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NewsUnit nabs Burton
Soho-based dry hire facility Unit Post has hired Clear Cut Picture's Tim Burton as technical manager. Burton had previously worked at Dubbs as new media operator and the BBC, where he was involved in supporting the corporation's first Final Cut Pro pilots. He brings with him Clear Cut's James Willett ...
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UKTV Gold lines up Clary for Britcom weekend
UKTV Gold has signed Julian Clary to front a bank holiday retrospective special on British comedy, interviewing actors from classic shows such as the Carry Onfilms and Fawlty Towers .
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MTV set to form 'super' boyband
MTV Networks International is attempting to resurrect the careers of five has-been boyband members in a new 8 x 30-minute reality series.
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NewsRDF restructures to boost growth
RDF Media Group will next week unveil a major restructure, modelled on the giant advertising group WPP, designed to prepare the AIM-listed company for further expansion.
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NewsLeader - Last of the big spenders?
The BBC has shown a lack of judgement in paying top whack for top talent and execs says Conor Dignam, editor
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NewsCBS fails in bid for genealogy format
Wall To Wall has turned down an offer from number one US terrestrial network CBS to make an American version of its hit series Who Do You Think You Are?- but is still in talks about the format with other broadcasters.
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Fever hires BBC exec
Fever Media, the indie set up by former BBC entertainment executives David Mortimer and Richard Hopkins, has taken on Michael Sutherland as senior development producer.
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NewsBBC chiefs defiant over 'super salaries'
In a tumultous week, the corporation faced a backlash from the press, politicians and unions.
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NewsBBC puts new Chris Langham series on hold
BBC2 has shelved plans for a second series of Bafta-winning comedy Help, while actor Chris Langham faces 15 charges of making indecent images of children.
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Culligan to Baraka
Baraka Post Production has hired Blue producer Ross Culligan to join as senior producer.
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Celebrity Soup back on E! Entertainment
E! Entertainment UK has ordered a second series of Celebrity Soup, a version of long-running US celebrity gossip review show The Soup.
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Martin backs Arrow
Legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin has thrown his weight behind Chrysalis Radio's bid for the new Liverpool FM licence with its adult rock format, The Arrow.
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NewsITV ratings slump to all-time low
ITV1 slumped to its worst ever all-hours weekly audience share last week as BBC1 capitalised on its World Cup and Wimbledon coverage.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Alison Kirkham
The executive producer of BBC daytime on looking for entertainment formats for BBC2, securing the first British interview with President Bush post 9/11 and the challenge of 360-degree commissioning
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Crompton set for indie role after Sky exit
Senior commissioning editor at Sky One Paul Crompton has quit the channel after almost four years following the arrival of director of programming Richard Woolfe.
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Spelling's 7th Heaven to air on Hallmark
Aaron Spelling's 7th Heaven, is to return to UK screens, following a deal signed by the Hallmark Channel with US studio CBS Paramount.
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BBC4 showcases photo pioneer
The BBC is to follow up on the success of archive series The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyonwith a nine-part BBC4 series on one of the world's earliest photography pioneers.
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C4 plans Occult Week
Channel 4 is to dedicate its 11pm slot to a week of programming about secrets of dark cults - and has so far ordered two new shows to be part of it.
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C4 commissions gay prom series
Channel 4's commissioning editor for education Deborah Ward has greenlit September Films to make a 2 x 60-minute series following the adventures of five gay teenagers as they attempt to put on a gay prom for 200 British teens.
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Japanese show piloted by C4
Channel 4 is looking at launching a UK version of one of Japan's most popular gameshows to be fronted by Johnny Vaughan as part of its Friday night entertainment line-up.