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SECOND SHOP AT SKY
Home Shopping Europe, the shopping channel owned by USA Networks and Kirch, has launched on Sky Digital. It is the second shopping service to feature on Sky Digital and will broadcast
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BAFTA UNVEILS KIDS LIST
Bafta has revealed the shortlist for its sixth Children's Awards, with ITV dominating the nominations with 14 entries. The BBC has picked up 13 nominations while Channel 4 has garnered 11.
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BBC signs£2m film deal
The BBC has struck a£2m deal with the Film Council to develop and co-produce four new films, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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DCMS criticised over digital plan
The Government's 'action plan' to speed up the switch to digital, launched last week, has come under fire for a perceived lack of commitment.The Department of Trade and Industry and the
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NTL seeks 'terrestrial' coverage fee
NTL has called on the government to overhaul carriage obligations that force the cable operator to carry public service channels for free while its satellite competitors receive a fee, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Two Four TV to grow series funded by ads
Two four TV is looking to grow its advertiser-funded programme output and has appointed Shout Television head of commercially funded programming Jason Langley to oversee the drive, writes Simon Ellery. As
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NEW SATURDAY NIGHT LINE-UP FOR KISS 100
Kiss 100 is launching a new line-up on Saturday nights. The station, which is owned by Emap, the publisher of Broadcast, kicks off Kiss Saturday this week (20 October) with three
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Historical work on Principal list
Principal Pictures has bagged a raft of commissions for The Learning Channel (TLC), Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C.For TLC, the indie is making Escape From Saigon, a 90-minute film to
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Haigh murder drama ordered by ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a one-off dramatisation of the life of acid bath murderer John Haigh, as part of a brace of commissions from Granada, writes Steve Aston.
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CARTOON'S 3D
Cartoon Network UK has bought its first 3D computer animation series after optioning a new series from the creators of Pokemon, writes Simon Ellery. Called Cubix, the 26 x 30-minute series
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Hollywood expands
September Films is to expand its Hollywood franchise to Channel 4 with a series exploring religion, writes Steve Aston.
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UNIQUE ID DEPARTURES
The development team of Unique ID has quit the company while it struggles to find a new business partner and financial backer. The company, which develops the CakeS web-based media asset
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BBC Resources gets new boss
BBC Resources has appointed RTL technical division chief executive Mike Southgate as managing director, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TV Corporation gives Anderson board seat
Visions managing director Martin Anderson has been promoted to the TV Corporation board as managing director for group facilities, responsible for outside broadcast facility Visions and post facility Molinare.The decision to
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Liberty recruits a sales team for media services
The first evidence of plans to restructure the Liberty Livewire group emerged this week with the creation of a sales team for the media services division, writes Barbara Marshall.
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YOUNG ANIMATOR WINS
The winner of this year's European Junior Animator's Award, organised by Softimage, is Owen Simons, currently working for Blue Monkey Studios in Cardiff. He was presented with the award for The
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LEADER - Digital needs better promotion
The digital action plan just published by the trade and media departments leaves a lot to be desired. Although the government has delivered on its promise - made at the RTS
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FREE TO AIR - No 10 not helping its cause
When is news propaganda? Clearly, if you are a part of the old school, your answer to this question might be: 'always'. But the popular answer - at No 10 Downing
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TRADE TALK - Late bloomer
Murray Boland is finally catching up with his fellow producer on The Word, Danielle Lux, who has made him E4's head of programmes.
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ON THE BOX - First casualty of gore
Independent producer Vicky Licorish found more signs of intelligent life in The Hunt for AI than in an episode of Holby City.