. Both deals are
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RESOLUTION BUYS OB VAN.
Big Brother facility provider Resolution has ordered a£500,000 server-based OB edit vehicle with duplication, satellite uplink and broadband capabilities. Resolution managing director Roger Moffatt said: 'Putting all that effort into
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OFF THE RECORD - Is Green story a load of old bull?
Full marks to Carlton schpinmeisters for explaining away a recent newspaper story about the broadcaster supposed ongoing plans to buy Scottish Television and Grampian from Scottish Media Group. They suggested that
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Religion head receives commissioning budget.
The incoming BBC head of religion and ethics will be given commissioning powers and a budget to bolster the corporation's religious programming, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Where do we go from here?
While the broadcasting revolution has ended the cosy days of shared viewing and listening, the government is clinging to the public service ethos - but what is it? In a three-page special Broadcast seeks industry views.
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ITC calls on broadcasters for programme policy statements.
ITV, CHANNEL 4 and Channel 5 should all publish new programme policy statements next month, according to the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Lucy Rouse.
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BREAKFAST ED CHOSEN.
BBC news has appointed BBC News 24 senior editor Richard Porter to the position of BBC Breakfast editor. Porter, 37, is a surprise appointment to the post, which was left vacant
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ON THE BOX - The boys done good.
Emap Performance TV md Shirley Renwick was seduced by sex-change show Boy Meets Girl but wasn't sold on Salesmen from Hell.
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VICTORIA REAL'S GEORGE JOINS ENDEMOL BOARD.
Victoria Real creative director Jason George has been appointed to the creative board of Endemol Group. The board is charged with creating new formats and developing existing global formats in the
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HIT BIDS FOR LYRICK.
Hit Entertainment has offered to pay£190.4m to take control of US kids group Lyrick Studios, producer of Barney the Dinosaur. The cash and share deal involves around£114m in existing
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Ofcom must rule BBC.
The government has come under increased pressure to rethink its decision not to place the BBC under the new super regulator, Ofcom, following criticism from the industry. Broadcasters including BSkyB, Channel 4,
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BBC producers to make content.
BBC producers will be asked to produce content for the corporation's online services as part of a major new media drive being rolled out across the BBC by director of new media Ashley Highfield, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC dominates RTS nominations.
The BBC has received 16 nominations for this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) Journalism Awards, ahead of rival ITN which scooped a total of 10, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC ORDERS SECOND SERIES OF THE LAMPIES.
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has commissioned indie Red Baloo to produce a second series of cartoon The Lampies to air on BBC 1. The 26 x 10-minute shows are
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FISHING SERIES PLANNED BY BBC AND DISCOVERY.
BBC Northern Ireland and Discovery Home & Leisure have struck a deal to co-produce a new 10 x 30-minute fishing series called Coast to Coast. The series will be fronted by