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Sunset + Vine wins C4 cricket recommission
Channel 4 rewards producer of its award-winning coverage with a four-year extension
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Cat sees off Ant & Dec
Day after final SM:tv Live appearance popular geordie duo are beaten to best presenter award at the Children's BAFTAs by co-presenter Deeley
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Vegas to front British Comedy Awards preview
Face of ITV Digital to interview top TV comics and give run-down on this year's nominees for ITV2
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Peak extends lead over weakening Beasts
ITV1's rural medical drama, Peak Practice ups audience as yet more viewers desert animated natural history series
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Storyland wins first commission
New Scottish indie Storyland has won its first commission, a one-off Christmas animation for CITV featuring the voice of comedian Rory Bremner, writes Simon ElleryCommissioned by ITV controller of children's and
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Green Inc Productions bags trio
Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment
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C4 orders pop-star show from Chrysalis
Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star, writes Steve AstonHow to Have a Number One
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BBC orders trio of Spring dramas
The BBC has commissioned a trio of new dramas for the spring, including a two-part programme from indie RDF.RDF has been commissioned by BBC head of independent drama Gareth Neame to
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BBC to take another look at Tourette's
The BBC is to revisit the subject of its 1989 QED documentary on Tourette's syndrome to discover how the condition is now perceived, as part of a slate of factual commissions,
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Einstein signs space deal
Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon ElleryEuronauts will follow the prospective astronauts through their training, as well
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Prime Ent sells Portman Entertainment for£1.2m
TV and media company offloads subsidiary following management buyout
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BBC bids to stem regional brain drain
Corporation to put£160,000 into new scheme designed to keep creative talent in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast
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Granada to cut 430 jobs as ad sales fall
Granada is to axe a further 430 jobs from its workforce as the media recession continues to strangle its advertising income.The cuts will take the number of jobs lost since the
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Prebble pledges regional spend targets
ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has offered an olive branch to critics who claim the network's commissioning process is too 'metro-centric' by pledging to spend almost half of ITV's production budget outside London, writes Steve Aston.
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Tories could privatise Radios 1 and 2
BBC Radios 1 and 2 could be privatised under a future Conservative government, shadow media secretary Tim Yeo claimed this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC plans scheme to boost nations
The BBC is launching a major new initiative to try and stem the brain drain of creative talent from the nations to production centres in London, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Cash bonanza for C4 indies
Channel 4 has announced plans to shore up its commitment to the regions with a series of cash handouts to indies.The channel is to inject over£100,000 of programme development funding
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Greenlight award goes to homelessness film
A documentary maker who was the first to be given access to a major centre for the homeless in London has been awarded a BBC Talent Greenlight award, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ANIMATORS WIN C4 GRANTS
Channel 4 and the Museum of the Moving Image have awarded four grants to young animators as part of their animator in residence scheme, writes Penny Hughes.
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iTV must be easier to use, says Hodgson
Interactive TV is more difficult to use than a PC and only slightly easier than flying an aeroplane, riding a motorbike or using a sewing machine, according to research commissioned by the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Lucy Rouse.