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    PGP LOSES CREATIVE

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Pepper's Ghost Productions creative director Richard Morss is leaving the company to set up his own business developing creative properties for broadcast. Although he will continue to work with PGP on

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    PROMOTIONS AT DB

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Cambridgeshire-based DB Broadcast has made two internal promotions. Graham Pearl has been appointed as operations director and Tom Swan has taken the role of sales and marketing director. Pearl joined DB

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    LEADER - Will C4 make the obvious choice?

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A decision on the new Channel 4 chief executive will be made within a month and is likely to be announced on or near the board's next meeting in the first

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    FREE TO AIR - Strike: force for good?

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    It looks as though The Premiership has moved just in time. As the likes of Ryan Giggs and Paolo di Canio get out their fingerless gloves and fire up the braziers

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    TRADE TALK - Building Brick

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    After a string of successes as Sky One's head of entertainment and factual programming, Sam Brick is poised to take September by storm.

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    ON THE BOX - Victorians still valued

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Producer Jane O'Brien says Trollope's The Way We Live Now is an apt choice, but sees little point in getting Together Again.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - A shrinking asset

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Despite the strong showing ITV kids series made at last month's Baftas and the high-earning distribution potential of the genre, CITV's future looks far from rosy as further cuts are expected in the department.

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    CENSUS - The broadcast sweatshops

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Last year's Skillset census revealed that freelancers are a vital part of the audiovisual industry, making up half the workforce. A new follow-up survey of freelancers received more than 1,000 responses. The results are startling.

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    WORK EXPERIENCE - Invisible workers

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Work experience might seem like the best way of getting a foot in the door of the audiovisual sector but in return for their free labour are volunteers really gaining the skills they need to get on? Nishita Sharma reports.

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    Nick Jr cooks up healthy eating show

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon has commissioned Dot to Dot Productions to make a cookery series for Nick Jr.

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    CHANNEL REPORT - Giving the people what they want

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Despite facing competitors on all fronts in the young adult market, Play UK is determined to reinvent itself as a distinct brand offering an unbeatable blend of hit comedy and music programming. Peter Keighron reports.

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    TX - A walk on the wild side

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Sixteen million years after dinosaurs became extinct, a strange collection of beasts roamed the earth. It was a time when whales were still on land and giant birds preyed on miniature

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    ITV gets pulses racing again on Sunday night

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Heartbeat got the blood pumping through ITV's veins this week, reinvigorating the network which put its drama crown jewels on display once more. Sunday night fell under the enduring spell of

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    OFF THE RECORD - Sky has Harry under its spell

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    'Harry Potty About Sky Movies Active' is the headline BSkyB bosses must have craved. And they got it, but Off The Record refuses to let them off so lightly. During an

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    OFF THE RECORD - Big girl's blouse

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Desperate times call for desperate measures. And never has this been more true for London's post community, who met last week in an informal gathering (organised by Soho Editors) neatly titled

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    Andrew urges Carlton and Granada to merge kids

    2001-11-16T10:19:00Z

    Granada Kids director of programmes urges ITV partners to 'stop thinking about smaller goals and look at the big picture'

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    Murdoch in talks with Malone over Kirch PayTV stake

    2001-11-16T11:05:00Z

    BSkyB looks to Liberty Media for way out of German pay-TV market as worries over Kirch's inability to raise cash to buy back 22% stake continue

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    Beasts crawl to top Peak

    2001-11-16T11:57:00Z

    BBC1's Walking With Beasts towers over ITV1's Peak Practice but debut of the latest Dinosaurs' production falls short of the original's ratings triumph

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    Jobs go in 422 restructure

    2001-11-16T12:46:00Z

    422 has restructured and consolidated its operations in central Manchester, resulting in five job losses, writes Jon Rogers422 director Martin Dickson refuted rumours that editors at the company had lost their

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    Pepper's Ghostloses creative head

    2001-11-16T12:48:00Z

    Pepper's Ghost Productions creative director Richard Morss is leaving the company to set up his own business developing creative properties for broadcast, writes Barbara MarshallAlthough he will continue to work