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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Radio Authority sets out revised wish list
The Radio Authority this week submitted its revised proposals for new rules on local radio ownership to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).The proposals, developed following detailed discussions with
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ITV plans autumn offensive
ITV has gone on the offensive over its flagging audience share and the downturn in advertising spend with a new package of measures, including dedicated nights for the young and affluent.The
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SKARAMOOSH BUYS AVID
Skaramoosh is the second UK facility to buy an Avid DS HD system. The real-time conforming and finishing system will be installed later this month by Tyrell and will be used
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ON THE BOX - Batting for Britain
M2 Television md Bill Cullen is bowled over by the Englishness of Botham's Ashes while World of Pub leaves him feeling sick.
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BBC Resources in red
BBC Resources made a loss of£11.5m last year, its biggest since it was granted limited status three years ago, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC beefs up religion
The BBC is to broaden its coverage of theological issues with the creation of a dedicated 'multi-faith' reporter position, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC E-SCHOOL OFFER
The BBC has said it will commission around half the content for its planned£130m online national curriculum service from outside the corporation if the project is approved by the Department
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BBC TO RECREATE MOSES
The BBC is set to recreate the life and times of Moses as part of a new landmark follow-up to its acclaimed Son of God series, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC DENIES NEWS MOVE
BBC director of television Mark Thompson has strongly rebuffed suggestions that current affairs flagship show Panorama is to be shunted to BBC 2. Responding to the leak of a dummy schedule
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BBC pinpoints blackout cause
Faulty circuit-breakers were the cause of the BBC's 20-minute black-out last Saturday (30 June).A spokesman said the circuit-breakers, which take power into and out of the corporation's un-interruptable power supply (UPS),