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NewsHorrocks out of BBC4 running
The contest to succeed Roly Keating as controller of BBC4 was thrown wide open this week, after it emerged that BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks had not applied for the job.
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NewsRunners & riders for the top C4 job
The current favourite remains Dawn Airey, Sky Network's managing director.
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NewsDyke to front C4 doc about his time as DG
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is to front a film for Channel 4 charting his four years at the corporation.
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NewsFive merger still on agenda
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson said this week that the departure of chief executive Mark Thompson would not stop the broadcaster pursuing his controversial plan to merge with Five.
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NewsThompson to back BBC Charter plans
Incoming BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to rubberstamp the BBC's Charter renewal submission, which includes plans to move major services to Manchester, by the June deadline, whether or not he has joined the corporation by then.
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Fund for animation
Producers' alliance Pact is calling on the government to set up an indie animation fund to help support the UK's struggling industry. Supported by broadcasters including ITV, Pact is looking for investment of around£50m over a number of years for the fund, which it said could eventually be self-sustaining. The ...
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Fox to launch Fuel
Fox International Channels is launching another of its US channels in the UK. Targeting 13 to 24 year-olds, Fuel will launch in the fourth quarter of this year and show music, entertainment and extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing and BMX. Fox, which launched FX on Sky in January, is ...
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BBC strike threat
Staff at BBC Worldwide are on the verge of strike action following a disagreement over its latest pay offer. BBC Worldwide has offered to pay an inflation-inked 2.6% increase but has turned down union demands for a 5% rise. In response, the National Union of Journalists and broadcast union Bectu ...
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Radio 1 rejigs shows
Dave Pearce has been dropped from his 18.00 drivetime dance show on BBC Radio 1, but will continue to present a Sunday evening show. Meanwhile, DJ Zane Lowe will get a regular early evening slot to showcase new music. Veteran DJ John Peel retains his three weeknight slots but is ...
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Suggs on Virgin
Virgin Radio is giving Madness frontman Suggs his own evening show but has dropped specialist DJ Captain America. Suggs will host a three-hour show, Virgin Party Classics, from 19.00 every Friday. The show will play tracks from the likes of Robbie Williams, the Beatles and Soft Cell. Nick Stewart, who ...
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Thompson relied on reality at C4
The 2002 final of Big Brother was Mark Thompson's greatest ratings success as chief executive of Channel 4.
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Skillset training for first jobbers
Skillset is piloting a£250,000 scheme to help train first jobbers working in post-production.
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MTV wins Leicester Square studio appeal
MTV is back on course to open its£1m-plus studio in Leicester Square after assuring Westminster City Council that the pull
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Symphony kit at Sanctuary
Sanctuary Post has bought an Avid Symphony online edit system in response to client demand, shortly after buying two Nitris DS HD systems earlier in the year.
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CTVC lands D-Day Despatches
CTVC has finished post-production on Optomen's D-Day Despatches. The show has been produced as a news programme, covering the landings which took place 60 years ago. The 5 x 15-minute series is in a modern format, using all the associated contemporary technology. Post was completed at the Bushy-based CTVC and ...
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St Anne's acts on Omagh drama
St Anne's Post has recently completed the post on Tiger Aspect/ Hell's Kitchen International's Omagh. The drama is based on the infamous 1998 bombing, the search for the perpetrators and the unmet need for a thorough examination. St Anne's Jamie Shemeld did the online work, while Kevin Brazier and ...
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BBC triumphs on RTS sports day
The BBC dominated this year's Royal Television Society Sports Awards, picking up eight awards with ITV and Channel 4 each picking up three.
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Jump tackles war film titles
Jump has produced opening titles and programme graphics for BBC documentary One Day at War. The titles introduce 16 people who were filmed for a day on 22 March 2004. The trait they had in common was that they live in places affected by conflict. Keith Livingstone designed and composited ...
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Yentob to paint a picture of Britain
Alan Yentob, the BBC's director of drama, entertainment and children's, is set to present another series for the corporation. BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has asked Yentob - who fronts the Imagine arts strand - to host the forthcoming 6 x 60-minute A Picture of Britain ...
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Granada promotion
Granada development producer Clare Thompson has been appointed head of development for the company's entertainment division. Thompson, who devised Granada show American Princess for NBC, will now oversee the merger of Carlton and Granada's development teams. She replaces Siobhan Greene who has left to join Simon Cowell's new production company.