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Charlton shakes up LWT schedule for youth
LWT's new managing director Lindsay Charlton has revamped the broadcaster's weekend schedule. In a move to provide more late Friday night London entertainment for young people, from 13 October a new
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Nickelodeon and hit team up for kids production
Kids channel Nickelodeon is to co-produce a new pre-school 26 x 30-minute series with Bob the Builder creator Hit Entertainment. Based on the characters created by children's author Dan Yaccarino, Oswald
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Carlton bags US Newsweek deal
Carlton Television has made a new swoop on North America by signing a production deal with Washington Post-owned Newsweek Productions to develop factual programming for the US and international markets.Headed for
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C4 orders raft of new docs
Channel 4 has commissioned two new documentary projects - a three-part series being overseen by Paul Watson and a one-off film looking at Madonna's early life, writes Ashley Davies.
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CITV backs witch cartoon
CITV is backing a new£4.7m 52-part animation about a foul-smelling witch from Telemagination, writes Tim Westcott.
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Flashback gets in Hot Seat
Indie Flashback Television has secured a number of commissions including a new 6 x 60-minute series for Artsworld, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Overnight ratings - BBC 1 rows home as rivals tread water
BBC 1's coverage of Steve Redgrave's fifth Olympic gold medal left the other channels floundering in the water on Saturday (23 September), writes Jon Rogers.
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Ex-soldiers rapped for war reports
New production outfit Contact Zone TV (CZTV) has come under fire this week from news agencies for using former SAS soldiers to provide footage of conflicts, writes Tara Conlan.
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Tiger Aspect sells formats to the US
Tiger Aspect Productions has made its first major assault on north America by signing deals to sell the formats for The Vicar of Dibley, Playing the Field and Streetmate.The deals are
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Patrick checks into new Crossroads hotel
Carlton Productions has named Kay Patrick as series producer of its new daytime ITV soap Crossroads, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV Network Centre director of programmes David Liddiment has approved a new night-time airing of The Children's Company series The Rottentrolls, writes Tara Conlan. After four years in an afternoon s
ITV Network Centre director of programmes David Liddiment has approved a new night-time airing of The Children's Company series The Rottentrolls, writes Tara Conlan. After four years in an afternoon slot
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Two Way to sign carriage deal with On Digital
Interactive outfit Two Way TV is on the verge of striking a carriage and management deal with On Digital to take over one of the broadcasters' existing games channels, On Games
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ITV merger goes ahead
Shareholders at both Granada Media and United News & Media gave their backing to the merger between the two outfits on Wednesday (27 September).The news removes the last procedural hurdles in
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Carlton bids for racing
Race course owner Arena Leisure's£320m bid for interactive and terrestrial horse-racing rights has been thrown off course after Carlton Communications jumped in this week with an 11th-hour expression of interest.
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PVR launched in UK
BSkyB and TiVo are scheduled to launch the first personalised video recorder (PVR) in the UK on Thursday (28 September). Widely tipped to shake up the economics of programme production, the
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LNN appoints Balen
Former BBC news executive editor, bulletins Malcolm Balen has been appointed as London News Network (LNN) head of news, as predicted in Broadcast (22.9.00).Balen takes up the role on 1 November
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BBC digital radio plan
BBC radio and music director Jenny Abramsky is preparing to announce proposals for a raft of new digital radio services on Thursday (28 September).The news, which follows governor approval, will include
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Rapture cuts staffing
Rapture TV's 40-strong production team in Norwich is facing cuts. The announcement was made at a meeting on Wednesday (27 September) in a now defunct Rapture studio within the Anglia TV
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Thompson orders last BBC kids slate
Outgoing BBC children's commissioning chief Roy Thompson has ordered a raft of new programming, plus another 130 episodes of hit pre-school show Tweenies from Tell-Tale Productions for BBC 1.Head of children's
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APTN chief to press for cash
New Associated Press Television News (APTN) chief executive Ian Ritchie is to lobby the video news agency's US parent, Associated Press, for more investment following his appointment this week, writes Tara