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BBC RESOURCES PUTS ARCHIVE FOOTAGE ON CD-ROM
BBC Resources has designed and produced a series of 18 CD-Roms to showcase the corporation's archive footage. A Resources spokesman said the BBC was eventually looking to produce some 100 CD-Roms
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CHRYSALIS APPOINTS HEALY AS GALAXY CHIEF
Chrysalis Radio has poached Emap Radio creative director Martyn Healy to become the new managing director for Galaxy 105-106 in the north-east. Healy, 41, replaces Jim Hicks who was appointed managing
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Zenith starts Blaze with Ant & Dec deal
Zenith Entertainment is spinning off its entertainment, music and comedy production into a separate unit - Blaze Television - to be headed by Zenith director of entertainment programming Conor McAnally.The move
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OFF THE RECORD - Animal magnetism
Channel 4 is obviously keen to wrestle the mantle of pornographer-in-chief back from Channel 5 if its latest natural history show about sexual diversity in the animal kingdom is anything to
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Change of tune for ITV?
As ITV packs the schedules with ratings-grabbers such as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Men for Sale, Peter Keighron asks if it is backing away from its public service remit.
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VAMPIRE SHOW AMONG CINAR EUROPE'S ASIAN SALES DEAL
Cinar Europe has concluded a slew of sales to Asian broadcasters including the sale of animated series Mona the Vampire to Singapore's TV12. The 26 x 30-minute series was produced by
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Nickelodeon cuts Nick AM
Nickelodeon is to axe its long-running breakfast show, Nick AM, as part of a restructuring that will see the merger of its live and studio production outfits, writes John Plunkett.Staff were
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC Red Alert ignored as ITV hits jackpot
New Saturday night show Red Alert with the National Lottery failed to provide BBC 1 with the winning numbers last weekend as ITV's You've been Framed and Coronation Street double hit
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Money Channel will air all day
The Money Channel has announced it will broadcast 24 hours a day when it launches next February and will plough significant extra investment into programming and e-commerce, writes John Plunkett.The station,
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Peel named ITC public affairs head
Richard Peel has been named as Paul Smee's replacement as the Independent Television Commission's director of public affairs and regions, writes Liz Shackleton.Peel, 47, worked in press and PR at BBC
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The BBC is to co-produce a third animated series with Italian and German public service broadcasters Rai and ZDF under the aegis of the European Broadcasting Union, writes Tim Westcott. The
The BBC is to co-produce a third animated series with Italian and German public service broadcasters Rai and ZDF under the aegis of the European Broadcasting Union, writes Tim Westcott. The
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NAT GEO PROMISES EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE FOR MEN
The National Geographic Channel has launched a new channel, Adventure One, aimed at 18 to 35-year-old men. The channel, which is free to air on Sky Digital, airs for 18 hours,
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ITC criticised over kids' ads
The Independent Television Commission has been slammed by the Children's Society for not being tough enough with commercial TV over advertising to children, writes David Wood.Speaking at a Voice of the
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FSN acts as Fox bureau in Moscow
Washington-based independent broadcast news agency Feature Story News (FSN) has secured a deal to act as the Moscow bureau for US channel Fox News, writes John Plunkett.Under the terms of the
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Touch created the title sequences and graphics for two Attaboy Television programmes exploring the worldwide web. Katherine Pearson used Avid Illusion to create the titles for www.personalservices (ab
Touch created the title sequences and graphics for two Attaboy Television programmes exploring the worldwide web. Katherine Pearson used Avid Illusion to create the titles for www.personalservices (above), a no-nonsense guide
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8811 Ltd placed in administration
Dubbing facility 8811 has placed its former holding company, 8811 Ltd, into voluntary administration. However, it is continuing to trade as 8811 at its original premises but under the control of
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Channel 5 to revamp news and launch daily show
Channel 5 is planning to relaunch its news programmes with a radically new set and a rise in the number of outside reports to coincide with the arrival of Kirsty Young's
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FLEXTECH BIDS FOR C5 STAKE
Flextech has made a bid for Warburg Pincus' 18 per cent stake in Channel 5. Warburg Pincus' advisers handling the sale, Greenhill, said a number of bidders have expressed interest. But
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C5 NEWS PROMOTES MONCK
5 News news editor Adrian Monck has been promoted to programme editor of 5 News and Sport, replacing Gay Flashman who has moved to become a programme executive at BBC Knowledge.
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Worldwide in talks on£450m ventures
The BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is negotiating private-sector partnerships worth£450 million, covering programmes, publications, the internet and other services.Senior executives are understood to have been negotiating the deals for