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Worldwide sets sail with Yohos
BBC Worldwide has stumped up£1.3 million to fund Yoho Ahoy, a new 52 x 5-minute pre-school model animation series, writes Tim Dams.Set aboard a pocket-sized pirate ship, Yoho Ahoy was
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C4 ignites old flames
Channel 4 has ordered a six-part education documentary that traces and brings together former partners, writes Wale Azeez.Scheduled for a peaktime slot, The Ex Files is a 6 x 30-minute series
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DNE brings back doc
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has commissioned Granada TV to resurrect the award-winning anthropological documentary strand Disappearing World for a special series to run this autumn, writes Alice Macandrew.DNE controller of programming
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV footie unkind to Schofield's animals
ITV's live coverage of Chelsea's Uefa Champions' League match against FC Skonto Riga put a slight dent in the network's recent run of Wednesday night ratings winners, writes Tina Mistry.According to
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Morrow quits Ulster for Wild Rover
Ulster Television (UTV) head of general programmes Philip Morrow is leaving the company to set up his own Belfast-based indie, Wild Rover Productions.Morrow, who has been in his current post since
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Digital tax a turn-off NOP poll reveals
A new NOP survey has shown that half of all consumers who want to sign-up to digital TV will be put off if faced with a digital tax of£24, as
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BBC takes Ryder Cup highlights
The BBC has struck a deal with BSkyB to acquire the highlights to golf's Ryder Cup between 24-26 September, writes Tim Dams.BSkyB, which will be airing live coverage of the event
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NewsBelsen correction
The Channel 4 history drama going out next month is The Relief of Belsen, not The Relief of Beslanas stated in Broadcast(31/08/07).
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Turner to rebrand classic film offer
Turner Broadcasting Systems is set to relaunch its 24-hour movie channel TNT Classic Movies as Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this autumn.The relaunch, scheduled for 15 October, will involve a complete rebranding
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Albury leaves United for film-making return
United Broadcasting and Entertainment (UBE) director of public affairs Simon Albury is leaving the company, writes Tim Dams.Albury, a founding member of Meridian, a former head and founder of the Campaign
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Pubs and clubs get Sky Inn Practice
BSkyB is gearing up to launch its first business-to-business service next month with 20 hours of programming targeted at the pubs and clubs trade, writes Alice Macandrew.The new programme, Inn Practice,
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GRAY GETS UN&M ROLE
United News & Media (UNM) chief executive Clive Hollick has recruited Bernard Gray, personal advisor to Defence Secretary George Robertson, to take the newly created role of director of group strategy.
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NET MOVE FOR 5 LIVE
£BBC Radio 5 Live has launched a new online service offering listeners the chance to tune into programme highlights via the internet. The initiative allows users to download certain shows from
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NTL POSTS QUARTERLY LOSS
NTL, the US-listed group set to become the UK's biggest cable provider after its£8 billion acquisition of Cable and Wireless Communications' cable TV assets, reported a net loss of $348
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VNU BUYS RATINGS FIRM
Nielsen Media Research, the television ratings service, has been bought in the US by Dutch media company VNU for $2.5 billion (£1.6 billion), which also assumes $200 million (£124 million) in
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BRIGHTER RAISES RAMAN
Brighter Pictures has appointed Nav Raman to the newly created head of production role to work under creative director Remy Blumenfeld. Raman, who joined Brighter Pictures last year as series producer
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Think tank probes media regulation
The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) is to launch a year-long programme of research and debate to scrutinise programming, new technologies and media regulation.The project, which comes in the wake
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Edinburgh unveils programme
The full details of this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival were unveiled on Tuesday (17 August), writes Tina Mistry.Highlights scheduled for the event, which runs from 27-30 August, include ITV chief
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C4 commissions child support doc
Channel 4 head of news and current affairs David Lloyd has commissioned a three-part series about the Child Support Agency (CSA) from Brook Lapping Productions and Evans Wolfe, writes Wale Azeez.Can't
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Money Channel poaches BBC's Low
Adam Faith's proposed digital TV station, The Money Channel, has named Toby Low, editor of BBC 1's Business Breakfast, as its first editor-in-chief, writes Alice Macandrew.Low will oversee all Money Channel