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Pressure grows on ITV chiefs to quit
Pressure is mounting on Granada and Carlton to placate City investors with senior management sacrifices in the wake of the ITV Digital fiasco and new figures which show ITV recorded its lowest ever audience share last month, writes Steve Aston
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S4C backs kids series
Welsh broadcaster S4C is set to pour an extra£3m into children's programming over the next three years in order to better serve the nation's young people, writes Penny Hughes
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CNN enhances online service
CNN is to upgrade its online news services across Europe with a 'revolutionary' broadband application, writes David Wood
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US will witness Messiah's second coming
Paramount Pictures, the US production company that co-produced hit BBC 1 thriller Messiah, plans to take the drama to the US, where it believes it could match the ratings and critical acclaim of Prime Suspect, ...
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Cook to return to ITV
Roger Cook, once the scourge of British criminals, is set to return to ITV after a break of two years, following Carlton's libel victory against the News of the World last week, writes Steve Aston
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C4 brings to life 'mad, bad' poet
The team behind Channel 4s acclaimed Shackletonand Longitude dramas is developing a multimillion pound two-part drama for the channel based on the life of Romantic poet Lord Byron, writes Penny Hughes
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Speer to lead in debt drama
The Full Monty star Hugo Speer has been signed up to star in a new BBC 1 drama, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Carlton lines up celebrities
Carlton Westcountry is drafting in celebrities to give a boost to its autumn schedule, writes Steve Aston
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Scooby Doo dives into lap of 'Toon Network
Cartoon Network has struck its biggest ever programme acquisition deal, securing 300 hours of content from Warner Bros International Television Distribution including the next series of Scooby Doo, writes Georgina Lipscomb. The 13 x 30-minute series, set to air on ...
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4learning makes modern-day Twelfth Night
4Learning, Channel 4's education arm, has commissioned a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which presents its main characters - Viola (played by Bend It Like Beckham actress Parminder Nagra - pictured) and Sebastian (Ronny Jhutti) - as asylum seekers. The 100-minute piece ordered by ...
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OSF sends Fast Show's Williams out on boat
Fast Show star Mark Williams is set to front a new history and science series by Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) for the Discovery Channel. Where There's Muck, a 10 x 30-minute series, will look at the industrial revolution and each ...
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BBCi to clean up with new web-based sitcom
The BBC is to launch a new sitcom written for and aired exclusively on its BBCi website. Cleaners, which is based around a group of late-night office cleaners, will be written by seven new writers - chosen from over 300 applicants - who won't meet ...
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Music Box produces Kerrang awards show
Television Corporation subsidiary Music Box has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 60-minute special on the 2002 Kerrang! Awards on behalf of Emap Performance, part of the company that owns Broadcast. Tania Alexander will produce the show, which is due to air later ...
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Green Inc wins nostalgia recommissions
BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcast Tim Cook and head of entertainment Mike Edgar have recommissioned Belfast-based indie Green Inc to make second series of two popular shows. Nostalgia quiz Big Crash, produced by Chris Jones and executive produced by Stephen Stewart, will return for an extended run of 15 ...
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Daily soap to feature on BBC Asian network
BBC radio drama is to produce a new daily 'Asian soap' to broadcast on the new digital radio station The Asian Network that launches in the autumn. The as-yet-unnamed project, commissioned by head of the network Vijay Sharma, will receive an investment of£1m and create job opportunities for Asian talent ...
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Shennan pulls plug on R5's Sunday Service
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has axed the network's critically acclaimed politics programme Sunday Serviceafter three years. A new Sunday show is being planned which will be presented by R5 Live breakfast news host Julian Worricker. It is expected to launch in January ...
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Barcud Derwen in 422 buy-out deal
Creative facilities group 422 has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Wales-based facility Barcud Derwen, writes Will Strauss
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Blue Zoo finds new home
London animation and graphics house Blue Zoo will move to new premises this month after outgrowing its current offices, writes Will Strauss
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Mini-DV series for Fox
Satellite children's channel Fox Kids UK is filming a new low-budget 25 x 2-minute interstitial series called VWF (Vegetable Wrestling Federation), shot entirely on mini-DV using a Canon XL1. It will be edited using Final Cut Pro on a Mac and then brought into an online suite and transferred to ...
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PA expands broadcast
The Press Association, which recently bought INP (International News Productions), has expanded its broadcast unit and upgraded its facilities to become more user-friendly for foreign broadcasters working in the UK, as well as regional broadcasters reporting in London. The new set-up will have four full-time camera operators plus extended editing ...