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Hibbert Ralph co-founder departs to focus on films
Hibbert Ralph Animation co-founder Graham Ralph is leaving the company to start up a new company.Ralph, who has worked with co-founder Jerry Hibbert since 1983, will relinquish his stake in the
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CN GROUP MOVES INTO RADIO
Carlisle-based newspaper publisher CN Group has acquired controlling interests in two radio stations - The Bay, covering Morecambe Bay, and City Beat in Belfast - from the Oyston Family Trust. CN
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SIMON NYE SCRIPTS TV MOVIE OF THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye is scripting a TV movie version of E Nesbitt's classic family story, The Railway Children, for Carlton and ITV. The 120-minute drama will be screened
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History Channel strikes co-pro deal
The History Channel UK has struck a major new co-production deal with distributor Electric Sky and indie Basic Films to make a slate of documentaries, writes Alice Macandrew.
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COUNTRY TRACKS RETURNS WITH CELEBRITY MUSCLE
BBC Birmingham network production is producing a second series of Country Tracks, the BBC 2 outdoors show. Presented by Pete McCarthy, the series will feature location reports from all over Britain,
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Talk catches cricket deal
Talk Radio has bought the exclusive live rights to England's cricket tour of Pakistan, the second overseas series it has signed in three months, writes John Plunkett.
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CARLTON TO START SHOOTING ONE-OFF LONDON DRAMA
Carlton has gone into production with Blue Murder, a TV movie for ITV. The 120-minute single drama, which stars Gary Mavers as a policeman who falls for a rich woman played
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CARLTON SCRAPS HQ PLAN
The Carlton Media Group has scrapped plans to unify its London operations at a new building in Great Marlborough Street. The plan, which was announced last July, has been abandoned because
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Carlton World orders some Toast
Digital terrestrial channel Carlton World has lined up two 26 x 30-minute series from Carlton Productions and Carlton subsidiary Action Time, writes Alice Macandrew.
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CANAL+ AND TPS SCORE FRENCH SOCCER RIGHTS
Canal+ and rival digital satellite TV (DST) outfit Television par Satellite (TPS) have jointly acquired the rights to coverage of French first division football at a combined cost of FFr3.4 billion
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Zenith buys Two-Can
Zenith Entertainment is paving a path into the US educational television and video market with the acquisition of London-based worldwide outfit Two-Can Publishing, writes Lexie Goddard.
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Crescent Entertainment seeks buyer for Mayfair
UK distributor Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) is up for sale as part of a search for new owners by parent company Crescent Entertainment, according to sources, write Jason Deans and John
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KEYTE TO LEAVE BSKYB
BSkyB general manager movies Andrew Keyte is leaving at the end of July to set up his own movie development and production company. Keyte, who joined Sky Movies in October 1997
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Creative briefs
Diverse Design has created the title sequence for new BBC 1 flagship drama Badger. Starring Jerome Flynn, the six-part series follows the life of a wildlife protection officer in the Newcastle
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TELEWEST ON THE OFFENSIVE OVER SET-TOP BOX OFFERS
Telewest conducted a marketing offensive last week to discourage consumers from taking up free digital set-top box offers from Sky Digital and On Digital. The campaign, which saw Telewest representatives handing
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CCI DENIES BID FOR SCOTTISH RADIO HOLDINGS
Clear Channel International (CCI) has denied it has approached Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) with a proposal to buy a stake in the company. Weekend newspaper reports suggested CCI was interested in
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NTL RETHINKS UNITED BID
NTL has said that it would not rule out bidding again for Newcastle United if the Restrictive Practices Court rules in favour of unbundling football TV rights next month. The cable
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BEAN SIGNS UP FOR ITV'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LEAD
Sean Bean has been cast to play the lead in ITV thriller Extremely Dangerous, which is being made by former ICM co-chairman Michael Foster's independent, Northwestone Films (Broadcast, 19.3.99). The 4
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Chrysalis hires BBC's Reich for comedy push
Chrysalis Television has poached producer Gary Reich from the BBC to spearhead a new drive into comedy production, writes John Plunkett.
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JOBS GO AT BBC WORLD
The BBC is to make what it calls 'efficiencies' at BBC World in a bid to reduce losses at the channel, which totalled£15.6 million last year. At least 19 newsroom