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Telewest sale wrap
Telewest expects to complete the sale of its interactive consultancy Smashed Atom 'within weeks', according to managing director Jonathan Peachey. Launched 10 months ago Smashed Atom built the Energis BrightBlue high
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TOP SOAP SILHOUETTES
Skaramoosh designed the titles and graphics package for Soapstars, the ITV series that follows the search for a real family to appear in Emmerdale. The titles reflect the audition process -
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EU 'turnover' quotas attacked by commercial broadcasters
Association of Commercial Television says new proposals to make European broadcasters meet quotas based on turnover 'blunt and difficult to work.'
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Wall to Wall eyes low-cost high-volume
Indie to shifts focus from 'top-level stuff' to lower budget projects
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BBC 1 slumps to less than 18% peaktime share
BBC 10 O'clock News is best performer in otherwise lacklustre schedule that failed to shine even against ITV repeats
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Siriol Animation gains S4C cartoon commission
S4C and its commercial arm S4C International have commissioned Cardiff-based Siriol Animation to produce a further 26 x 5-minute episodes of children's cartoon Sali Mali, taking the total number of episodes
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Spire bags C4 history commission
Oxford-based indie Spire Films has been commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow to produce a 4 x 50-minute series about some of Britain's greatest historical figures, writes Jon RogersFact
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Blaxploitation toons top C4 animation zone bill
Channel 4 is running themed nights on 'blaxploitation', science fiction and Japan as part of its two-hour animation zone which kicks off one night a week for six weeks from the
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Samurai animation ordered by Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has teamed up with animator Genndy Tartakovsky to produce 26 x 30-minute animated series Samurai Jack. The series was commissioned by Cartoon Network vice-president of programming, development and acquisitions
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Tiger Aspect to make Blackwood show for Sky
Sky One controller of original programmes Mark Freeland has commissioned a celebrity series from Tiger Aspect Productions featuring Richard Blackwood.The 8 x 30-minute series, I Slept with Richard Blackwood, will
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BBC prolongs Crime Doubles strand
BBC 1 is continuing its Crime Doubles strand with a new six-part forensic science thriller series from BBC Wales, writes Leigh HolmwoodOutside the Rules stars This Life's Daniela Nardini as a
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Rosencrantz commissions Sir Cliff special
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Cactus TV to produce a special on 'The Peter Pan of Pop', Cliff Richard, writes Steve AstonThe show will feature Richard performing covers
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Pickard commissions doc on young TV wannabes
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a fly-on-the-wall documentary series following a group of young people as they attempt to make their own television programme.The 6 x 25-minute series DIY.tv, to
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Martians' licence deal lands with Just group
Children's entertainment company Just Group has signed a licensing deal for animation series Butt Ugly Martians with Nickelodeon.As a result the series will be shown on Nickelodeon's channels around the
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Jet-setters to feature in Two Four doc for C4
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 6 x 30-minute series examining the lives of the 'jet-set'.Commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, multicultural Yasmin Anwar, Flash
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Viewers to vote online for bargain hunt auction
BBC 1 daytime show Bargain Hunt is to broadcast its first live auction special in which viewers can join in by voting over the internet.The one-hour special, to air on
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Australian brother deal signed by star Endemol
Southern Star Endemol, a joint-venture between Southern Star and Endemol, has signed a new deal with Australia's Network Ten to produce a second series of Big Brother as well as a
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Mokey makes debut
New moving matte software promises to save hours of time in the creation and post-production of special effects
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Miller reconsiders PMPP wind up
Soho veteran looking to resurrect facility as dry-hire operation following demise of latest facility offering The Gargoyle Club
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BBC 1 to boost business coverage
Controller Lorraine Heggessey admits channel has failed to cover business outside of new bulletins and calls on producers to for fresh ideas