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    Tiger Aspect bags new commissions

    2001-05-10T16:24:00Z

    Tiger Aspect has added weight to its drama department after securing a series of commissions from the BBC and Channel 4 for 24 hours of drama programming.

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    C4 orders YAP docs

    2001-05-10T16:24:00Z

    Yorkshire Associated Producers to produce submarine and boxing docs

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    Channel 5 refreshes its autumn schedule

    2001-05-10T16:24:00Z

    New programmes in C5 schedule to include its first animation co-production

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    Beeb cuts pre-school output

    2001-05-10T16:24:00Z

    Heavy production schedule forces BBC to concentrate on animation only for the seven to nine-year old market.

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    Artsworld to focus on Cannes

    2001-05-10T16:24:00Z

    New commissions include festival footage

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    Channel 4 nabs Le Mans

    2001-05-10T16:45:00Z

    Broadcasters secures UK terrestrial and online rights to famous 24-hour race

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    Willis says indie sector is in turmoil

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    LWT and United Productions managing director John Willis has warned that changes to TV commissioning are causing a crisis in independent production, writes Steve Aston.

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    C5's fresh look at election coverage

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    In the week Richard and Judy jumped ship to Channel 4, a new husband and wife team are about to hit the small screen as part of Channel 5's general election coverage, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 Comedy Lab reveals content

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has unveiled the line-up for this year's Comedy Lab, the experimental comedy strand that uncovered on-screen talent such as Trigger Happy TV, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Communicopia to face sacked staff's union

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Scores of sacked journalists from The Money Channel's contracted production outfit Communicopia are gearing up for a union-backed battle over unpaid wages and compensation, writes Simon Ellery.

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    ITV unveils choice drive

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Carlton and Granada are hatching plans to launch two further channels, targeting women and movie buffs as part of their plan to launch a family of ITV channels.Carlton chief executive Gerry

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    BBC proposes fourth commercial offshoot

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is planning a fourth commercial arm which will be formed from BBC Creative Services, the department responsible for its on and off-air promotions.BBC Creative Services, part of the broadcast

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    Equity actors may strike over airing pay

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Actors' Union Equity says it is prepared to take strike action over the deal its members receive when films in which they appear are screened on television, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BSC director in move to BBC

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has appointed Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) director Stephen Whittle as its new controller of editorial policy, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Reshuffle at LWT

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    LWT has created a new senior management structure within its entertainment department following the departure of controller of entertainment Nigel Lythgoe, writes Steve Aston.

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    Job losses as Pearson TV shuts Eva unit

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The animation distribution house owned by Pearson Television, Eva Entertainment, has ceased trading, with the loss of 14 jobs, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC and C4 unveil election line-ups

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    THE BBC has unveiled its planned general election coverage with the announcement that Question Time specials will be moved to peak-time slots throughout the election campaign, write Georgina Lipscomb and Penny Hughes.

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    Frankfurter attack

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    London Television Centre was the victim of a bomb scare last Friday (4 May) perpetrated by a man armed with a packet of sausages and a clock, writes Steve Aston. Hundreds

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    Sky pulls the plug on shopping platform

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    BSKYB has confirmed its interactive shopping platform, Open, is to shut with the loss of 300 jobs as the company consolidates interactivity within Sky's in-house iTV division, Sky Interactive, writes David Wood.

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    UK BUFFY FOR BBC

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is understood to be considering a UK spin-off from hit US series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Fox-produced show, likely to air on BBC 2, would feature Sarah Michelle