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TV-LOONLAND EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION DIVISION.
TV-Loonland, producer and rights provider of children's programming, has expanded its distribution division following a number of acquisitions last year. Marzenna Czubowicz joins TV-Loonland's London office as head of sales and
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Partridge director quits to make films.
Partridge Films director of programmes Michael Rosenberg has left the company he founded over a quarter of a century ago in order to return to his roots as a filmmaker.Rosenberg, who
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NEWS WAR DECLARED.
ITV will finally bring back its News at Ten bulletin from Monday 22 January, after months of wrangling with the ITC, writes Colin Robertson.
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CORRECTION.
Pete Simmons, and not Gibbons, has been appointed group head of programmes at Chrysalis Radio, overseeing the Heart and Galaxy brands. He replaces Kevin Palmer who has become Chrysalis Radio Online
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News Corp ownership of Fox threatens Nick.
Nickelodeon UK joint-venture partners BSkyB and Viacom look set to clash over kids channels when BSkyB's majority shareholder, News Corp, takes control of rival Fox Kids Europe this year.Sources in the
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Ideal World lures Holby City producer.
Ideal World has hired two new staff to spearhead its drive into television drama and comedy and entertainment, writes Ashley Davies.
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CIESLIK EXPANDS ROLE.
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Productions (YTTP) controller of commercial affairs Filip Cieslik has added the business affairs brief for Granada Television Productions to his role, following the departure of Simon Vyvian at
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LWT comedy chief quits.
LWT head of comedy Lisa Clark has resigned from the company, blaming the lack of space for new projects in ITV's schedule for her decision to leave.Clark left on Friday (5
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UKTV PROGRAMMING CHIEF PROMOTED.
UKTV head of programming Kathryn Mitchell has been promoted to the newly created position of UKTV channels controller. Mitchell's promotion takes place with immediate effect and she reports directly to BBC
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EDINBURGH DATE CHANGE.
This year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival will begin and end earlier, leaving delegates free to enjoy the August bank holiday. The festival will open at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre
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CAT DEELEY CHART SHOW.
Television presenters Cat Deeley and Edith Bowman are to join Capital FM to present their first radio show. Hit Music Sunday, a pre-chart show put together by Deeley and Bowman's management,
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Crisis looms over On Digital capacity.
On Digital is under pressure to increase its capacity for channels as the future of its pay-per-view joint-venture film service, On Request, comes under scrutiny.On Digital - jointly owned by Carlton
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Task force calls for faster digital switchover.
The second wave of the Creative Industries Task Force TV inquiry has been wrapped into the process of enacting new legislation started by the communications white paper in December, writes Katy Elliott.
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BROADCASTER PANEL.
The University of Manchester International Broadcasting Symposium is looking for a panel of under-25s from broadcasting and academia to discuss the future of broadcasting. The symposium will be held on 1
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CREATIVE BRIEFS.
Adams Trainor Design was commissioned by Shauna Minoprio of RDF Media to make the titles for the new series of Shipwrecked for T4 and Shipwrecked Extra for the new E4 digital
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Big Brother heart girl to get documentary.
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary about Jo Harris, the girl to whom Big Brother winner Craig Phillips gave his prize money, writes Ashley Davies.
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Front runners emerge for Bergg's job.
Hallmark Entertainment Network UK managing director Jeff Henry and multimedia outfit Worldpop's chief operating officer, Liam Hamilton, are being tipped as leading contenders for the vacant Sky One general manager role, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC'S QUEST TO CO-ANCHOR CNN PROGRAMME.
CNN has poached BBC news North America correspondent Richard Quest to co-anchor its new daily 1 x 60-minute Business International show. Quest starts next week on the show, which launches in
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Smith gives BBC dumbing down warning.
Media Secretary Chris Smith has warned the BBC that MPs could step in if the corporation's proposed new digital services result in a dumbing down of its core output, writes John Lewis.
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BBC BREAKFAST HIRING.
BBC One O'Clock News editor Jay Hunt is understood to be leading the field to replace BBC Breakfast editor Andrew Thompson who has just taken up the new post of BBC