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Disney enters Animal World
Buena Vista Productions in the UK has been commissioned to make a new 26 x 15-minute series Disney's Animal World for Disney Channels International, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The show, which is targeted
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Diverse wins 1st OU order
Diverse Production has won the Open University's (OU) first external commission since the process was opened up to independent producers last year (Broadcast, 29.5.98), writes Ashley Davies.Diverse has made two versions
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C4 orders United All Saints doc
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, entertainment Jo Wallace has ordered a 30-minute one-off documentary from United Productions about the launch of the All Saints film Honest at the Cannes Film Festival,
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Brown and Neame move up at BBC drama
BBC head of drama serials Jane Tranter has promoted two in-house staffers to key posts in her department, writes Tim Dams.Script editor Sarah Brown moves up to become head of development,
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DROMGOOLE TO HEAD E4 ACQUISITIONS WITH KANDOLA
Channel 4 has announced that controller of programme acquisitions June Dromgoole will extend her role to include E4, the broadcaster's planned digital entertainment channel. Meanwhile, senior editor, series acquisition Jay Kandola
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DYKE VOWS TO UP BBC'S ETHNIC MINORITY STAFF LEVELS
BBC director general Greg Dyke has pledged to increase the targets for staff from ethnic minority backgrounds at the BBC from 8 to 10 per cent by 2003. Speaking at the
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FORMER CARLTON FACTUAL CHIEF UNVEILS NEW LOOK MBC
Former Carlton TV controller of factual Steve Clark (right) has unveiled a relaunch of Arab TV service MBC News. Clark, now MBC director of news and production, said the London-based channel's
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FIRST CROSS MEDIA CENSUS TO KICK OFF ON 19 MAY
Skillset has announced that 19 May will see the launch of the industry's first census. The cross-media survey is one of the first major initiatives by the Audio Visual Industries Training
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VIRGIN AGREES NEW LICENCE TERMS FOR AM STATION
Virgin Radio has accepted the terms to renewal its AM national licence with the Radio Authority. The station currently pays£2.2 million a year and four per cent of ad revenue,
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JIM HENSON TV POACHES LITTLE PONDS' BLAKE
The Jim Henson Company has hired Little Pond chief Juliet Blake as Jim Henson TV senior vice-president, creative affairs. Blake was a Pearson TV senior vice-president, programming until she moved to
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AD AGENCY BBH PREPARES ADVERTISER PROGRAMME PUSH
Leading ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has made its first move into advertiser-funded programming and interactive TV. The agency has made head of TV production Rebecca Atkinson its first head
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ROGER COOK GETS LEGAL WITH NEWS OF THE WORLD
Roger Cook has issued a High Court claim for defamation against the News of the World newspaper, following a series of articles that have accused Carlton Television's The Cook Report of
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SKY'S SWINGEWOOD HIRES RUDDER FOR NEW MEDIA ROLE
BSkyB director of new media John Swingewood has announced the full-time appointment of Sky News deputy head Jim Rudder as head of new media for movies and news. Rudder, who was
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C4 CHIEF JACKSON TO GIVE RTS' ANNUAL FLEMING LECTURE
Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson will deliver this year's Royal Television Society Fleming Memorial Lecture. Entitled South Fork to South Park, his talk will explore the effect of convergence on
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UNITED LINKS UP WITH INTERNET AUCTION OUTFIT IBIDLIVE
United Productions has struck a joint venture agreement with internet auction specialist Ibidlive. Under the terms of the deal, Ibidlive's auction technology will be exclusively available to United Productions. A number
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BSKYB REBRANDS SPORTS NEWS AS A DOTCOM CHANNEL
Sky Sports has rebranded digital channel Sky Sports News as Skysports.comTV, in a move that sees it become a sports news text and programme channel.The service relaunched this week, airing popular
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RA ASKS FOR BIDS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND MULTIPLEX
The Radio Authority has opened up the bidding for a new local digital multiplex that will potentially serve the whole of Northern Ireland. The national commercial radio multiplex operated by Digital
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EX-MANCHESTER EDITOR UNGER CHOSEN BY JAZZ FM
Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly has appointed Manchester Evening News former editor Michael Unger to the new position of general manager of Jazz Fm 100.4, the station's north-west operation. He
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BOADEN TO ADDRESS CHURCHES BROADCASTING CONFERENCE
The new controller of BBC Radio 4 Helen Boaden (left) will address the Churches Broadcasting Conference in June. The conference will focus on the future of public service broadcasting and religious
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EBU TO BE HONOURED WITH GOLDEN ROSE AT MONTREUX
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is to be honoured with a special award at The Golden Rose of Montreux in May. The Golden Rose of Honour will be presented to the