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OFF THE RECORD - Playing footsie
Things to do as part of your job as an executive producer, no. 307: provide presenter with suitable footwear. This week's victim - John Kaye Cooper of Talent TV fame. Toby
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Youlton to step down at Snell & Wilcox
David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told Broadcast
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Rent hikes put Soho TV companies under threat
Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases, writes Barbara Marshall.Several companies have received rent demands more than
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Ex-Red Pepper founders join XTV
Two founding members of recently defunct television branding company Red Pepper ID have joined Soho design house XTV, writes Will Strauss.Bob Cosford and Richard Markell become executive creative director and executive
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Disney, News Corp tie for broadband VOD
Eisner and Murdoch agree pact to broadcast video-on-demand movies over broadband
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BBC 1's match-winning performance
Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria
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BBC 1 puts in match-winning performance
Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria
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Singer speaks out as Telewest shares plunge to record low
Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent
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Singer speaks out as Telewest plunges to record low
Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent
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Vegas lands new Choice game show
Comedian Johnny Vegas, the face of ITV Digital's ongoing ad campaign, has been signed up by the BBC to front a new gameshow as part of a raft of new shows
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BBC 2 orders Michael Watson legal fight doc
BBC 2 commissioning executive Maxine Watson has commissioned a 50-minute special on former super middleweight boxer Michael Watson, writes Jon RogersFighting Back: the Michael Watson Story charts Watson's battle for compensation
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C4 commissions for third Hidden Love series
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker has ordered 3 x 60-minute films as part of the channel's third Hidden Love series, writes Penny HughesBrothers in Arms, from
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Walt Disney International goes European
Walt Disney Television International (WDTI) has bought two animated series from Spanish animation company Cromosoma and French firm Exmachina for its international channels. London-based WDTI acquisitions and programming director Mary Bredin
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Living TV cooks up an odd mixture
Flextech women's channel Living TV has commissioned three new series including a 20-part cookery show described as 'The Odd Couple meets Can't Cook, Won't Cook'.Ordered by Living commissioning editor Jane
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MBC bags BBC 1 and Channel 4 commissions
Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured a raft of new orders from the BBC and Channel 4, including a documentary about controversial former MI5 head Dame Stella Rimmington, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe
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Pilot sells food and travel to the US
Pilot Productions is to export two programmes from its slate to the US.Planet Food, the indie's 7 x 50-minute factual cookery series, has been picked up by US cable channel
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4 X 4 times two as new series is confirmed
Current affairs series 4 x 4 has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks.From the autumn, the 6
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Channel 5 reconfirms its taste for Pepsi
Channel 5 has recommissioned two new series of the Pepsi Chart on 5 from Initial.Ordered by C5 controller of special events Adam Perry, the new shows will run until June
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Major religious series back on ITV
ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson has recommissioned two major religious series from Granada.My Favourite Hymns will go into its sixth series with a 37
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Science greats to appear in Channel 4
Channel 4 schools commissioning editor John Richmond has ordered a new series for the Science in Focus strand from indie Eagle & Eagle.Big Questions examines how great scientists such as