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BBC Resources to make kids JV
BBC MediaArc, the design and animation arm of BBC Resources, has signed its first ever co-production deal, with a multi-million pound 39-part animation trilogy for CBBC.Friends and Heroes will be co-produced
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Interviews start for Lux job
A further round of musical chairs kicked off among entertainment executives this week following confirmation that BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux is to join Channel 4, write Leigh Holmwood
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Comedy Unit orders
Scottish indie The Comedy Unit is hoping to buoy up the UK's flagging sitcom scene with a brace of commissions for ITV and the BBC, writes Penny Hughes.
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Satire returns
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has struck a deal with Carlton International to screen the first 10 series of satirical puppet show Spitting Image on Granada Plus, writes Steve Aston. The 83
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Ratings - BBC 1 overwhelmed by ITV's Soap Awards
BBC 1 suffered its worst peaktime audience last Wednesday since September 1999, writes Jon Rogers.
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TELEWEST UPS PRICES
Telewest is to increase the average price of its TV packages by£2. The move comes as the company reported its interim results, which showed net losses of£209m to 31
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SKILLSET BOARD MOVES
Carlton channels chief executive Clive Jones, Channel 5 finance director Grant Murray and Emap 21 - the training division of Emap Radio - managing director Lynne Wood have all joined the
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CENTURY APPOINTMENT
Former Chrysalis Radio content director Ande Macpherson has taken up the new role of Century 105.4 FM programme director. Macpherson will report to the station's managing director Nick Davidson and has
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BBC IDENT SHORTLIST
The BBC has shortlisted five external design agencies to vie with its own in-house design department, BBC Creative Services, for the task of rebranding children's service CBBC. KamaRama, Razorfish, Deepend, Duffy
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LIQUID NEWS ON BBC 1
BBC Choice flagship daily entertainment news show Liquid News is to air weekly on BBC 1. The show will be scheduled on BBC 1 in a slot around midnight from the
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ELLIOTT BAFTA TALK
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott will speak at a Bafta event next Wednesday (13 June). He will talk to Shed productions' Brian Park about the struggle for success and quality
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GORMENGHAST WIN
BBC drama series Gormenghast has racked up another commendation after its music score, composed by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, won best original television music at the Ivor Novello Awards. The BBC
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ULSTER PROFITS RISE
Group operating profits at Ulster Television have jumped 13 per cent to£13.4m according to its end of year results. Pre-tax profits stood at£27m, boosted by the sale of its
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BBC UPS NEPAL NEWS
The BBC World Service Nepali section has increased its hours of news programming following the massacre of the Nepalese royal family last weekend. The section, which normally broadcasts 45 minutes a
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PETERBOROUGH OFFER
The Radio Authority will next week seek applications for the local digital multiplex licence for Peterborough and the surrounding area. The closing date for applications is 11 September, and the authority
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Static 2358 unable to find interactive shows
Interactive TV outfit Static 2358 has failed to commission any interactive programming from the indie sector for its digital channel PlayJam despite putting up a£5m fund for new projects nine
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BBC Wales chiefs go it alone
Two former BBC Wales executives have set up their own independent in Cardiff and have already bagged two commissions, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Goodman walks out of Virgin Radio post
Virgin Radio deputy programme director Nik Goodman has quit the company without a job to go to, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC gets right to show Derby
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is expected to give the BBC permission to screen exclusive coverage of the Derby this weekend, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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DERRY JOINS ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS BOARD
Entertainment Rights has named Link Licensing managing director Claire Derry as executive director to the main board. Derry, whose role at Link was scrapped after Entertainment Rights bought the company earlier