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C5 adds masturbation to risque roster
Channel 5 is bolstering its reputation as the home of risqué sex shows with the commission of one-off documentary The History of Masturbation.C5 controller of special events Adam Perry has
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UK TV orders crime shows from Just
UK TV's editor factual channels Andrew Lowrey has commissioned Just TV to produce three new crime series for UK Horizons.Bodies of Evidence is a 6 x 30-minute series looking at
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Broadcast man makes C4 film
Broadcast classified sales executive Scott Pearce has co-written, directed and filmed a one-off 25-minute film for Channel 4's late-night strand The Other Side.Due to air this weekend, Cruel Brittaniacentres
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ITV pulls public property after six weeks
ITV has pulled its much-vaunted daytime reality show Public Propertyjust six weeks after it launched, following abysmal ratings.The last episode of the Anglia-produced show will air this Friday (2
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Pickard picks loony shows for CBBC
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has bought two long-running series from German-based animation group TV-Loonland, writes Colin RobertsonThe deal, TV-Loonland's first with the BBC, includes 26 x 30-minute episodes
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Leonard steps back at Nats
Planet 24's head of post-production joins Soho Square facility as general manager
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5D adds to Monsters range
Effects developer 5D is to add a further 100 effects to its 5D Monsters range and is stepping up its marketing efforts with the appointment of a new business development manager
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Clear boost Inferno team
Inferno operator Johnny Hicks is moving to commercials facility Clear. He joins after five years at Glassworks, whe...
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ITV2 boosts schedule with US purchases
ITV2 has acquired the rights to four new US series and 14 movies from Columbia Tristar as part of its acquisitions drive, writesPenny HughesITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts
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Elliot commissions war-time crime drama from Midsomer Murders writer
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Greenlit Productions to produce a 120-minute broadcast pilot for a new World War 2 crime drama from the writer of Midsomer Murders.Written by
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C4 commissions updated carmen
C4 deputy commissioning editor, music Jan Younghusband has asked Landseer Productions to produce a 90-minute contemporary film noir version of Bizet's opera Carmen.
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BBC New Media rebrands under new controller
Everett takes top job as department is re-branded BBCi
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Rapture sale in six months
UBM chief executive says loss-making youth channel will be sold by September following 'several expressions' of interest
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MTV escapes strike
Employees press for union recognition but vote falls short of industrial action
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BBC guns for 'unauthorised' Puff Daddy biography
Citizen Television gives legendary US rapper investigative treatment for BBC 2 to coincide with end of his forthcoming trial
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BBC factual 'war' endangers key shows
Follow up to MacIntyre Undercover delayed as insiders complain of 'nine layered' management structure complicating commissioning process
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C4 Tour saga reaches House
MP files early day motion highlighting race's public service role as Horseferry Road all but fails to persuade other broadcasters to take event
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NTL launches consumer broadband internet campaign
Cable company NTL is to spend£5 million telling the public about the benefits of broadband internet , writes David Wood.Kicking off this week, NTL's consumer marketing campaign will run throughout