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Judd appointed new controller at G-Wizz
Former Red Dwarf producer to integrate online and programming portfolios
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Ross Kemp crime drama to air on ITV
Former EastEnder sees first fruits of£1.2 million three-drama deal
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REGIONAL TV - Are you local yet?
Local TV is starting to attract interest from the big players, thanks to the new four-year TV restricted service licences. Production Show speaker Philip Reevell examines what it means to go local.
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Real Livewire
David Robey is about to rebrand GLR as London Live, taking on the station's hardcore band of loyal listeners. Colin Robertson finds out how.
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Lives put at risk in the wild
Two-thirds of wildlife film-makers have put their lives seriously at risk twice or more while shooting documentary footage, a new survey reveals this week, writes Tim Dams.Occupational hazards include attacks by
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YOUTH VEHICLE FOR ITN
ITN has set up a new production company Visual Voodoo, as a subsidiary of ITN Factual, to make quirky, youth-oriented programmes. The new venture already has two Channel 5 commissions, a
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IAP markets news system
IAP Interactive, the former TSI outfit now majority owned and managed by Nick Doff, is to market the Integrated Newsroom System it developed for the Simply Money channel, writes Adrian Pennington.IAP
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RYAN HEADS UP LIVE PRODUCTION AT SUNSET+ VINE
Sunset + Vine has appointed Paul Ryan to the new post of technical director, responsible for all live aspects of S+V's production across its outside broadcasts, including Test cricket for Channel
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NO SECOND RUN FOR HAT TRICK'S THE WILSONS
Channel 4 will not commission a second run of its latest sitcom, The Wilsons. The 6 x 30-minute series about a dysfunctional family was made by Hat Trick Productions and greenlit
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GREEN LIGHT FOR SECOND SERIES OF THE PRIORY
Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has given the thumbs up for a second series of The Priory, the early-evening show presented by Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston. Produced by
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OFF THE RECORD - Gravely inappropriate
BBC Radio 5 Live's coverage of the Worthington Cup footie final between Leicester and Tranmere was unintentionally livened up by BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Mark Pougach.Our Mark, introducing last Sunday's
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SO GRAHAM NORTON SET FOR US PRODUCTION
Graham Norton has signed a development deal with production outfit Paramount Network Television to make a US version of C4 show So Graham Norton. Production will go ahead when Paramount secures
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Grace hails Smith rules as a 'victory'
Nickelodeon UK managing director Janie Grace has hailed the government's insistence on public consultation for new BBC services as a victory for the commercial children's market.Speaking at the Royal Television Society
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INTERVIEW - The quality of Grace
With the pursuit of quality her obsession, it's no accident that Nickelodeon UK managing director Janie Grace has helped to raise the profile of children's television, now central to the ongoing debate over public service
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LWT TO GIVE MAYOR A SLICE OF YOUNG LONDON LIFE
LWT is launching a new community arts initiative aimed at raising young people's views of London in the run-up to the mayoral election. It will culminate in the production of a
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WINCHESTER SELLS PRE-SCHOOL JELLABIES TO GERMANY
Winchester Television has sold the German television rights to its 78 x 5-minutes catalogue of 3D animated series Jellabies to broadcaster Super RTL. The deal is the biggest European sale of
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Postcard from ... Sandy George in Sydney
Senator Richard Alston was expertly fielding questions about communications policy issues at a pay-TV conference in Sydney, when he dropped the bombshell. As federal minister for communications, information technology and the
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OFF THE RECORD - Girls trounce TV footballers
Disturbing news reaches this desk of a footie team from Off The Record's favourite current affairs show, Tonight, being beaten by a bunch of 12-year-old girls. The sorry tale began when
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Trade Talk - Ray Fitzwalter
Despite the death of the digital tax, there are clear signs of a new era of protectionism at the BBC.
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OFF THE RECORD - Festival frolics
The decision to shift the venue of the Edinburgh telly talkfest to the groovy sounding Edinburgh International Conference Centre, bemoaned in OTR last week, has failed to dampen the spirits of