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Perkins leaves BBC for Tiger
BBC entertainment was dealt a further blow this week after head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins resigned to join Tiger Aspect as creative director of comedy, writes Penny Hughes.
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World of Wonder to gain C5 head Perry
Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry is leaving the broadcaster to take up the new role of creative director at indie World of Wonder, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV plan may hit regional choice
Availability of ITV's regional programming could be hit by the network's decision to press on with its launch on satellite without full access to Sky Digital's service, writes Steve Aston.
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ITV DIGITAL'S PLANS TO INCREASE COVERAGE HELD UP OVER COST DISAGREEMENT
Plans to increase the coverage of ITV Digital are being delayed because of a stand-off between ITV Digital and SDN over the cost of the procedure, writes Simon Ellery.
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Fox md leaves before takeover
Fox Kids Europe UK managing director Annie Miles has quit within weeks of Walt Disney's planned takeover of the company, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC news turns to World Service
BBC news deputy director Mark Damazer is pushing for closer co-operation with the World Service as the Afghanistan crisis intensifies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Nick UK increases spending
Nickelodeon UK is gearing up to combat the launch of the BBC's two new kids services with its biggest UK original production drive to date, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC 3 plan redefined
The BBC is to place a far greater emphasis on social action and public service factual programming when it resubmits its proposals to the government for new digital youth channel BBC
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PCC urges action to protect royals
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) chairman, Lord Wakeham, has written to the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent Television Commission to seek co-operation with broadcasters for the protection of Prince William's privacy from the TV
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Tell-Tale poaches head
Indie Tell-Tale Productions has appointed Sovereign Pictures sales manager Teresa Reed as its new head of animation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NewsFury drama for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Elephant Productions to make a 13-part children's drama series based on the Alistair Fury books by Jamie Rix.
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BABY COW FOR THE BBC
Baby Cow, the indie set up by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, has signed another two-year first look deal with the BBC. Following on from the success of shows such as
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E4 OPERATION MOVED
Channel 4 has repositioned its digital youth channel E4 as a standalone operation separate from Film Four and has appointed C4 deputy managing director of pay-TV Dan Brooke as general manager.
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WATERSHED DEFENDED
A joint document from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), the BBC and the Broadcasting Standards Commission has backed the use of a watershed time as a mean of protecting children from
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SPORTSWORLD GROWS
Sportsworld Media Group, which shares the rights to the Popstars format within the UK with LWT, has reported a profits rise of 219 per cent to£11.5m for the year ending
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C4 TO PLUG VIA TEXT
Channel 4 has turned to text messaging in a bid to promote six of its forthcoming factual series. Viewers who sign up for the service, which will be advertised in the
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ITC MULLS PROMOTION
The ITC has published a second consultation paper on cross-promotion which contains a revised set of proposed rules, following the feedback it received from its first paper from the industry.
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Appointment strengthens C4 daytime
Channel 4 is beefing up its daytime department with the appointment of Optomen Television's Ben Adler as deputy commissioning editor for daytime, factual programmes, writes Penny Hughes.
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Universal TV boss joins Fremantle
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has appointed Universal Studios Television distribution managing director, Europe David Ellender to the new post of managing director, writes Georgina Lipscomb.