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Haigh murder drama ordered by ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a one-off dramatisation of the life of acid bath murderer John Haigh, as part of a brace of commissions from Granada, writes Steve Aston.
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CARTOON'S 3D
Cartoon Network UK has bought its first 3D computer animation series after optioning a new series from the creators of Pokemon, writes Simon Ellery. Called Cubix, the 26 x 30-minute series
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NewsJowell and BBC yet to agree on switchover scheme
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has admitted she has yet to secure the BBC's agreement to help older people switch to digital television.
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Hollywood expands
September Films is to expand its Hollywood franchise to Channel 4 with a series exploring religion, writes Steve Aston.
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UNIQUE ID DEPARTURES
The development team of Unique ID has quit the company while it struggles to find a new business partner and financial backer. The company, which develops the CakeS web-based media asset
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BBC Resources gets new boss
BBC Resources has appointed RTL technical division chief executive Mike Southgate as managing director, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TV Corporation gives Anderson board seat
Visions managing director Martin Anderson has been promoted to the TV Corporation board as managing director for group facilities, responsible for outside broadcast facility Visions and post facility Molinare.The decision to
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Liberty recruits a sales team for media services
The first evidence of plans to restructure the Liberty Livewire group emerged this week with the creation of a sales team for the media services division, writes Barbara Marshall.
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YOUNG ANIMATOR WINS
The winner of this year's European Junior Animator's Award, organised by Softimage, is Owen Simons, currently working for Blue Monkey Studios in Cardiff. He was presented with the award for The
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NewsBazalgette defends Celeb BB
Endemol boss Peter Bazalgette has hit back at claims that Celebrity Big Brotherhas gone too far, saying there was no clear evidence that racist remarks had been made in the house.
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LEADER - Digital needs better promotion
The digital action plan just published by the trade and media departments leaves a lot to be desired. Although the government has delivered on its promise - made at the RTS
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FREE TO AIR - No 10 not helping its cause
When is news propaganda? Clearly, if you are a part of the old school, your answer to this question might be: 'always'. But the popular answer - at No 10 Downing
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TRADE TALK - Late bloomer
Murray Boland is finally catching up with his fellow producer on The Word, Danielle Lux, who has made him E4's head of programmes.
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ON THE BOX - First casualty of gore
Independent producer Vicky Licorish found more signs of intelligent life in The Hunt for AI than in an episode of Holby City.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - In the mainstream?
The BBC's specialist programme units are being cut or wound down as their activities are subsumed into other departments, but some doubt whether this approach will benefit minorities or people with special needs.
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Factual's reality check
In the aftermath of the attacks on New York, is factual programming set to dispense with the froth and adopt a more serious and broader world view?
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INTERVIEW - The second phase
Three months in as Channel 5 director of programmes, Kevin Lygo argues that C5 has little to lose so can dare to be different and make innovative TV that is a genuine alternative to its rivals.
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NewsDuncan: Celeb BB race debate is a good thing
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has said he has no intention of pulling Celebrity Big Brotherover the race row and that it is a 'good thing' the show has raised issues and provoked a debate.
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CHANNEL REPORT - Geographic finds a new direction
In the first of a new series on the multichannel sector, we look at the National Geographic Channel as it steps up its battle with Discovery with more populist programming. But can it claim fresh territory? Simon Ellery reports.
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TX - Catalogue of crime
Rarely do production companies stumble upon the chance that Birmingham's BFM Productions did earlier this year.Executive producer Maggie Fogarty was told at a party that an exhibition was being planned to