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CLIFF CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH BBC 1 SPECIAL
Music and entertainment distributor 3DD has sold a Cliff Richard concert to BBC 1, which will air the 60-minute show to coincide with his 60th birthday in October. Cliff Richard -
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SULLIVAN ENTERTAINMENT APPOINTS BARLOW UK MD
Sullivan Entertainment has signed up former Jane Balfour Films director of international sales and acquisitions Mary Barlow to be its first UK managing director. The company announced its plans to shift
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YES TV CONTENT DEAL WITH PARAMOUNT COMEDY EXPECTED
Yes TV is poised to sign deals with Paramount Comedy Channel to secure content for its fledgling video-on-demand service. Paramount has a raft of stand-up material and US-acquired content, including Spin
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GRANADA POACHES BAGSHAW TO PRODUCE THIS MORNING
Granada Television has signed up the first of its new This Morning team poaching Rob Bagshaw from Mentorn Barraclough Carey to become producer of the ITV weekday magazine show.Bagshaw, who currently
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US OPEN TENNIS GOES INTERACTIVE ON SKY SPORTS
Sky Sports is launching interactive tennis for the first time during the US Open Tennis Championships (left). Under the new service, viewers will be able to switch between three different matches
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DCMS LAUNCHES DIGITAL TV SUBTITLING REVIEW
The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has launched the consultation for its review of subtitling, sign language and audio description provision on digital terrestrial TV. The requirements, set out
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PEARSON EXTENDS DEAL WITH ONLINE SERVICE UPROAR
Pearson Television has extended its contract with Uproar, which produces uproar.com, an online entertainment site featuring games and gameshows.The company produces worldwide web versions of Pearson TV gameshows including Family Feud,
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LOFTS BRINGS ARNELL TO ITV2 FROM BBC
ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has bolstered her senior executive line-up with the appointment of Steve Arnell as senior research and strategy analyst. Arnell, who joins next month from the
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WALSHE TAKES ON COMMUNITY ROLE AT GALAXY NORTHERN
Galaxy Radio Northern news editor Nik Walshe has added a new title to his brief, as head of community affairs. The extra duties see him charged with developing active ties between
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BTDA ANNOUNCES LONDON CONFERENCE LINE-UP
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) has revealed the line-up for its forthcoming conference with a host high-profile industry names due to appear including former Channel 4 chief Michael Grade. He
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C4 steals Granada's Popper
Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has poached Granada Television comedy development producer Robert Popper to complete his line-up of entertainment editors, writes Ashley Davies.
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Bristol indie is set for a Wild Future
Bristol-based indie John Adams Television has just gone into production on new documentary The Future is Wild, which will combine CGI animation with live action to predict the creatures that might inhabit the earth in 200 million years time, writes Georgi
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Fox Kids UK makes toon in-house
Fox Kids UK has revealed its first in-house animation production - a fantasy soap series called Living with Lionel, writes Simon Ellery.
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Wright to present ITV peaktime pilot
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned another big-money peaktime show, based on the popular Stars In Their Eyes formula, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC Resources graphic designers Sue Moyes and Gregory Millar have joined forces to create the new title sequence and content graphics for BBC Sport's Football Focus. The brief was to create
BBC Resources graphic designers Sue Moyes and Gregory Millar have joined forces to create the new title sequence and content graphics for BBC Sport's Football Focus. The brief was to create
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TSI produced the title sequence and content graphics for the Buffalo Pictures production, Men Down Under. The three-part documentary for BBC 1 features Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey in a colourful
TSI produced the title sequence and content graphics for the Buffalo Pictures production, Men Down Under. The three-part documentary for BBC 1 features Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey in a colourful
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Televirtual is the creative force behind a fast-talking, computer-animated 3D fish-with-attitude that is to host Initial's new Karaoke Fishtank inserts for 4 Later on Channel 4. Voiced by stand-up com
Televirtual is the creative force behind a fast-talking, computer-animated 3D fish-with-attitude that is to host Initial's new Karaoke Fishtank inserts for 4 Later on Channel 4. Voiced by stand-up comic Logan
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Flotation cash fires up Channel Health
Channel Health is boosting its output of original commissions by more than six hours a day and planning to double its in-house production team to eight.The move follows the fledgling channel's
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C5 launches autumn line-up
Channel 5 unveiled a£51m autumn schedule last Thursday (10 August) in a drive to shift the spotlight away from its late-night adult output to family entertainment, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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SMG lures R4 chief for factual drive
Scottish Media Group TV (SMG) has poached BBC Radio 4 weekend commissioning editor Helen Alexander to become head of factual programmes for network production, writes Colin Robertson.