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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Growing audiences
The popularity of garden makeover series is showing no signs of wilting, with the muscular Charlie Dimmock proving the biggest draw. Katy Elliott reports.
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Orchestrated by Paramount director of programming Sally Habbershaw, the deal represents the channel's biggest investment to date in US acquisitions. From MTV, Paramount has bought animated comedy Dari
Paramount Comedy Channel has unveiled a raft of new acquisitions, including the rights to two series of US comedy Everybody Loves Raymond, writes Simon Ellery.
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CINAR FACES ACTION OVER ACQUISITION LOSSES
Canadian-based producer Cinar Corporation has had an action filed against it by the former owners of its subsidiary, Carsol-Dellosa Publishing.The move is to recover alleged losses related to a stock purchase
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Anglia wins daily chat show on C5
Anglia TV has landed a multi-million pound contract to produce a new morning chat show for Channel 5, fronted by ex-Mirror gossip columnist Matthew Wright.The Wright Stuff will air five days
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C5 MOVES TO INDEPENDENT MEDIA SUPPORT FOR SUBTITLES
Channel 5 is set to switch its multi-million pound subtitling contract from its current supplier ITFC to Independent Media Support after a bid involving a number of different organisations. Initially for
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Exit Studios has created the titles for Suicide in the Air, a new Zig Zag Productions mini-series for Channel 5 that takes a close look at pilot suicides. In a bid
Exit Studios has created the titles for Suicide in the Air, a new Zig Zag Productions mini-series for Channel 5 that takes a close look at pilot suicides. In a bid
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C4 AND C5 AUDIENCE SHARE UP WHILE BBC AND ITV LOSE OUT
The Independent Television Commission's latest quarterly audience figures shows that both BBC 1 and BBC 2 along with ITV lost audience share year on year, but Channel 4 and Channel 5
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Swing lifts lid on home shopping for Channel 4
Channel 4 is preparing a fly-on-the-wall documentary that will go behind the scenes of the UK's home shopping channels, writes Ashley Davies.C4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow has commissioned the 1
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PINNACLE TO REPURCHASE UP TO 3 MILLION OF OWN STOCK
Video equipment manufacturer Pinnacle Systems has announced a stock repurchase scheme in which it may buy up to 3 million shares of its common stock. According to president and chief executive
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SOFTIMAGE PREVIEWS NEW 3D ANIMATION PACKAGE
Softimage previewed version 1.5 of XSI, its 3D animation package at Siggraph.Due in late November, only six months after the original product's debut, v1.5 looks like an attempt to make up
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BBC and GTV link up as 3sixtymedia
Granada Television and the BBC have announced a new joint-venture this week combining their Manchester production facilities. The company, 3sixtymedia, is expected to launch in the autumn, subject to the approval
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Geraint to leave BBC Wales after 22 years
Award-winning documentary maker and BBC Wales head of production John Geraint is to leave the BBC after 22 years following the abolition of his post in May's restructure of BBC Wales,
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MC2 INSTALLS FIRST CYCLOPS MOTION RIG IN LONDON
Motion control facility MC2 has installed a Mark Roberts Cyclops motion control rig at Black Island Studios in west London. The rig is the first in London and one of only
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Imago Productions has won two wildlife commissions from Discovery, write Ashley Davies and Simon Ellery. The Norwich-based indie's first commission is a 15 x 30-minute series for Animal Planet Europe,
Imago Productions has won two wildlife commissions from Discovery, write Ashley Davies and Simon Ellery. The Norwich-based indie's first commission is a 15 x 30-minute series for Animal Planet Europe, that
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Griffilms has produced a series of 10 animated comedy sketches for a new Boomerang/S4C show poking fun at the National Eisteddfod cultural festival. The series of sketches, called A Thousand Things
Griffilms has produced a series of 10 animated comedy sketches for a new Boomerang/S4C show poking fun at the National Eisteddfod cultural festival. The series of sketches, called A Thousand Things
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BBC Bristol has been commissioned by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon to make a follow-up to 1970s experimental series Living in the Past, writes Tara Conlan. The 4 x 30-minute primetime
BBC Bristol has been commissioned by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon to make a follow-up to 1970s experimental series Living in the Past, writes Tara Conlan. The 4 x 30-minute primetime
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COX PROVES POPULAR AT R1
The latest round of radio audience figures are expected to show that BBC Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox has maintained the audience she inherited from Zoe Ball. Rajar figures for the
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Pye tipped as joint GMI/Itel chief
Sources say Granada Creative could encompass ITEL, the distributor soon to be owned by Granada's newly acquired United News & Media
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Lincoln quits Emap Performance Network
Emap seeks new group programme director to replace outgoing incumbent David Lincoln