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NewsDrama pioneer Garnett retires from production
Tony Garnett, one of TV drama’s most influential figures, has stepped down from producing duties at World Productions after more than 20 years.
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NewsTarget appoints BDO to resolve its future
Target Entertainment’s shareholders have appointed BDO Stoy Hayward to speed up the company’s sale or refinancing process.
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NewsE4 lines up first Lime sitcom as female pal for Inbetweeners
E4 is eyeing Lime Pictures’ first sitcom as a female-centred companion to The Inbetweeners.
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NewsScreen agencies face cuts
The UK’s nine regional screen agencies are being forced to drastically rethink their funding models as they come under threat from public spending cuts.
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NewsTrio win double orders in latest run of C4’s First Cut
Century Films, Minnow Films and Lambent Productions have each won two commissions for Channel 4’s emerging-directors’ docs strand First Cut.
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NewsSix to Start hires CEO as Dan Hon departs
Dan and Adrian Hon, the brothers who co-founded digital agency Six to Start, have parted company as Dan takes on a new role at advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy.
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Skillset boosts multiplatform training fund
Skillset has put £300,000 worth of multiplatform training up for grabs - a £50,000 increase on last year’s spend.
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NewsTwofour doc to follow GB Paralympic selection
Channel 4’s build-up to the 2012 Paralympic Games has stepped up, with Twofour making a 10-part series following the selection process for the British team.
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NewsUK tops list of European buyers of foreign shows
The UK has emerged as the largest market in Europe for TV acquisitions, with broadcasters investing about £650m in 2009, according to a report by Content Economic Research (CER).
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NewsBacon to chew the fat with pub guests for ITV4
ITV4 viewers are to get an insight into male pub-talk in a Richard Bacon-fronted chatshow from Talkback Thames.
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NewsWogan explores Irish roots in RDF doc for BBC1
Broadcasting veteran Terry Wogan will revisit his native Ireland in a BBC1 documentary double-header from RDF Media Group-owned indie Presentable.
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NewsFive cookery show to sample wares from UK’s food markets
Property expert Amanda Lamb is to sample the offerings of the UK’s best-loved food markets in an AFP evening cookery show for Five.
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NewsNick Knowles to front BBC2 quiz
BBC2 has ordered a new stripped BBC2 daytime quiz show from 12 Yard and has handed an extended ordered for Remarkable Television’s quiz Pointless.
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Tern dispatches veteran Hughes to Belfast arm
Tern Television has appointed veteran factual producer Brendan Hughes to head up its Belfast operation.
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NewsTarget hits spot with 160 hours sold to Australia
Target Entertainment Group has sold more than 160 hours of British programming to a raft of terrestrial and digital channels in Australia.
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NewsDigital helps C4 break even
Record digital media profits and tight budgeting helped Channel 4 to break even last year - despite the worst advertising downturn in its 28-year history, the broadcaster has said.
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NewsAbraham: nurture new talent
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has used his first public speech since taking up the role to back new moves forging closer links between the creative industries and the education sector.
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NewsBBC defends events coverage
The BBC has defended its staffing levels for the World Cup, Wimbledon and Glastonbury, saying such events help in “bringing the nation together”.
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NewsBBC nabs Stirling Prize in arts push
The BBC’s arts commissioning editor Mark Bell has unveiled a raft of new programmes that includes snatching the broadcast rights to the Stirling Prize for architecture from Channel 4.
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NewsTeliaSonera secures Wimbledon delivery deal
Japanese media operator Nexion is using TeliaSonera’s Media Connect ‘Occasional Use’ service for delivering HD broadcast feeds from Wimbledon 2010 to Japan for two broadcasters.