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Bravo buys Smack the Pony
Channel 4 International (C4I) has sold TalkBack Productions' all-female sketch show, Smack The Pony, to US cable channel Bravo, writes Wale Azeez.The deal for the 7 x 30-minute series, which has
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Off the Record - Cheese bored
OTR is a sucker for food programmes and can't wait for Crazy About Cheese, the latest offering on the widely watched Carlton Food Network. The show, which starts next week and
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Off the Record - Blinded by the light
Readers concerned about how to take a peek at next week's solar eclipse without hurting their eyes need only consult Virgin Radio spin guru Russell Millard. Our Russ, OTR is informed,
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RA wants bids for Wales
The Radio Authority advertised the new regional independent local radio licence for south Wales on Wednesday (4 August).The FM licence will reach a potential adult audience of one million including Cardiff,
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BBC mulls options for London rejig
The BBC has completed a wide-ranging review of its entire regional television and radio output in London, writes John Plunkett.Options that have been put before BBC governors are understood to include
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BBC calls in bouncers for winter
BBC features in Bristol has produced a fly-on-the-wall documentary series on security firms for BBC 1's winter schedule, writes Wale Azeez.Called Muscle, the 6 x 30-minute series focuses on a crack
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McCartney to host BBC music show
Paul McCartney is to present a 4 x 30-minute rock and roll music series for BBC World Service - the first time he has hosted a radio show in the UK,
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Bazal to present regional gift to Carlton
Bazal has been commissioned by Carlton TV to make a 10 x 30-minute series about the gifts of today that will become the antiques of tomorrow. It's A Gift, which will
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SKD Media buys Basil Brush Company
SKD Media has paid£1.7 million for Boom! Boom!, the company which owns the intellectual property rights to the character Basil Brush (right). SKD Media chief executive Mike Heap said the
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Bakewell replaces Parker
British Film Institute (BFI) chairman Alan Parker has been named as the first chairman of the new Film Council. The distinguished director, responsible for films such as Bugsy Malone and Midnight
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ITV backtracks on Eclipse
ITV is understood to have had an eleventh-hour change of heart over its plans to ignore next week's solar eclipse, and is now set to broadcast three live updates produced by
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Davies report to back digital fee
The Gavyn Davies committee will unveil a detailed case in favour of a digital licence fee on Thursday (5 August), vigorously rejecting claims that a 'poll tax' will damage the take-up
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Rory Peck Trust awards grant to Vincent family
The Rory Peck Trust has made its first ongoing grant to the family of late freelance cameraman Tony Vincent, writes Wale Azeez.Vincent was killed while making a wildlife film in January
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Galton and Simpson to judge Granada Comedy Award
Veteran comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson will head the judging panel for this year's Granada Media Comedy Award (previously the LWT Comedy Writing Award) at this month's Edinburgh Fringe
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Westcountry scores autumn Century
Westcountry Television has unveiled an autumn regional programming line-up that includes a millennium documentary series looking back over the area's history in the past 100 years, writes Jason Deans.Century is a
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Exit of Seven chief rocks Aussie broadcasting
The Australian broadcasting industry was caught off guard on Friday (30 July) by the shock resignation of Seven Network chief executive Julian Mounter after less than a year in the job.
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Barker lands Lynam athletics baton
Sue Barker is to replace Des Lynam as the main presenter for the corporation's coverage of the World Athletics Championships in Spain this month, after he stunned the BBC this week
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BBC Resources post-production and graphic design has created the titles for a new season of Match of the Day. Commissioned by producer Paul McNamara, the sequence was directed by Steven Aspinall
BBC Resources post-production and graphic design has created the titles for a new season of Match of the Day. Commissioned by producer Paul McNamara, the sequence was directed by Steven Aspinall
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Done and Dusted sets up events arm in Ibiza
Fledgling independent Done and Dusted has established a new division to stage events for television broadcast, writes Alice Macandrew.The first project to come out of Done and Dusted Events, which will
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Nelvana takes on Laughton to head London arm
Canadian producer/distributor Nelvana has hired Cathy Laughton, director of international television distribution at the Jim Henson Company and former international distribution manager for Hit Entertainment, to be managing director of its