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HAHABONK TALENT CALL.
Cross-media production company Hahabonk is offering the chance to get multi-platform entertainment ideas commissioned. Anyone with a concept for a sitcom, gameshow or animation to work across two or more media
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RDF buys stake in drama launch Touch Paper.
RDF Media has taken 30 per cent of a new populist drama indie Touch Paper, launched this week by Carlton Productions executive producer Rob Pursey, writes Katy Elliott. In a double
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CREATIVE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Farm Group has completed a 3D spot for CNN's latest global campaign, 'Be the first to know'. The ad features a water droplet hitting a surface in super-slow motion, symbolising
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CHANNEL HEALTH WINS PREGNANCY BRIEF.
The NHS has commissioned Channel Health to produce a new interactive series on pregnancy as part of a£1.2m award to the broadcaster. The Sky Digital channel is to make a
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BRANDS CONSOLIDATE.
On Digital is reportedly considering relaunching its service as ITV Digital in a bid to attract subscribers. On Digital chief operating officer Rob Fyfe said rebranding was one of a range
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BPG HONOURS CHILDS.
The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) last week recognised veteran producer and Inspector Morse executive producer Ted Childs (above) for his outstanding contribution to broadcasting. The BPG also handed four gongs to
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On the Box - A religious experience.
Craig Hill, strategy development chief of broadband designer Wheel, lauds Son of God but isn't at all excited about Digital Sex.
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CARRY ON BOOT CAMPING.
Sky One is to show reality series Boot Camp as part of its spring and summer schedule, after buying rights to the show from Granada International, writes Lucy Rouse. The 8
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COLLEAGUES MOURN SURVIVAL VET BOMFORD.
Tony Bomford, one of Britain's leading wildlife cameramen, has died at the age of 57. Bomford filmed Anglia Television's Survival series for over 30 years and won many international awards. He
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Rigden set for Big Breakfast role.
Ben Rigden stepped up from Big Breakfast managing editor to executive producer on Monday (2 April) to begin the task of revitalising the ailing Channel 4 show, writes Penny Hughes.
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beeb Ventures profits in the face of the dotcom downturn.
The BBC has said its ISP beeb.net has entered the black for the first time since launch in September 1999, although it has refused to name revenue figures, writes David Wood.
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STAR IN POLAR BEAR DOC.
Ewan McGregor has been signed up by indie Tigress Productions to present an episode of its award-winning wildlife entertainment series In The Wild. Filmed on location in Northern Canada, Polar Bears
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BBC/Granada in education win.
A BBC/Granada Media consortium has been handed the£42m contract to create the government's digital GCSE channel.The channel will launch in September next year and will produce course material for six
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BBC dismisses Gavin rumour.
The BBC has dismissed speculation that BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin is quitting the corporation, write Simon Ellery and Colin Robertson.
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BBC shows what's in pipeline.
BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux has announced her first raft of commissions, ordering 14 shows from in-house and independent producers, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC SPONSORS MIT LAB.
BBC Imagineering creative director Fiona McKenzie has negotiated a three-year deal to sponsor the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's newly created Media Lab Europe in Dublin. The deal means the BBC can
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BANZAI/BIG BRO LINK.
Banzai, the Japanese-style interactive gambling show that launched on digital youth channel E4 in January, is to air after episodes of the second series of Big Brother, according to a senior
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Pearson backs Jamie Oliver indie.
Pearson TV is taking a stake in celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's new indie, being set up to develop 'original, cutting-edge' cookery and non-cookery related programming for himself and other presenters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ELSTON GOES BACK TO TWENTY TWENTY.
London-based indie Twenty Twenty Television has poached the BBC's Paul Elston to be its head of development/executive producer. His brief is to develop and executive produce new material for the company.
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Awards - Longitude garners record nominations.
Channel 4'S Longitude has been nominated a record-breaking eight times in this year's British Academy Television Craft awards - more than any other programme in Bafta's history. The record was previously