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Ellis to head BBC radio production
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister has named Graham Ellis as the corporation's first controller of radio production, marking the final senior appointment in his restructuring of the directorate.Ellis, who is
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Celador bags second format deal with CBS
Celador Productions has secured a second US primetime commission, for the Winning Lines format, on the back of the runaway success of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on ABC, writes
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Cosgrove bags RTS judges gong
Cosgrove Hall Films has won this year's Judges Award at the Royal Television Society's Craft & Design Awards.RTS judges said Cosgrove Hall's output of over 800 productions since its inception in
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Indies dominate Broadcast Awards children's shortlist
Indies dominate the shortlist for the Broadcast Awards 2000 children's programme category.Shortlisted are Junk from Zenith Entertainment for BBC 2; The First Snow of Winter from Silver Fox Films for BBC
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AUTODESK UNVEILS SHARP FALL IN PROFITS
Autodesk has reported a sharp drop in profits for the third quarter.The US software company, which acquired effects and editing manufacturer Discreet Logic earlier this year, saw net profits for the
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CARLTON BOOKS ATTABOY'S RAIL SUICIDE DOC
Independent Attaboy TV has been commissioned by Carlton commissioning editor for regional and daytime Emma Barker to make a 30-minute documentary on railway suicides for the First Edition strand. Entitled End
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BBC stalls in hunt for new arts chief
The drawn out process to find a new BBC Production arts chief was thrown into further disarray this week, with news that the leading contender for the job has withdrawn from
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WGBH WARMS TO ARROWHEAD'S TRIAL BY FIRE
Arrowhead's 2 x 60-minute television adaptation of Francis Fyfield's crime novel Trial By Fire has been bought by WGBH for PBS' Mystery! strand.The US deal was secured by distributor Mayfair. Trial
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COMPLETE APPOINTS SWEPSON AND SMITH TO BOARD
Complete Facilites has appointed Andrew Swepson and Colin Smith to the board. Swepson, 26, becomes the youngest director to get a seat on the Complete board. He joined Complete in June
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RESOURCES ANNOUNCES PROJECTS NAME CHANGE
BBC Resources consulting arm BBC Resources Projects is to change its name to BBC Resources Consulting & Projects. Headed by former Sony and Ford executive David Baldwin-Evans, the unit is expected
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CITV COMMISSIONS EDWARDIAN BEAR ANIMATION
CITV has commissioned 26 x 10-minute episodes of Upstairs Downstairs Bears, a new stop-motion animation series co-produced by Cinar, Scottish Television (STV) and Denmark's Egmont Imagination Productions. The puppet series is
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Rushes has created a new series of open, close and break bumpers for Cadbury's sponsorship of ITV's Coronation Street. Written by Sponsor Vision copywriter Andy MacGillivary and directed by Paul Blake
Rushes has created a new series of open, close and break bumpers for Cadbury's sponsorship of ITV's Coronation Street. Written by Sponsor Vision copywriter Andy MacGillivary and directed by Paul Blake,
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Match made in heaven?
The£7.8 billion Carlton/United merger has stunned the industry and City and brought the prospect of further ITV consolidation even closer. Jason Deans reports.
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SOUTH BANK SHOW CHER PROFILE GETS SATURDAY AIRING
LWT's The South Bank Show will be given its first Saturday transmission in 22 years on 11 December at 22.45. The programme, about singer Cher, will go out as part of
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OPINION - Free to air Emily Bell
The merger of Carlton and United News & Media is a bit like Chris Evans and Geri Halliwell's romance: conceived out of a strategic desire to do something other than just
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VTR shares rise after profits boost
Shares in facilities group VTR hit a 52-week high after it announced a 22 per cent rise in profits among its core post-production facility companies.VTR said it increased profits at post-production
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Hall mulls current affairs switch
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is mulling plans to restructure the BBC's current affairs department, which could involve merging it with the BBC political programmes unit and handing it control
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OFT to consider merger under existing ad share rules
The proposed merger of Carlton Communications and United News & Media is expected to be considered under the existing Office of Fair Trading (OFT) rules on share of TV ad revenue,
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ROOT 6 TAKES ON SONIC SOLUTION'S DVD RANGE
Root 6 has taken on the sales and support for Sonic Solution's range of DVD authoring and publishing tools. The Avid Premier reseller, which also recently added the ICE stable of
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Avesco posts growth in profits of 6 per cent
Avesco has reported a 6 per cent rise in pre-tax profits on turnover up 23 per cent for the six months ending 30 September.But charges relating to the amortisation of goodwill