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Corrie titles get a makeover
Granada is giving Coronation Street a more contemporary look by revamping its main titles for first time in 11 years.The familiar music and typefaces for the soap have been retained
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C4 to look at downshifting
Ricochet Films has bagged a raft of commissions including a new five-part series about downshifting for Channel 4, writes Simon ElleryC4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow has ordered the indie to
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Discreet cuts R&D
Canadian editing and effects developer Discreet has confirmed the closure of two R&D facilities with the loss of 60 jobs.The Autodesk subsidiary has closed its Chicago and Los Angeles facilities
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FrameStore merges with CFC
Digital effects specialist FrameStore and the Computer Film Company (CFC) have merged to form Framestore CFC, writes Barbara MarshallAlthough on the surface the change does not seem significant, joint chief executive
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Mouse man to Morphos
Alan Goddard, former commercial director of duplication and post facilities 8811 and The Mouse & Keyboard, has joined Soho facility Morphos as general manager.Goddard will work with consultant Bill Scanlon
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The Smallest People in the World documentary, which marked the start of Channel 4's new A Child's Lifeseries, kicked off with a substantial 4.1 million viewers (16.3%) last night (29 January).
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Soho ed signs euro duo
Freelance agency Soho Editors has signed two European Discreet operators - Klaudija Cermak and Christophe Richard.Cermak has spent the past 13 months working in Germany but previously worked for Mill
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Aardman's Byles joins Soho 601 as duo quit
Soho 601 has hired Aardman head of CGI Will Byles in the same week as losing two staff to New Zealand post facility Oktobor, writes Barbara MarshallHead of telecine Andrew Clarkson
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500 BBC radio production staff to move
BBC Resources is set to lose another tranche of its activities in April when staff from radio resources will rejoin the main BBC, writes Barbara MarshallFive hundred technical and support staff
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NewsShaun Woodward congratulates Shetty on CBB win
Broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has offered his congratulations to Shilpa Shetty on winning Celebrity Big Brother.
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Channel 4 awards Big Breakfast slot to Sky and Princess
New live breakfast show to be produced at Sky's headquarters
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BBC promotions fill entertainment void
The BBC has filled the vacuum at the top of its entertainment department by appointing controller of daytime Jane Lush as its new controller of entertainment commissioning and Sophie Clarke-Jervoise as
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C4 raids Initial for Raman
Channel 4 is to beef up its factual entertainment slate with the appointment of Initial executive producer Nav Raman as editor, factual entertainment, writes Penny Hughes.
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PERFECT MATCH ON AGAIN FOR C4
Channel 4 has ordered a further five instalments to RDF Media's dating show Perfect Match, as well as a one-off epilogue of series one, writes Penny Hughes.
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FIREMAN SAM ADDS MUSCLE TO GULLANE
Gullane has added to its children's TV character portfolio after buying 50 per cent of the rights to Fireman Sam from S4C International (SC4I), writes Steve Aston.
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C5 opts for Sky's Sunrise News
BSKYB HAS finally secured a toehold in terrestrial television following Channel 5's decision to ditch the ITN News Channel as its early morning breakfast news feed in favour of Sky News, writes Simon Ellery.
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CHANNEL TV SOLD
ITV shareholder Channel Television has been bought for around£20m by Illiffe News & Media, a company owned by Lord Illiffe of Yattenden. The sale followed the buyout of the company
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NTL SPORT PLAN OFF
NTL content subsidiary Premium TV has shelved plans for a joint-venture sport channel with the BBC because of its financial problems. The BBC was due to provide archive sport footage to
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BRAVO ED PROMOTED
Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice is to become acting controller of Flextech-owned channels Bravo and Trouble when Trouble channel editor Heather Jones takes maternity leave. Trouble programming executive Louise Benham becomes
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C4 UPDATES IMAGE
Channel 4 has updated its on-screen look with the introduction of a narrative aspect to the 'moving bars' theme first introduced in 1999.The idents include vapour trails, flickering tube lights, a