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BBC Worldwide Americas strikes Canadian deal
BBC Worldwide Americas has struck a deal with Discovery Communications to distribute its programmes in Canada, writes Ashley Davies.
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INTERVIEW - All in a day's work
As Channel 4's daytime chief Jo McGrath pledges to blow away all those cliched misconceptions about daytime television, she laments the fact that independents just haven't cottoned on to what it's all about.
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SKY TO AIR BRITNEY SHOW
BSkyB has scooped an exclusive Britney Spears concert in November as part of its drive to ramp up music content. The broadcaster will record a concert from the London Arena on
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The Box aims at young via Smash Hits strand
Music TV channel The Box is to launch a Smash Hits strand just as a similar strand launches on Sky One, writes Simon Ellery.
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THE BANANA AGENCY SET UP BY EX-SKY/BBC TEAM
Promax UK 2000 chairman Tony Lakin and producer John Morgan have teamed up to create The Banana Agency. Based in London, the agency will concentrate on the production of promos, trailers
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London-based hire specialist Gearhouse Broadcast has established a broadcast equipment sales division, Evolve Digital, six months after a management buyout from the Gearhouse Group. One of the divisio
London-based hire specialist Gearhouse Broadcast has established a broadcast equipment sales division, Evolve Digital, six months after a management buyout from the Gearhouse Group. One of the division's first tasks will
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USP RADIO PROJECTS APPOINTS 98 FM'S HUTTON
Radio indie USP Radio Projects has appointed former Dublin-based 98 FM managing director Ken Hutton to the new role of new business development director. Hutton, 34, takes charge of exploring new
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CHANNEL 5 APPOINTS RONIN FOR DIVORCE GAMESHOW
Channel 5 has commissioned indie Ronin TV to produce a 1 x 90-minute gameshow D.I.V.O.R.C.E. (working title). Estranged couples will talk about their marital problems in front of a studio audience
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C4 plans film trio and sets E4 launch
Channel 4 is on the verge of concluding E4 digital carriage agreements with NTL and Telewest in time for a mid-January launch and is planning to launch three new film channels
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E4 reveals content and expands staff
Channel 4's planned entertainment channel E4 has unveiled the details of its first clutch of original programming and has hired three editors to share commissioning duties with head of programmes Andrew
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BBC 4 plans rolling City news slots
The BBC's economics and business unit is among those pitching for a new daily rolling business news programme on the new BBC 4, as it emerged that BBC Choice is also to launch a short daily news bulletin, writes Tara Conlan.
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C4 MULLS NEW BIG BROTHER
Channel 4 Ideas Lab head Liz Warner has said she will spend the next few weeks talking with key members of the Big Brother team at Bazal to discuss how a
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TELEWEST AND VIS TO PUMP£4M INTO JUST ONE PROJECT
Telewest's deal with Scottish computer games company VIS Entertainment will see the two outfits spending£4m on a single interactive proposition.The two outfits joined forces last week to develop and create
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ITC HIRES C4 POLITICAL PRODUCER TO HEAD N&CA
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has hired Channel 4 News senior political producer Chris Banatvala as its new programme officer in charge of news and current affairs. He joined on Monday
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C4'S PETERS TO PRESENT CELEBRITY SHOW FOR CARLTON
Channel 4 commissioning editor, children's and young people Andi Peters has been signed up by Carlton TV to present its forthcoming live ITV teatime celebrity show, Celebrity, which begins on Monday
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S4C TO SHOW FRENCH RUGBY SEASON ON DIGITAL
S4C has secured the rights to televise the domestic French club rugby season and will broadcast games on S4C Digital, which is available throughout the UK. Each week it will broadcast
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Wild Dream brief for C4 school slot
Wild Dream Films is to produce a 5 x 20-minute series for Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools John Richmond, writes Ashley Davies.
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CANADIAN CORUS TO PAY£277M FOR NELVANA
Canada-based broadcaster Corus Entertainment has announced it is to pay C$554m (£277m) for children's production and distribution specialist Nelvana.Nelvana's catalogue includes more than 1,450 x 30-minute episodes of animation series, including
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R2 unveils schedule
BBC Radio 2 has unveiled its autumn/winter schedule, with highlights including new series fronted by Jack Docherty and Sir Derek Jacobi, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Jump designed the opening titles and logo for Attachments, the new BBC 2 drama produced by World Productions. Devised by Tony Garnett, the series centres on a group of thirty-somethings who
Jump designed the opening titles and logo for Attachments, the new BBC 2 drama produced by World Productions. Devised by Tony Garnett, the series centres on a group of thirty-somethings who