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Siriol Animation gains S4C cartoon commission
S4C and its commercial arm S4C International have commissioned Cardiff-based Siriol Animation to produce a further 26 x 5-minute episodes of children's cartoon Sali Mali, taking the total number of episodes
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Samurai animation ordered by Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has teamed up with animator Genndy Tartakovsky to produce 26 x 30-minute animated series Samurai Jack. The series was commissioned by Cartoon Network vice-president of programming, development and acquisitions
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NewsRatings: Million pound giveaway can't buy ITV1 viewers
If you put the words 'million pounds' and 'giveaway' together in a programme title, should you expect people to tune in in their millions? It works when the word 'celebrity' is attached to 'Big Brother' - but for some reason ITV1's Fortune: Million Pound Giveawaydidn't ...
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Rosencrantz commissions Sir Cliff special
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Cactus TV to produce a special on 'The Peter Pan of Pop', Cliff Richard, writes Steve AstonThe show will feature Richard performing covers
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Martians' licence deal lands with Just group
Children's entertainment company Just Group has signed a licensing deal for animation series Butt Ugly Martians with Nickelodeon.As a result the series will be shown on Nickelodeon's channels around the
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Pickard commissions doc on young TV wannabes
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a fly-on-the-wall documentary series following a group of young people as they attempt to make their own television programme.The 6 x 25-minute series DIY.tv, to
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Spire bags C4 history commission
Oxford-based indie Spire Films has been commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow to produce a 4 x 50-minute series about some of Britain's greatest historical figures, writes Jon RogersFact
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NewsLeader: ITV needs time, not another clearout
Michael Grade should give the existing team at ITV a chance
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BBC prolongs Crime Doubles strand
BBC 1 is continuing its Crime Doubles strand with a new six-part forensic science thriller series from BBC Wales, writes Leigh HolmwoodOutside the Rules stars This Life's Daniela Nardini as a
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Blaxploitation toons top C4 animation zone bill
Channel 4 is running themed nights on 'blaxploitation', science fiction and Japan as part of its two-hour animation zone which kicks off one night a week for six weeks from the
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Tiger Aspect to make Blackwood show for Sky
Sky One controller of original programmes Mark Freeland has commissioned a celebrity series from Tiger Aspect Productions featuring Richard Blackwood.The 8 x 30-minute series, I Slept with Richard Blackwood, will
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BBC 1 slumps to less than 18% peaktime share
BBC 10 O'clock News is best performer in otherwise lacklustre schedule that failed to shine even against ITV repeats
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Wall to Wall eyes low-cost high-volume
Indie to shifts focus from 'top-level stuff' to lower budget projects
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EU 'turnover' quotas attacked by commercial broadcasters
Association of Commercial Television says new proposals to make European broadcasters meet quotas based on turnover 'blunt and difficult to work.'
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EC rules may force an end to BBC governors
The European Commission is set to put further pressure on the government to bring the BBC under the control of Ofcom after calling for all state-funded broadcasters to prove that they
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ITV slashes Crossroads
ITV is slashing its much-hyped daytime soap Crossroads from five episodes a week to four, following disappointing ratings, writes Steve Aston.
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Wall to Wall shifts to low-cost series
Wall to wall Television is to move away from its focus on high budget output and plans to expand into high volume low cost production, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ad fears put C4 jobs on ice
Channel 4 is scaling back recruitment after the recent downturn in advertising revenues, writes Penny Hughes.
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Holland on the piano
Musician and presenter Jools Holland is to front a lavish series charting the history of the piano for BBC 2, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Night of a thousand Star Treks on BBC
BBC 2 is to devote a whole evening to mark the 35th anniversary of cult sci-fi series Star Trek, writes Leigh Holmwood.