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SCIENCE GREATS TO APPEAR ON CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 schools commissioning editor John Richmond has ordered a new series for the Science in Focus strand from indie Eagle & Eagle. Big Questions examines how great scientists such as
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Love conquers all on C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker has ordered 3 x 60-minute films as part of the channel's third Hidden Love series, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC 2 gains a few million innings with Ian Botham
While it was fun to have been in Edinburgh to listen to ITV director of programmes David Liddiment's fears for the soul of television, there was no time to pause for
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MEDIA 100 TAKES U-TURN
Media 100 is selling off its software product line-up including its Cleaner web streaming technologies to Discreet, the editing and effects subsidiary of Autodesk, for $16m (£11m). The sale marks a
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Youlton to step down at Snell & Wilcox
David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told Broadcast
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Rent hikes put Soho TV companies under threat
Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases, writes Barbara Marshall.Several companies have received rent demands more than
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Ex-Red Pepper founders join XTV
Two founding members of recently defunct television branding company Red Pepper ID have joined Soho design house XTV, writes Will Strauss.Bob Cosford and Richard Markell become executive creative director and executive
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Disney, News Corp tie for broadband VOD
Eisner and Murdoch agree pact to broadcast video-on-demand movies over broadband
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BBC 1's match-winning performance
Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria
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BBC 1 puts in match-winning performance
Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria
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Singer speaks out as Telewest shares plunge to record low
Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent
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Singer speaks out as Telewest plunges to record low
Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent
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Under Offer returns to UK Style
UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood has commissioned Sparkling Productions to produce a second run of home-buying show Under Offer.The London-based indie is to make another 13 x 30-minute series
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Watchdog opts for longer investigations
BBC 1 consumer affairs show Watchdog has been revamped and will now focus on longer investigations.The next 29 x 30-minute series, commissioned by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller
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Pilot sells food and travel to the US
Pilot Productions is to export two programmes from its slate to the US.Planet Food, the indie's 7 x 50-minute factual cookery series, has been picked up by US cable channel
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Walt Disney International goes European
Walt Disney Television International (WDTI) has bought two animated series from Spanish animation company Cromosoma and French firm Exmachina for its international channels. London-based WDTI acquisitions and programming director Mary Bredin
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Living TV cooks up an odd mixture
Flextech women's channel Living TV has commissioned three new series including a 20-part cookery show described as 'The Odd Couple meets Can't Cook, Won't Cook'.Ordered by Living commissioning editor Jane
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Vegas lands new Choice game show
Comedian Johnny Vegas, the face of ITV Digital's ongoing ad campaign, has been signed up by the BBC to front a new gameshow as part of a raft of new shows
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Major religious series back on ITV
ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson has recommissioned two major religious series from Granada.My Favourite Hymns will go into its sixth series with a 37
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Channel 5 reconfirms its taste for Pepsi
Channel 5 has recommissioned two new series of the Pepsi Chart on 5 from Initial.Ordered by C5 controller of special events Adam Perry, the new shows will run until June