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    Storyland wins first commission

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    New Scottish indie Storyland has won its first commission, a one-off Christmas animation for CITV featuring the voice of comedian Rory Bremner, writes Simon ElleryCommissioned by ITV controller of children's and

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    Green Inc Productions bags trio

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment

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    C4 orders pop-star show from Chrysalis

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star, writes Steve AstonHow to Have a Number One

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    BBC orders trio of Spring dramas

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a trio of new dramas for the spring, including a two-part programme from indie RDF.RDF has been commissioned by BBC head of independent drama Gareth Neame to

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    BBC to take another look at Tourette's

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC is to revisit the subject of its 1989 QED documentary on Tourette's syndrome to discover how the condition is now perceived, as part of a slate of factual commissions,

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    Einstein signs space deal

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon ElleryEuronauts will follow the prospective astronauts through their training, as well

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    Peak extends lead over weakening Beasts

    2001-11-30T12:08:00Z

    ITV1's rural medical drama, Peak Practice ups audience as yet more viewers desert animated natural history series

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    Vegas to front British Comedy Awards preview

    2001-12-03T10:59:00Z

    Face of ITV Digital to interview top TV comics and give run-down on this year's nominees for ITV2

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    Cat sees off Ant & Dec

    2001-12-03T12:02:00Z

    Day after final SM:tv Live appearance popular geordie duo are beaten to best presenter award at the Children's BAFTAs by co-presenter Deeley

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    Sunset + Vine wins C4 cricket recommission

    2001-12-03T14:32:00Z

    Channel 4 rewards producer of its award-winning coverage with a four-year extension

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    Skins appeals to 1.4m

    2007-01-26T09:45:00Z

    The large scale marketing campaign behind E4's new teen drama Skinspaid off last night (25 January) with the show attracting a substantial 1.4 million viewers (9.41%) at 10pm.

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    ITV1 dominates Sunday night viewing

    2001-12-03T15:10:00Z

    Channel out-scores BBC1 in the peak-time averages by nearly two-to-one as corporation fails to take a single slot

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    Attik creatives set up own design shop

    2001-12-03T16:14:00Z

    Two former Attik creative directors are to form their own design practice, Dixonbaxi, writes Barbara Marshall.Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi will launch the new venture in January and plan to move

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    Condor's Douglas flies to new home

    2001-12-03T16:14:00Z

    Condor Post Production head of business development Stephen Douglas has quit the facility to join Oktober Post Production in Auckland, New Zealand.After 20 years in the UK industry, including stints

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    Sky One unveils Winter schedule

    2001-12-03T16:26:00Z

    New Star Trek prequel Enterprise heads line-up full of old and new US imports and fly-on-the-wall factual entertainment series

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    Blog: Shipwrecked and free speech

    2007-01-26T10:00:00Z

    This week, RDF's David Frank hit back at public criticism of Shipwrecked, arguing that the backlash against Lucy Buchanan could be bad for free speech. Read what other people have to say in our latest blog.

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    Sales up at UBC media

    2001-12-04T09:53:00Z

    Radio group bucks downward trend and looks forward to a bright future as manufacturer Goodmans plans launch of affordable digital radio sets

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    Government under pressure to name switch-off date

    2001-12-04T10:18:00Z

    Shadow media secretary Tim Yeo says failure of government to set a date for the switch-off of the analogue signal has caused confusion among consumers

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    Globescast's European chief first casualty of re-structure

    2001-12-04T11:00:00Z

    GlobeCast Northern Europe (GNE) chief executive Sarah Williams is the first casualty of the satellite company's restructure of its northern Europe operations, writes Barbara Marshall.It is not yet known whether further

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    More jobs go at Static

    2001-12-04T11:06:00Z

    Interactive TV specialist Static 2358 has scaled back its design department as part of an overall review of the business that has resulted in 16 job losses, writes Barbara Marshall.Six of