All News articles – Page 4785

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    Channel Report - Keeping Paice with the viewer.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    With a budget of around£50,000 an hour, Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has his work cut out to pull in the target 16 to 34-year-old male audience, but it makes success all the more rewarding

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    Celador launches radio drive.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Celador Productions, the maker of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, is attempting to expand its influence as a radio producer by appointing its first head of radio, writes Steve Aston

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    PROGRAMMING - FOX CAPTURES COCKROACH WITH SUPERPOWERS.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has bought the television rights to the animated series RoboRoach (pictured). The 26 x 30-minute co-production between Germany's RTV Family Entertainment and Canada's Portfolio Entertainment features Rube,

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    Peters ends brief spell at September.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    September films head of documentaries Carole Peters has been forced out of the company after just 10 months in the job, writes Steve Aston

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    LEE EXPANDS BRIEF.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee is adding the duties of outgoing C4 commissioning editor, religion Elizabeth Clough to her brief. She will report to head of history, arts and

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    PROGRAMMING - Bragg looks at moral issues.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada controller of arts Melvyn Bragg is to depart from his role as presenter of ITV 1's The South Bank Show and front a new series exploring moral dilemmas, writes Steve Aston

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    ON THE BOX - Journey of discovery.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    UK Style commissioning exec Chantal Rutherford Browne thought The Real Eve was pukka but that Life Doctor was a quack

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    Willis to leave UK for Boston.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    John Willis, the ex-Granada high-flier who fled the ITV giant last November after it bored him out of a job, has resurfaced as the latest UK media figure to up sticks

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    TV is boring, claims report.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Programme-makers are turning audiences off TV by making shows that bore viewers stiff, according to new research from one of the UK's most influential strategic consultancies, writes David Wood

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BOOST FOR HD KIT HIRE.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Hire companies Arri Media and Gearbox are stepping up their high-definition product lines. Arri Media ordered two Thomson Viper Filmstream cameras at NAB earlier this month and Gearbox has added a

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    Big Brother exec lands at Thames.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Former Big Brother executive producer Ruth Wrigley has been lured away from Endemol UK by Thames Television, Fremantle Media's production arm and creator of hit series Pop Idol, writes Penny Hughes

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    Off The Record - The benefits of hindsight, Dawn.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Robot Wars might have become one of the television phenomena of recent years, but that's no thanks to Dawn Airey. The Channel 5 top dog, in her previous incarnation as Channel

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    Beeb Ventures to close.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide's commercial web division, Beeb Ventures, set up to push shopping opportunities around BBC brands, this week became a late victim of the dotcom crash after closing with the loss of 38 jobs, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Granada lures BBC's iTV man.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada has poached the man behind the BBC's interactive version of Walking with Beasts to join its fledgling sport and interactive division, writes Steve Aston

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    NUJ points the finger at BBC over bullying.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is not doing enough to clamp down on bullying in its newsrooms and the procedures it has in place to deal with the issue are failing, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has claimed, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC to strengthen Birmingham team.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    A new senior management team is to be installed at BBC Birmingham following the appointment of creative director of documentaries Tessa Finch as its first head of programmes, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Jubilee will get blanket BBC coverage.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    THE BBC is to give near blanket coverage to the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations with over 100 hours of television and radio programmes costing around #10m devoted to the event, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC loses its touch for Sunday evening drama.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Traditionally, the classic Sunday night serial has been to the BBC's history what Hovis has been to bread. Unfortunately for the BBC, in the 21st century it is ITV which has

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    B+ YOUNG TALENT LIST.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Production staff from the regions have a strong presence in the shortlist for the first B+ Young Talent Awards. Editor Neil Haggerty (27) and dubbing mixer Ashley Jane Armstrong (25) -

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    GRANADA AXES STUDIO.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada is to axe its Meridian West studio in Newbury with the loss of eight jobs. The broadcaster put its proposals to the Independent Television Commission in November causing uproar among