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Baby man is BBC choice
Baby Films director Jon Wright has won the first Choice Cuts BBC Talent initiative and will have four short films screened on BBC Choice as a result, 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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OFF THE RECORD - Never work with animals
The Chinese State Circus, which recently took out some ad spots on Big Blue, Chelsea FC's new 24/7 radio station, asked if it could hold a photo call at the club.
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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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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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OFF THE RECORD - The somnaturist strikes again
Cannes does funny things to people. Jason Thorp, top buyer for Sci Fi and The Studio, started his infamous sleepwalking shenanigans again at Mipcom last week. It was only when he
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Two Four TV to grow series funded by ads
Two four TV is looking to grow its advertiser-funded programme output and has appointed Shout Television head of commercially funded programming Jason Langley to oversee the drive, writes Simon Ellery. As
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DAYTIME TV GOES ACTIVE
Granada Broadband and Carlton Active have teamed up to produce an enhanced TV service for ITV 1's troubled daytime strand This Morning. Digital TV viewers will be able use their remote
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ITC head calls for action on ITV unity
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chairman Sir Robin Biggam has called on the government to enact emergency legislation relaxing ownership rules to allow the formation of a single ITV.Speaking at an ITC
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Orders abroad for Worldwide
The Weakest Link frontwoman Anne Robinson is to be replaced by American actor George Gray when a daytime version of the hit quiz show airs in the US early next year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Lygo promises C5 will look after top series
Channel 5 wants to move away from its strategy of screening films at 21.00 every night and is on the lookout to buy more major series such as Jerry Bruckheimer's Crime Scene Investigation to run in the slot, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - C4 orders terror specials
Channel 4 has commissioned a raft of special current affairs programmes following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, including a think piece from former cricketer Imran Khan, writes Penny Hughes.
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McKerrow to quit C4 education
Channel 4 commissioning editor, education Richard McKerrow is set to leave the channel, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 takes BBC man Sutcliffe to Dispatches
Channel 4 has raided the BBC's documentaries department to appoint a commissioning editor to its Dispatches strand, writes Penny Hughes.
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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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BBC signs£2m film deal
The BBC has struck a£2m deal with the Film Council to develop and co-produce four new films, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NEW SATURDAY NIGHT LINE-UP FOR KISS 100
Kiss 100 is launching a new line-up on Saturday nights. The station, which is owned by Emap, the publisher of Broadcast, kicks off Kiss Saturday this week (20 October) with three
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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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ITV still in deep water as primetime goes to BBC 1
This week's top 10 tables show just how hard life is in primetime for ITV - eight of the top 10 factual programmes came from BBC 1, the other two were
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BBC creates new sports roles
BBC sport has created two new roles within its new media and development departments to push programming innovation.Executive editor, sports news Graeme Reid-Davies will add new production to his remit,