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Channel 4's Hadlow commissions blood epic
Head of arts, religion and history asks Optomen Television for a three-part history of blood
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Flying gardeners set to land at BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of leisure and factual entertainment Anne Morrison have commissioned a second series of horticultural show Flying Gardeners.The 8 x 30-minute series, to be
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NewsC4 signs PSP podcast deal
Channel 4 is to deliver Celebrity Big Brotherpodcasts and radio content to listeners on the move via the handheld Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console.
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BBC to make Choice series on Radio 1
The BBC is pushing its Radio 1 brand onto television with a new BBC Choice series based on the station's life, writes Leigh HolmwoodCommissioned by BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy, the
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Novello to trace singer for BBC Wales doc
BBC Wales head of English language programmes, Clare Hudson and head of arts Paul Islyn-Thomas have ordered a 1 x 60-minute documentary on Ivor Novello, the Welsh songwriter behind Keep The Home Fires Burning
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Ashcroft back at BBC to produce pop event
Former BBC producer Robin Ashcroft, who worked on the first series of A Question of Pop, is to return to the corporation to produce the inaugural Top of the Pops Awards
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NewsTiscali lodges BT complaint with Ofcom
Internet giant Tiscali has complained to Ofcom that BT is holding up the roll-out of IPTV services, which rely on access to BT telephone exchanges.
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RIL appoints new chief operations officer
Radio Investments Limited (RIL) has appointed former GWR managing director, sales John Sanderson to the new post of chief operations officer.He will also join the RIL board.Elsewhere, former Sun
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Staff lose jobs at Dutch Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is making 12 staff redundant at its Netherlands office as it prepares to revert from being a free, basic package channel to a pay offering.The broadcaster, which runs
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Clutch of appointments at century 105.4
Century 105.4 has appointed former Puremix.com music controller Mike Walsh as head of music. Walsh, who has worked as Parlophone promotions manager, joins the company in the newly created role on
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NewsUS network buys Bad Girls for gay appeal
Shed Productions' long-running prison drama Bad Girlshas been acquired by gay US cable network, Logo.
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Jowell increases target for TV subtitling
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has set an increased target of 80 per cent for subtitling on digital terrestrial television.The Royal National Institute for Deaf People welcomed the move, adding that
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Capital to provide web services for MSN
Capital Radio's internet arm Capital Interactive has signed up to become the exclusive provider of web radio services to website MSN.co.uk.Capital Interactive will provide MSN.co.uk's estimated 11 million users with
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Ashbrook back at BBC to produce pop event
Former BBC producer Robin Ashbrook, who worked on the first series of A Question of Pop, is to return to the corporation to produce the inaugural Top of the Pops Awards
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NewsDisney shows available on Orange
Disney Channel and mobile network Orange have signed a deal allowing customers with 3G handsets to watch Disney shows such as Kim Possible,for the first time in the UK.
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Dyke block threatens producer choice at BBC
The future of BBC producer choice is under threat after it emerged this week that director general Greg Dyke personally blocked a£1m outside broadcast contract with an independent facilities company.Broadcast
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DISCOVERY TAKES TO AIR
Discovery Networks Europe is to screen a special investigation into air shows in the wake of the recent spate of accidents including the crashes at Biggin Hill, writes Simon Ellery. Airshows
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Murdoch to speak at RTS conference
News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch and Liberty Media chairman John Malone are to tackle the global issues that face the UK broadcasting industry at the Royal Television Society's Cambridge Conference in September, writes Simon Ellery.
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Granada gives Willis new role
Granada has created a new international 'film and fiction' business, Granada Screen, in a bid to expand its overseas slate, writes Steve Aston.