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    Martians' licence deal lands with Just group

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    Children's entertainment company Just Group has signed a licensing deal for animation series Butt Ugly Martians with Nickelodeon.As a result the series will be shown on Nickelodeon's channels around the

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    Pickard commissions doc on young TV wannabes

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a fly-on-the-wall documentary series following a group of young people as they attempt to make their own television programme.The 6 x 25-minute series DIY.tv, to

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    Spire bags C4 history commission

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    Oxford-based indie Spire Films has been commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow to produce a 4 x 50-minute series about some of Britain's greatest historical figures, writes Jon RogersFact

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    Leader: ITV needs time, not another clearout

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Michael Grade should give the existing team at ITV a chance

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    BBC prolongs Crime Doubles strand

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    BBC 1 is continuing its Crime Doubles strand with a new six-part forensic science thriller series from BBC Wales, writes Leigh HolmwoodOutside the Rules stars This Life's Daniela Nardini as a

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    Blaxploitation toons top C4 animation zone bill

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    Channel 4 is running themed nights on 'blaxploitation', science fiction and Japan as part of its two-hour animation zone which kicks off one night a week for six weeks from the

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    Tiger Aspect to make Blackwood show for Sky

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    Sky One controller of original programmes Mark Freeland has commissioned a celebrity series from Tiger Aspect Productions featuring Richard Blackwood.The 8 x 30-minute series, I Slept with Richard Blackwood, will

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    BBC 1 slumps to less than 18% peaktime share

    2001-08-30T15:52:00Z

    BBC 10 O'clock News is best performer in otherwise lacklustre schedule that failed to shine even against ITV repeats

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    Wall to Wall eyes low-cost high-volume

    2001-08-30T16:32:00Z

    Indie to shifts focus from 'top-level stuff' to lower budget projects

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    EU 'turnover' quotas attacked by commercial broadcasters

    2001-08-30T16:32:00Z

    Association of Commercial Television says new proposals to make European broadcasters meet quotas based on turnover 'blunt and difficult to work.'

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    EC rules may force an end to BBC governors

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission is set to put further pressure on the government to bring the BBC under the control of Ofcom after calling for all state-funded broadcasters to prove that they

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    ITV slashes Crossroads

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    ITV is slashing its much-hyped daytime soap Crossroads from five episodes a week to four, following disappointing ratings, writes Steve Aston.

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    Wall to Wall shifts to low-cost series

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Wall to wall Television is to move away from its focus on high budget output and plans to expand into high volume low cost production, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Ad fears put C4 jobs on ice

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is scaling back recruitment after the recent downturn in advertising revenues, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Holland on the piano

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Musician and presenter Jools Holland is to front a lavish series charting the history of the piano for BBC 2, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Night of a thousand Star Treks on BBC

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 is to devote a whole evening to mark the 35th anniversary of cult sci-fi series Star Trek, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Granada boss mulls Endemol prospects

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Granada controller of entertainment Duncan Gray is understood to be considering his future at the broadcaster and is believed to be in advanced talks with Endemol Entertainment UK, writes Steve Aston.

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    Bazalgette tipped to lead C4

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK's creative director has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as Channel 4 chief executive from Michael Jackson, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Guardian and UBC consider Atlantic deal

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Guardian Media Group (GMG) and UBC are in talks with RTL about buying its stake in beleaguered radio station Atlantic 252, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Tiger chief goes it alone with Zeal

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect board director Mark Linsey has left the indie to launch a new company, Zeal Television, backed by£4m from Sportsworld Media Group, writes Simon Ellery.