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MyCreative Merger
Creative consultancy MyCreative, formerly known as Myriad, has merged with marketing consultancy the Big Group, writes Barbara Marshall.The team of seven has joined the Big Group's Holland Park office, while MyCreative
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Exposure acquires 8811 assets
Editing outfit Exposure has paid£250,000 for the assets of duplication facility 8811 which went into liquidation last November (Broadcast, 23.11.01), writes Barbara Marshall.The deal forms the bulk of a£400,000
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BBC Broadcast division aims for£100m
Pam Masters, managing director of the BBC's latest commercial division BBC Broadcast, has unveiled plans for the venture's new broadcast centre which could deliver around£100m to the BBC, writes Barbara Marshall
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MPC to expand films
The Moving Picture Company is to double the size of its feature film department with the creation of 50 new jobs, writes Barbara Marshall.The high-end facility took on an extra 5,000
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OmniBus in deal with Time Warner
UK automation expert OmniBus Systems has launched the first phase of a $6m deal with Time Warner but admitted market difficulties have prompted the sale of part of the company to
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RA's Hooper calls for new cross-media ownership rule
Radio body's chairman campaigns for legislation allowing a national newspaper to own a national terrestrial TV channel
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NTL pulls Eurosport off air in Ireland
Breakdown of digital carriage talks sees channel go off air midway through African Cup of Nations match
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MPs in call for 'toddler TV' ad ban
One fifth of parliamentary Labour MPs call for ban on ads which target under fives
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BBC looks at online options for indies
Corporation's head of news interactive Richard Deverell mulls output guarantees and in line with those for TV and radio
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Sky News to make Queen's jubilee special
Sky News is to screen a special 30-minute documentary featuring rare access to the Queen as part of its Golden Jubilee coverage, which starts on 5 February. Commissioned by head of
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C5 follows soap stars up Kilimanjaro
Channel 5 controller of factual Dan Chambers has unveiled his first commission for the broadcaster with a 60-minute documentary, following a group of soap stars as they attempt to climb Mount
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What Not to Wear returns to BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has ordered a second 10 x 30-minute series of fashion show What not to Wear. The new series, which will again feature writers Susannah Constantine and
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C5 gives sports order to Sunset & Vine
Sunset & Vine has signed a three-year deal with Channel 5 to produce the broadcaster's late-night sport. Following the deal, which runs until the end of 2004, the company will produce
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Endemol's Initial to film tenor Watson
Endemol UK production arm Initial is to film the open-air concert performed by British tenor Russell Watson on 6 February in New Zealand for PBS in the US and TVNZ in
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Virgin Radio chief dumps Penk
DJ dropped from breakfast show just one week after Paul Jackson insists there is 'no motive for change'
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Pesky wins online children's commission
Indie Pesky has been commissioned by CBBC controller Nigel Pickard to produce a 10 x 2.5-minute children's animation for the forthcoming digital channel CBBC and online. The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers, which
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Disney TV to go on after lights out
Playhouse Disney Channel extends broadcasting hours to 23:00
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C5 to air wise and wonderful animal stories
Pilgrim Productions Canterbury, co-producer of ITV series Ultimate Questions, has bagged a 13 x 10-minute children's animation series for Channel 5. Ordered by commissioner for daytime, arts and religion Kim Peat,
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UK horizons to make illegal boxing doc
UK Horizons has commissioned Flame TV to make 15 x 30-minute boxing series Born to Fight. Described as a 'gritty, real-life documentary', the series is fronted by model and boxing enthusiast
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Snoopy rights deal
Cartoon Network has secured rights to air The Charlie Brown Show and Peanuts for its classics service Boomerang, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the 18 x 30-minute series of