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BRIGHTER GIVEN ANIMATED MOBSTERS ORDER
Brighter Pictures has received a joint commission from Buena Vista International (BVI) UK and CITV to produce a 30-minute documentary looking at how the animated film Monsters, Inc was made. Commissioned
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MESH PICKS NEW DIGITAL ANIMATION DIRECTORS
Channel 4 has picked eight digital animators to take part in this year's Mesh new talent scheme, writes Penny Hughes.
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ROGER GRAEF TAKES ANOTHER LOOK AT THE POLICE
BBC creative director of investigations Alex Holmes has commissioned a two-hour special on how the police have changed over the past two years from Films of Record. Police: Where Have all
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EMAP RADIO ARM LOSSES
Emap Performance, part of the company that publishes Broadcast, has posted a 12 per cent drop in operating profits in the first half of this year. According to interim results, its
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Softel steps in to rescue Aston
UK manufacturer of video character generators Aston Electronic Designs has been saved from liquidation by Reading-based subtitling and interactive TV specialist Softel.Aston was put into administrative receivership last Monday (5 November)
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DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY WINS RADIO AWARD
Leicester-based De Montfort University's Demon FM has been named station of the year at the annual student radio awards. As part of the prize, the station will get to broadcast a
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Passion victor at Leaf awards
Passion Pictures led the field at the London Effects & Animation Festival (Leaf) awards held at the London Hippodrome on Tuesday (13 November), writes Barbara Marshall.
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The Wright Stuff axed over costs
Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo has axed Granada's morning talkshow The Wright Stuff after a disagreement over costs, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC role for Ofcom rebuffed
The Government this week rejected demands from the media select committee that new BBC services should be approved and reviewed by Ofcom as part of a three-pronged rebuttal of the committee's recommendations, writes David Rose.
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BBC brings off Kabul coup
The BBC - the self-styled 'liberator of Kabul' - this week transformed its newsgathering operation in Afghanistan after becoming the first western broadcaster to install a satellite playout facility in the
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BBC LISTS DEPUTIES
The shortlist for the post of BBC deputy chairman has been completed, with the first interviews due to start over the next few weeks. An appointment is expected by 14 December.
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Testino and Turner on BBC
BBC controller of arts commissioning Roly Keating has unveiled a slate of new programmes for BBC 1 and BBC 2 including an Omnibus special on photographer Mario Testino.The 60-minute Testino profile,
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BECTU SLAMS BBC PLAN
Bectu members have rejected the BBC's proposal to set up its broadcast and presentation department as a separate but wholly owned limited company. In a ballot, almost 90 per cent of
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BBC'S SHEFFIELD SITE
The BBC has opened its new regional broadcasting centre in Sheffield, which includes a drop-in centre where residents can access the internet and take part in public broadcasting. The Shoreham Street
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SRH IRISH RADIO BID
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has made its second major radio acquisition inside a month, adding the 76 per cent stake in Radio Ireland that it didn't already own to its£18m
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OFF THE RECORD - Big girl's blouse
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And never has this been more true for London's post community, who met last week in an informal gathering (organised by Soho Editors) neatly titled
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Little Bird to make Isle of Man thriller
Indie Little Bird has teamed up with Canadian production company Alliance Atlantis to produce a two-hour thriller for the BBC based on a true story, writes Steve Aston.
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ITV boss calls for urgent kids merger
Carlton and Granada should begin merging their children's departments if they are to make any international impact with their jointly owned CITV brand, according to Granada Kids director of programmes Steven
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Pace launches digital set-top box
UK set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology has launched its next-generation digital cable set-top box, capable of carrying high-quality video and interactive TV services over IP networks, writes David Wood.
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ON THE BOX - Victorians still valued
Producer Jane O'Brien says Trollope's The Way We Live Now is an apt choice, but sees little point in getting Together Again.