All CBeebies articles – Page 33
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Red Bee wins Africa playout
Red Bee has won the contract to play out the BBC Worldwide channels due to launch in Africa.
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NewsRed Dwarf to reunite on Dave
Cult BBC comedy Red Dwarf is poised to return after 10 years for a retrospective on UKTV channel Dave.
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NewsBBC puts more channels online
BBC4, CBBC and CBeebies will become the next of the corporation's channels to be simulcast online next month.
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NewsDisney's Playhouse doubles audience
Preschool channel Playhouse Disney has seen its audience share double year-on-year.
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NewsRoss Russell to join BBCW
Neil Ross Russell, the Sparrowhawk executive behind the joint children's digital channel KidsCo, is to join BBC Worldwide as its managing director for children's.
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NewsUK kids co-pro Claude sold to Disney and ZDF
A pre-school animated series from UK production companies Dot to Dot and Red and Blue Productions has been sold to Playhouse Disney UK and ZDF in Germany.
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NewsWish to animate kids book Wibbly Pig
Wish Films is to make an animated adaptation of kids book Wibbly Pig for CBeebies, and TVO and Knowledge Network in Canada.
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NewsBig Brother's Little Brother lends a hand to E4
E4's fanzine show for Big Brother equalled its best performance of the year so far with a total of 518,000 viewers (3.90%), helping the channel to its best showing of the year.
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NewsMultichannel growth for Five
Five's multichannel offerings Fiver and Five US both had a strong weekly performance, bringing in a combined all hours share of 1.39% - its highest to date.
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NewsBBC to air three-week webcast for Big Cat Live
The BBC will launch its first round-the-clock live webcast in September to support its week-long live natural history event Big Cat Live.
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NewsBBCW to launch channels in Latin America
BBC Worldwide is continuing its global rollout of branded channels with plans to launch two more stations in Mexico following a major deal with Televisa Networks.
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NewsCBeebies orders Big and Small
Lenny Henry and Imelda Staunton are to provide their vocal talents to a new pre-school puppet series that has been ordered by CBeebies.
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NewsPickard calls for longer kids commissions
Showcomotion: Nigel Pickard, director of family entertainment at RDF, has called on broadcasters to guarantee the longevity of series in order to help indies attract licensing deals.
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NewsPlayhouse Disney buys Tinga Tales
Tiger Aspect's ambitious Tinga Tinga Tales kids project, which is being animated in Africa, will air on Playhouse Disney in the US and be distributed by Entertainment Rights worldwide.
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NewsBBCW acquires Oz channel; launching three more stations
BBC Worldwide is to acquire full control of Australian pay-TV channel UK.TV and is preparing to roll out three new branded channels.
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NewsBBC channels to launch in Africa
BBC Worldwide is to make a major push into Africa with the launch of four branded channels and ambitions to adapt formats for local viewers.
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NewsBob and Thomas get CGI makeover
Hit Entertainment has agreed deals to produce the next series of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends in CGI.
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NewsBBC4 scoops digital channel award
BBC4 fought off the challenge of Dave, which won two awards in its own right, to land channel of the year at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2008.
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NewsCBeebies orders Dirtgirlworld
CBeebies has commissioned a new animated series for older preschoolers that encourages them to play outdoors and “get grubby”.