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Gullane and Tell-Tale team up for two new series
New shows Ella and Sprogs mark first collaboration between two of the country's leading children's entertainment producers
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Sunset & Vine to extend Hawk-Eye reach
Production company to set up joint venture company with Siemens research to tout Hawk-Eye technology to more sports
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Brit broadcasters scoop two gongs at 53rd Prix Italia
BBC and Channel 4 take a prize each but night belongs to Scandinavians
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Somethin' Else iTV appointment
Somethin' Else has appointed former Tventures joint managing director Alex Wright as interactive TV specialist.Wright, who becomes managing director for the XY Network, the company's mobile internet arm, will work
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Fusion builds radio interests
Fusion Radio Holdings, run by former London News Radio head Nigel Reeve, is building its portfolio of local radio stations and has merged with The Milestone Group's radio interests in a
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World Service ups presence in Afghanistan
BBC launches additional medium wave service and increases reporter numbers
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Ideas Lab loses its head for good
Departed chief at C4 unit Liz Warner not to be replaced as senior staff take on more responsibilities
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ITN will need extra funds to cover war
ITN will ask broadcasters for more funds as part of its news contracts with ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 if war breaks out in Afghanistan, it was revealed this week.The
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BBC AND HBO TIE UP FOR CHURCHILL'S LONELY WAR
The BBC is again co-operating with US cable network HBO over an epic war drama, following the£7m Band of Brothers, writes Katy Elliott. A Lonely War dramatises Winston Churchill’s isolation in
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C4 begins to feel the slump
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has taken the next step towards refining his commissioning process, while admitting the advertising downturn has put pressure on the budget, writes Penny Hughes.In
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At It opens LA office to expand US output
London Indie At It Productions has opened an office in Los Angeles and is to name its first US head of productions within weeks, writes Simon Ellery.Called At It America, the
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Lib Dems back ITV merger
Liberal Democrats swung their support behind ITV this week and demanded the lifting of ownership rules to allow Carlton and Granada to merge, writes David Rose.'They should be allowed to come
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DEL BOY ON QUEST TO DIRECT HOLIDAY DRAMA
Shooting has started on David Jason's directorial debut, comedy drama The Quest, writes Steve Aston. The Yorkshire Television production is being shot on location in the Lake District and elsewhere in
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THIS MORNING CRISIS TALKS
Granada is in crisis talks over the continuing poor performance of its revamped This Morning show while other companies are believed to be creating alternate formats for the slot in case
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Carlton in factual rejig
Carlton has created a separate division for its factual entertainment output, headed by controller of factual entertainment Nick Bullen who now reports directly to Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett, writes
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Seven vie for Big Breakfast
Channel 4 heard verbal pitches for its Big Breakfast slot last Thursday (20 September) with just seven bids now in the running, write Simon Ellery and Penny Hughes.New indie Monkey pitched
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Green mulls new BBC unit proposal
Former Big Brother executive producer Conrad Green and the BBC have confirmed they are in talks about creating a small factual entertainment unit within BBC entertainment, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Green, 31, is
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Sky starts rebrand
BSkyB has unveiled the first stage of a major rebrand of its UK service which will see the Sky logo as well as a number of channel identities change, writes Barbara