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SD move signals Sound restructure
SD Post's former holding company, Sound Development (Studios), has gone into administration just as SD Post secured new investment.Administrators BDO Story Hayward confirmed they had been appointed on July 26 but
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OFF THE RECORD - Salmon makes a splash
Busy times ahead for BBC 1 grand fromage Peter Salmon, who oversaw the channel's autumn launch in Lombard Street this week. All eyes will be on Salmon as he seeks to
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MINOTAUR SNATCHES RIGHTS TO PAUL KNIGHT'S STRETCH
UK indie distributor Minotaur International has picked up international rights to Paul Knight Productions' Sky Premier drama, The Stretch, for which former EastEnders actors Leslie Grantham (right) and Anita Dobson will
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SCOTT HIRES PRODUCER PAIR
Yorkshire Television's recently appointed controller of documentaries and factual, Helen Scott, has boosted her team by promoting two new factual executive producers.Simon Schofield - series producer on Really Good Food and
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GRANADA TV MAKES WRITING HOUSE SERIES TO HELP KIDS
Granada Television's schools and religious programme unit has made an education series for Channel 4 designed to encourage children to write.The Writing House, a 10 x 15-minute series due to go
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LIP SYNC OPENS UP FACILITIES
Dean Street creative services company Lip Sync is opening up its facilities to outside parties. The move coincides with the arrival of new facilities manager Jason Elliot, who joins from the
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TELEWEST TAKES EUROSPORT
Eurosport has secured an agreement with Telewest for carriage of British Eurosport on the cable company's analogue and digital television services. British Eurosport, which launched in January this year, will become
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An economist gets it right - this time
Ever since Professor Alan Peacock came up with the lunatic idea of selling ITV licences to the highest bidder, right-thinking broadcasters have regarded economists who meddle in their industry with understandable
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ON DIGITAL DENIES TALKS
On Digital has denied speculation it is in 'advanced negotiations' with cable pay-per-view venture Front Row about launching the service on its digital terrestrial TV service. The move was dismissed by
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Harry Enfield 'not defecting' with Sky show
The comedy sketch show Harry Enfield is making for Sky Premier does not amount to a 'Des-like defection', according to his agent and Tiger Aspect Productions chairman, Peter Bennett-Jones, writes Jason Deans.
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Industry left to decide on switchover
Media Secretary Chris Smith is to let the broadcasting industry determine the date of the switch from analogue to digital television, writes John Lewis.
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Worldwide in US deal with Granada
BBC Worldwide and Granada Media have launched GB Productions, a Los Angeles-based venture set up to sell UK sitcom and drama formats into the US.The ground-breaking operation will be headed by
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OFF THE RECORD - Gag of the Day
Maybe Des Lynam's shock defection isn't such bad news for the BBC after all. One unexpected side-effect this week was that it sparked life, Frankenstein-style, into his likely successor as host
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What crisis?
In last year's drama Genre Audit, the BBC was slated for being in a 'chronic crisis'. Now, Colin Adams says the corporation's drama department is alive and kicking.
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SIEGLER HIRES JOHNSON FOR CREATIVE ROLE
Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) president Scott Siegler has recruited Ann Johnson from Disney-backed indie Michael Jacobs Productions to become vice-president, creative affairs. Johnson will head GEU's series development department, looking after
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Resources to create dedicated kids' facility
BBC Resources is creating a new nine-suite post-production centre dedicated to children's programming, writes Dominic Timms.
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OFF THE RECORD - Poor coverage
An unexpected side-effect of this week's solar eclipse was some of the worst TV since the phenomenon last occurred in 1927. BBC 1's Eclipse: First Contact reached a nadir with an
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SHARP QUITS CORPORATION FOR SOMETHIN' ELSE
BBC studio manager David Sharp is joining independent radio production company Somethin' Else. Sharp, who has spent the last nine years with the BBC, will become the production company's new head
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Local commercial stations report surge in listeners
Local commercial radio added nearly 600,000 listeners on the previous quarter, upping its share from 38.1 to 40.1 per cent, writes John Plunkett.
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Zelezny pulls plug on CME supply to Nova TV
Central European Media Enterprises' (CME) former partner in Czech commercial channel Nova TV has pulled the plug on the company's service, in the latest twist in the long-running battle for control of the successful station, writes Jason Deans.