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Carlton Communications sells post-production subsidiary TVI
Carlton Communications has sold its post-production subsidiary, TVI, in a move that could signal the sale of non-core businesses including companies in its products and film divisions, writes Dominic Timms.Chief executive
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SCARY SPICE INTERVIEW ADDS FLAVA TO C4 SPECIAL
Channel 4 has secured an exclusive interview with Scary Spice (left), aka Mel G, for a 30-minute special edition of its long-running music show, Flava. Series producer Brighter Pictures is filming
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BBC UNVEILS DETAILS OF RADIO SHOW THE CENTURY SPEAKS
The BBC has unveiled further details of a twentieth century history of the UK to be broadcast across all BBC local radio stations. The project, to be produced by BBC regional
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TIGER ASPECT FOLLOWS HENRY AND BULLIMORE TO JAMAICA
Tiger Aspect Productions has been commissioned to produce a special for BBC 1 following Lenny Henry and yachtsman Tony Bullimore as they cross the Atlantic together. The producer is Clive Tulloh,
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TESTBED TO QUIZ GUESTS ON RADIO KNOWLEDGE FOR R4
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned to make a new 6 x 30-minute quiz for BBC Radio 4. Wireless Wise will quiz celebrities on their knowledge of radio with the
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OK! TO ROLL-OUT MASTHEAD FORMAT ON ITV DAYTIME
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has commissioned a new masthead celebrity show based on weekly celebrity gossip magazine OK!. OK TV! has been in development for the past 12 months
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LNN PRESENTS ANIMAL ACTION TO LWT
London News Network (LNN) is making an 8 x 30-minute children's factual series based around Croydon's wildlife hospital, the Wandle Valley Wildlife Hospital. Animal Action is fronted by former Blue Peter
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SCHOFIELD TO FRONT ANIMAL TALES FOR BBC 1 SPECIAL
Philip Schofield is set to host a BBC 1 special provisionally titled Schofield's Animal Tales. Caroline Van Den Brul will executive produce the one-off programme which will feature 'high-tech vets' at
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LANDSEER SEEKS OUT LONDON'S POP LEGACY
Landseer Productions is to make an eight-part series about the history of London's pop music scene to run in the Carlton region of ITV from July. Routes of Rock, narrated by
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Lion TV wants to roar with Vardanis
Lion Television has poached BBC features and events series producer Fenai Vardanis to work on a new daytime commission for BBC 1 - Passport to Mallorca.Production on the 30 x 30-minute
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Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
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Expats show heads Chrysalis tv trio of new commissions
Head of Chrysalis TV Tony Moss has secured three new factual entertainment commissions, including a BBC 1 series looking at UK citizens who have moved abroad, writes Jason Deans.Brits Abroad, a
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September/United scale Everest
United Productions has teamed up with September Films to make a feature film charting the last journey of mountaineer George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest 75 years ago, writes John
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV cleans up with British Soap Awards
Highlights of the first British Soap Awards pulled in a dazzling 9.4 million viewers for ITV last Wednesday (19 May), writes Claire Handley.Airing between 20.00 and 21.00, the star-studded ceremony took
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TV rapped for stunting children's development
Television was this week blamed for hampering children's ability to learn to speak and understand English.Gila Falkus, a speech and language therapist working mostly with pre-school children in west London, warned
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Talk gets down to business with breakfast show
Talk Radio has stepped up the battle for breakfast-time listeners with a new 60-minute early morning business programme to be provided by business information giant Bloomberg.The 60-minute show, Bloomberg on the
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The BBC is understood to have secured the exclusive UK terrestrial rights to Titanic, the biggest ever grossing feature film, in a deal with Twentieth Century Fox, writes Jason Deans. But
The BBC is understood to have secured the exclusive UK terrestrial rights to Titanic, the biggest ever grossing feature film, in a deal with Twentieth Century Fox, writes Jason Deans. But
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Kavanagh quits EC media funding agency
David Kavanagh has quit as chief executive of the organisation that administers the (75 million (£49 million) arm of the European Commission's media development funds, writes Alice Macandrew.Kavanagh resigned a fortnight
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ITV sends hopeful pilots into entertainment dogfight
ITV looks set to stage a second entertainment pilot battle this summer with four one-off programmes planned for Saturday night slots, writes Claire Handley.Last summer director of programmes David Liddiment commissioned
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JACKSON DENIES DG BID
Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has dismissed a weekend report he is being lined up as a 'parachute' candidate for the job of BBC director general. Jackson told Broadcast: 'I