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Gullane poaches Disney boss
Gullane Entertainment has poached Walt Disney International senior vice-president of programming and creative development David Snyder to oversee the company's global production, distribution and development activity, writes Penny Hughes.
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Lion braces for new pastures
Lion TV is planning to diversify its portfolio with a move into entertainment programmes and is searching to fill a new head of entertainment role, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV BRANDED 'RISK'
Investment bank Gold-man Sachs has branded ITV Digital as 'high risk' for Carlton and Granada and suggested scrapping the DTT operation. The move would improve both firms' financial outlook, according to
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Report calls for IT skills training
Broadcasters need to open up their teaching facilities to third parties to prepare workers for the changing demands of the information age, according to the industry's leading training body, writes Katy Elliott.
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Living caters to chefs and stars
Flextech women's channel Living TV has commissioned three new series including a 20-part cookery show described as 'The Odd Couple meets Can't Cook, Won't Cook'.Ordered by Living commissioning editor Jane Millichip,
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Leader - Should channels release rights?
In a sophisticated, garrulous industry such as broadcasting, debate ebbs and flows between landmark speeches and events throughout the year.The industry is about to face another such landmark, as the RTS
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CHINESE CORONATION STREET SET FOR FACELIFT
Granada is to refresh the format of Joy Luck Street, the Chinese version of its soap Coronation Street. The programme is to be made less 'aspirational' to appeal to a broader
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Staff at White City vote for Tesco Metro
BBC staff have inadvertently boosted the fortunes of one of the UK's biggest retailers by voting overwhelmingly for a Tesco supermarket to be the sole retail concern at the corporation's new£300m media village, writes Simon Ellery.
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Police line closes in on footage
Television programmes that include police and CCTV camera footage are becoming increasingly difficult to make because of rising levels of red tape and police demands on producers, a number of indies
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TX - Submerged in comedy
When Armando Iannucci left the BBC, teamed up with Talkback and defected to Channel 4, he didn't want to do the same old satire on a different channel. Instead he decided
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WORLD CUP INQUIRY
The Office of Fair Trading is considering whether to launch a full-scale investigation into claims that the BBC and ITV have acted as a cartel during the ongoing sale of TV
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Smash Hits in digital push
EMAP Performance Network (EPN) is planning to further extend its Smash Hits brand by launching a digital radio channel early next year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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GUNN DOUBLES STAKE
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist John Gunn has more than doubled his stake in media group West 175 to a 10.9 per cent share. West 175, which produces Master Chef, formed a
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Granada drops Platforms
Granada has scrapped the Platforms label it unveiled just three months ago as part of its restructure, writes Steve Aston.
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Endemol UK's status strip worries indies
The independent sector fears the ecology of broadcasting will be threatened if Endemol Entertainment UK loses business as a result of its loss of indie status, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Teletext enters ITV sports talks
Teletext is holding talks with ITV about providing enhanced sports content for the network's sport output.ITV is looking at ways of adding value to its slate of sports output, such as
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EQUITY MAY STRIKE
Actors union Equity is threatening industrial action against producers' alliance Pact after talks between the two groups over giving actors a cut of licensing deals with broadcasters fell through. Last Friday
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Soaring Soho rents force out TV firms
Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases.Several companies have received rent demands more than 50 per cent
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OFF THE RECORD - Playing footsie
Things to do as part of your job as an executive producer, no. 307: provide presenter with suitable footwear. This week's victim - John Kaye Cooper of Talent TV fame. Toby
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Fulcrum to launch indie with Waddell
Factual specialist Fulcrum Television and leisure and lifestyle independent Brian Waddell Productions have joined forces to launch a new indie in Northern Ireland, writes Penny Hughes.