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Fans bring Fraggle Rock back to Danish TV
Hit Entertainment has relicensed children's series Fraggle Rock to Danish TV channel Danmarks Radio after 20,000 viewers petitioned the station. The first 26 episodes of the Jim Henson show have been picked up by Danmarks Radio after a campaign was launched by Danish radio station ...
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Action sports fest sold around globe
Distributor Extreme Entertainment has confirmed sales of the second annual LG Action Sports Championships to over 150 territories. The event, which features skateboarding, BMX and motocross, will be shown in the UK on British Eurosport. Other sales of the 8 x 52-minute series are in Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan and ...
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Industry gathers to debate Ofcom's PSP
Ofcom's controversial proposal to create a public service publisher with a£300m annual budget was put to its first real test last week at a 'hypothetical pitch' staged by the regulator for an audience of 200 industry figures.
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Jowell backs ITV regional cutbacks
ITV looks set to be given the green light to phase out its non-news regional programmes after media secretary Tessa Jowell agreed with Ofcom that such content was unsustainable.
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BBC rejects Barwise findings on BBC3 and 4
The BBC has rejected the key recommendation of a government-backed report that called for its digital television channels BBC3 and BBC4 to become more mainstream.
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Woodward to quit after C4 restructure
Channel 4 is to fold key chunks of commercial division 4 Ventures, such as E4, back into the main channel in a move that will see the departure of 4Ventures chief Rob Woodward.
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Cbeebies boss quits
The editor of BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, Paul Shuttleworth, is to leave the corporation on 11 February to set up his own indie, London-based Handle and Spout. CBeebies is set to move to Manchester in five years.
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Jobs go at Granada
Twenty-three people have been made redundant at Granada Sky Broadcasting following the axing of its channel Plus. The remaining 29 GSB staff, who mainly work on Men and Motors, are still in consultation with ITV over the future of the venture, which ITV took full control of from Sky last ...
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Mowlam in Emap bid
Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Broadcast publisher Emap's bid to roll out its Kerrang! rock music brand in Belfast. Also backing the bid is Barry McIlheney, the Belfast-born editor-in-chief of Emap ...
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Endemol fined
Endemol UK has been forced to pay almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos on the set of BBC talent show Fame Academy. The fines were issued by a London magistrates' court after Endemol UK pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the ...
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Gaydar expands
Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division. The three-year-old station, which broadcasts on DAB in London and the south-east and on Sky Channel 908 as well as ...
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Sky drops Fashion TV
Fashion TV (FTV) has been removed from its slot on the Sky line-up because of a standoff with the pay-TV broadcaster. The 24-hour, free-to-air station wants to become part of a subscription package and receive per subscriber revenues from Sky. FTV owner and president Michel Adam said: 'Sky has now ...
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Pepper spices up ITV1's Marple
Pepper has completed VFX work on the latest incarnation of OAP sleuth Miss Marple. Senior VFX artist Jamie Russell transformed summer scenes to a winter setting by adding backgrounds and winter mist. He also took Paddington station back to the 1930s by replacing modern-day elements with footage of gas lamps, ...
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ITV1 idents get festive makeover
The Hive has created new graphics for the ITV1 festive season. The network logo's blue and yellow blocks transform to become animated 'fairy-light characters' that flick around the screen. The CGI images will be incorporated into all the channel's idents and break bumpers throughout the Christmas period. Creative director Phil ...
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Emap spoofs 1970s for Kerrang!
Emap TV Design, Up Creative and Conkerco have produced idents for the Kerrang! music channel. The 4 x 30-second spots are based on 1970s public information broadcast warnings in a style reminiscent of Little Britain. The threat of caravan fatalities and rabies are parodied ...
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The harder path
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future.
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NewsRevolution at the BBC
Anger over 15% budget cut - Unions threaten strike action - Staff feel 'betrayed'
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NewsManchester move mired in uncertainty
The plans for the BBC's Manchester move had been so heavily leaked that there were few surprises for BBC staff - apart from a timetable that gives them five years to make a decision whether to go.
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NewsSelling off the silver
In what was probably the least surprising announcement made on Tuesday, Mark Thompson confirmed that BBC Broadcast is to be sold and partners sought for BBC Resources.
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NewsThe view on the ground
'I feel betrayed. There is a deep sense that we have been sold down the river to keep the government happy.'