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Staff lose jobs at Dutch Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is making 12 staff redundant at its Netherlands office as it prepares to revert from being a free, basic package channel to a pay offering.The broadcaster, which runs
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Jowell increases target for TV subtitling
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has set an increased target of 80 per cent for subtitling on digital terrestrial television.The Royal National Institute for Deaf People welcomed the move, adding that
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Ashcroft back at BBC to produce pop event
Former BBC producer Robin Ashcroft, who worked on the first series of A Question of Pop, is to return to the corporation to produce the inaugural Top of the Pops Awards
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BBC to make Choice series on Radio 1
The BBC is pushing its Radio 1 brand onto television with a new BBC Choice series based on the station's life, writes Leigh HolmwoodCommissioned by BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy, the
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Flying gardeners set to land at BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of leisure and factual entertainment Anne Morrison have commissioned a second series of horticultural show Flying Gardeners.The 8 x 30-minute series, to be
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Channel 4's Hadlow commissions blood epic
Head of arts, religion and history asks Optomen Television for a three-part history of blood
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Addictive TV to make Mixmasters for ITV
ITV controller of night-time Carol Groves has commissioned a 13 x 30-minute music series from Addictive Television.The show, mixmasters.tv, is based around DJ mix sessions and features interviews with artists
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Novello to trace singer for BBC Wales doc
BBC Wales head of English language programmes, Clare Hudson and head of arts Paul Islyn-Thomas have ordered a 1 x 60-minute documentary on Ivor Novello, the Welsh songwriter behind Keep The Home Fires Burning
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This London to expore Capital for LWT
LWT is to screen a 6 x 30-minute series looking at the lives of Londoners.This London will be shown weekly in an early evening slot from next month. Among topics
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Raw charm gains HTV Family doc order
Cardiff-based independent Raw Charm has scooped two commissions for HTV Wales.New Generation revisits six families who had babies around the millennium. The 2 x 30-minute series was commissioned by
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Talkback to make new weekly quiz series for Flextech
Flextech has struck a deal with Talkback Productions - maker of They Think It's All Over and Never Mind The Buzzcocks - for a new weekly music quiz series.The Pearson-owned producer
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Sci-Fi's Headfuck returns
Sci-Fi's Headfuck season is to return next month with a weekly four-hour slot, writes Barbara MarshallThe eight-week season has been produced and presented by self-styled 'popular culture curator' James Hyman and
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Bombay Blush set for second BBC2 series
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux to produce a second series of Bombay Blush.The 8 x 30-minute series
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BBC to return Dog Eat Dog despite ratings
The BBC has commissioned a second series of the Ulrika Johnson-fronted quiz show Dog Eat Dog despite having received only modest ratings on its first outing on BBC 1 earlier this
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Family to document travels for BBC Kids
BBC controller of children's programmes Nigel Pickard has commissioned a 6 x 30-minute series shot by a family on a six-month around-the-world holiday.Travel Bug from London-based indie Gale Productions was
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Fuller quits Telewest for Hutchison return
Chief executive of Telewest cable division to re-join Hutchison Whampoa in order to head up mobile company's 3G operations
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Liberty companies to share resources
Liberty Livewire companies Tele-Cine and Todd-AO are to share management heads following the departure of Tele-Cine head of post-production Louise Townsend, writes Barbara Marshall.Todd-AO heads of production Matt Bowman and post-production
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Todd-AO heads to manage4 Tele-Cine
Liberty Livewire companies Tele-Cine and Todd-AO are to share management heads following the departure of Tele-Cine head of post-production Louise Townsend, writes Barbara Marshall.Todd-AO heads of production Matt Bowman and post-production
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Arri Uk chief retires
Arri GB chief executive Derrick Ross has retired after 18 years with the German-owned company.Ross set up Arri's UK subsidiary in 1983 after being poached from competitor Rank Strand where he
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EMI unveils audio post production facility
EMI has made its first ever move in to film and television audio with the opening of a dedicated sound studio at its Townhouse Studios complex in west London, writes Barbara Marshall