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Target Distribution to set up animation arm
Target distribution is planning to set up an animation arm over the next year and is already in discussions with a number of UK indies to develop shows for it, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ANIMATION AWARDS
The British Animation Awards is inviting entries for its 2002 competition to be held in London on 15 March 2002. This is the fourth time the biennial event has been held.
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CANAL J GETS ANIMATED OVER NICK LINK UP
Nickelodeon UK has joined forces with French channel Canal J and sister Nickelodeon services in Spain, Australia and Latin America to create 48 x 26-minute animated series Yu-Gi-Oh. It is the
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Ragdoll goes it alone in NYC
Children's TV programme producer Ragdoll is setting up an office in New York after ending its partnership with US kids specialist Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Company, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NEWS SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Al Jazeera plans expansion to UK market
Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera, feted for its stream of picture exclusives of the attacks on Afghanistan, is exploring plans to launch a range of spin-off services in the UK, writes Simon Ellery.
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FREE TO AIR - Losing the numbers game
The gentle ochres of autumn colour the trees, rosy-cheeked children splash through muddy puddles, and we look forward to opening all those seasonal party invites and packets of anthrax carried by
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BUCKS FIZZ AGAIN ON TWO
BBC 2 is to screen a 40 minute special charting the history of 1981 Eurovision Song Contest winners Bucks Fizz. Making Your Mind Up will feature the band's highs and lows,
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NEWS SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Afghanistan report boost to Panorama
Beleaguered BBC 1 factual strand Panorama this week scored its highest ratings since being shunted to its Sunday night graveyard slot after screening a special on Afghanistan on the night allied air attacks began, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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OFF THE RECORD - Sky centenarian is keeping Active
You might think, judging by Sky's ad campaign that the world of interactive telly is a young person's pastime. And most old-timers wouldn't know one end of an interactive handset from
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SHIPMAN INQUIRY ACCESS
CNN is expected to present its case for camera access to film the inquiry into the murders carried out by Dr Harold Shipman to the High Court on Thursday (11 October).
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SHAKE-UP AT RADIO 5
BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show editor Ceri Thomas has been appointed head of news at the station. Taking up the post at the end of October, he replaces Bill Rogers
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MTV's Boland poached by E4
Channel 4 has poached MTV director of programmes Murray Boland to become E4's head of programmes, writes Penny Hughes.
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Producers scorn C4's indie plan
Disgruntled independent producers have expressed their concern about Channel 4's plans to buy stakes in some of its key suppliers, which they claim could drive business away from smaller indies.The warning
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ANNE FRANK TO AIR ON C4
Channel 4 has bought US series The Story of Anne Frank from Walt Disney Television International, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4 science orders human cloning series
Maidstone-based Indie Peter Williams Television has secured a raft of new commissions including a series for Channel 4 on human cloning, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Harvest time for C4?
News that Channel 4 may buy stakes in its indie suppliers has met with a wary response from the industry, fearful of a two-tier market which would compromise the independence of larger companies and weaken smaller ones.
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3BM BOSS QUITS
3BM Television founder Jeremy Bennett has stepped down from his role as managing director. His successor has been named as Simon Berthon a partner and fellow founder of 3BM. Bennett, who
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BBC 1 early evening news leads strongly in week two
Uncertain times mean more viewers for the news in the week after the attack on America - the 18 September Six 0'Clock News (BBC 1, Tuesday 18.00) had an audience of
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BBC to pilot broadband initiative in Hull
Corporation to invest millions in new interactive TV service on Kingston Communications DSL platform
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Breakfast DJ's axed for airing Taliban spoof song
Ian Skye and Peter Allen sacked from 106 Century FM show after playing 'insensitive' song downloaded from the internet