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Tiger Aspect bags new commissions
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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Channel 5 refreshes its autumn schedule
New programmes in C5 schedule to include its first animation co-production
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Beeb cuts pre-school output
Heavy production schedule forces BBC to concentrate on animation only for the seven to nine-year old market.
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Channel 4 nabs Le Mans
Broadcasters secures UK terrestrial and online rights to famous 24-hour race
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Willis says indie sector is in turmoil
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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