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C4 schools arm goes into profit.
Channel 4's educational division 4 Learning, one of the channel's core public service initiatives, has moved
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Two new indies take flight.
Two new indies launched this week, backed by former BBC programme-makers, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC admits errors over writers' fees.
The BBC has conceded its payment system for repeat fees needs to be improved after a number of writers complained they were not being paid for screenings of their shows on the BBC's new digital channels, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Profits scare for TV Corp.
Indie Television Corporation has been forced to issue a profits warning following the decision of US channel TNN not to re-commission a new series of its hit franchise Robot Wars, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Creative - News in brief.
Nickelodeon's breakfast show You're Nicked has new titles this month from CGI artist Gaia Predasi at
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TWEENIES TO AIR IN US.
BBC pre-school series Tweenies is to air in the US after BBC Worldwide completed a deal
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IRN LAUNCHES AWARDS.
Independent Radio News (IRN) is launching an awards event to take place at the beginning of
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HEAD START FOR ITALY.
Carlton International has sold its hit Australian youth drama Head Start to RAI Sat in Italy.
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Ex-C4 daytime head LeStage joins Willis at WGBH.
Former Channel 4 head of daytime programming Julia LeStage - the woman who brought Big Brother to the UK - has been taken on by WGBH Boston to find international formats for the PBS network, writes Colin Robertson.
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Yorke in frame for C4 drama.
BBC head of drama series John Yorke, who took EastEnders to four episodes a week, has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Channel 4 head of drama Tessa Ross, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC forced to put off digital curriculum.
The BBC has admitted its controversial #150m digital curriculum service will not go live this year and might not even be ready for next year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Brydon latest star to start up indie.
Rob Brydon, star of cult BBC2 comedy Marion and Geoff, has become the latest TV talent
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ITV News bureaux in closure threat.
ITV News is considering proposals to close half its foreign bureaux and move one of its best-known reporters to South Africa in a major overhaul of its newsgathering operation, writes John Plunkett.
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#10m in BBC war chest.
BBC director general Greg Dyke is preparing to sign off #10m for coverage of the potential war in the Gulf, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ROWLAND LEAVES BBC.
BBC drama, entertainment and children's chief operating officer Jan Rowland, who was director Alan Yentob's deputy,
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Dyke to take chair at RTS Cambridge.
BBC director general Greg Dyke will take centre stage at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge convention this year after agreeing to chair the biennial event, writes Paul Revoir.
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Keating takes on BBC charter job.
BBC4 controller Roly Keating is to take a six-month internal attachment to lead the next stage of the BBC's charter renewal process, alongside head of business management and implementation Charles Constable, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Factual entertainment job goes to Mortimer.
BBC deputy controller of general factual David Mortimer has finally been confirmed as the new creative head of factual entertainment, ending months of speculation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Indies rap Discovery.
Producers' alliance Pact has issued a warning to producers over what it claims is a restrictive
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After Ozzy, it's at home with Eubank.
The UK is set to get its own The Osbournes-style family reality series following Five's decision to commission a 10-part series of Carlton's At Home With the Eubanks, writes Penny Hughes.