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Trouble gets a new autumn on-air look courtesy of its in-house graphics department and The Moving Picture Company. Designed and directed by graphics producer/director Steph Neely, the new look feature
Trouble gets a new autumn on-air look courtesy of its in-house graphics department and The Moving Picture Company. Designed and directed by graphics producer/director Steph Neely, the new look features Trouble's
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COMPONENT HAILS OPENING OF NEW AUDIO SUITE
Component has opened a new audio suite. Based around the new SADiE Artemis digital audio workstation, the suite will be driven by former Cyber Audio sound engineer Simon Wright. Paul Gidley,
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Unique buys stake in comedy indie and bolsters archives
Leading radio independent Unique Broadcasting is understood to be acquiring a majority shareholding in comedy and documentary radio producer Gilmore Broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The deal gives Unique an estimated 200 hours
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Nothing to grab on to
Richard Eyre's MacTaggart Lecture set the tone for last weekend's Edinburgh TV Festival - well-structured, carefully thought out, but with little new to say. Alice Macandrew reports.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Happy talking
Following the recent overhaul of Rajar's ratings system, William Phillips places his faith in the new figures and answers some of the key questions thrown up by their use.
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BRAGG PLEAS FOR AMBITION
LWT controller of arts and features Melvyn Bragg has called on the UK TV industry to have more 'intellectual ambition'. Bragg, speaking at the launch of the 23rd run of The
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AIREY GETS EDINBURGH NOD
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has been named as advisory chair for next year's Edinburgh International Television Festival. Airey replaces the incumbent chair, senior vice-president, Flextech Channels Lis Howell.
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Talent agent
Lisa Clark has a reputation for getting the best out of stars she works with, but can she rev up LWT's comedy department, asks David Wood.
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SEVENTEENTH COOKSON ADAPTATION FOR ITV ON ITS WAY
Festival Film & TV has just gone into production on its seventeenth Catherine Cookson adaptation for Yorkshire and ITV. The 3 x 60-minute drama, The Secret, was commissioned from Festival by
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Top BBC reporters accused of only wanting big stories
Senior BBC foreign correspondents John Simpson and Kate Adie have been criticised for allegedly being too choosy about their reporting assignments, writes Jason Deans.ITV controller of news, current affairs and religion
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Accom gives Affinity IBC debut
Accom will unveil Affinity at IBC next month, its first new non-linear editing system since it acquired the Sphere range from Scitex Digital Video last December.In development for the past 12
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FrameStore has won its fourth consecutive Emmy Award for its effects work on Hallmark Entertainment's Alice in Wonderland. The Noel Street facility created around 870 effect shots for the two-hour TV
FrameStore has won its fourth consecutive Emmy Award for its effects work on Hallmark Entertainment's Alice in Wonderland. The Noel Street facility created around 870 effect shots for the two-hour TV
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Root stirs in£82m to add new flavour
Jane Root last week unveiled her first major season as controller of BBC 2 with the launch of an£82 million autumn schedule.Root said: 'As controller I have set myself a
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BBC earmarks£5.5m for south-east overhaul
The BBC this week unveiled a£5.5 million plan to revamp its regional television and radio services for London and the south-east, write Tim Dams and John Plunkett.The plan will see
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Channel 5 is to unveil its first new set of channel idents since its launch two years ago, writes Dominic Timms. Directed by C5 creative director Bruce Dunlop, they were executive
Channel 5 is to unveil its first new set of channel idents since its launch two years ago, writes Dominic Timms. Directed by C5 creative director Bruce Dunlop, they were executive
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Baker rules out C5 trade
BSkyB head of network programmes James Baker has ruled out selling programmes to Channel 5, despite the success of similar ventures with Channel 4, writes John Plunkett.Speaking on Sunday (29 August)
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Telewest takes over Cable London in£428m deal
Telewest Communications has taken full control of Cable London, buying a 50 per cent stake in the business from rival cable operator NTL for£428 million, writes Tim Dams.Telewest, which already
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THIRD SERIES OF DOPE SHEET COMMISSIONED BY C4
Channel 4 animation has recommissioned a third series of the late-night animation magazine strand Dope Sheet from Illuminations. Each programme consists of 1 x 30-minutes of various stories and features on
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Teenage sex issues for C4 video diary slot
Channel 4 schools has ordered a series based on teenage video diaries for its sex and education slot, writes Wale Azeez.In My Experience is a 3 x 25-minute commission to run
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Channel 4 revamps weekend news
Channel 4 is overhauling its weekend news coverage from next year with the introduction of a new Sunday edition and the shortening of the Friday programme.A new 30-minute peaktime show will