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ITV COMMISSIONS CITV DRAMA FROM ALIBI
London-based drama specialist Alibi Productions has completed production on a 10 x 30-minute children's series for CITV called Sir Gadabout - The Worst Knight in the Land, to air spring next
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GOLDHAWK TO MAKE A SUITABLE BOY FOR RADIO 4
BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has commissioned indie Goldhawk Productions to produce an adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel A Suitable Boy. Recording begins in India next month and centres on
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BBC boosts doc output at Ideal
Scottish Indie Ideal World Productions has scooped a stack of BBC commissions, including its first documentary for BBC 2's Horizon strand.BBC Scotland commissioning editor, television Ewan Angus, has ordered 6 x
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NewsBBC asks for feedback from licence fee payers
The BBC has published six draft Public Purposes that outline how it proposes to inform, educate and entertain licence fee payers and is asking for their feedback.
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Play UK to up soccer TV stakes
Play UK is set to add to the season's football shows with its own weekly live programme, writes Simon Ellery.
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Fulmar gains orders
Cardiff-based indie Fulmar has scooped commissions from Channel 4, Channel 5 and BBC Wales, writes Penny Hughes.
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IT'S GRUB TIME
ITN-backed production company Visual Voodoo has produced a travel series for cable channel Bravo. Commissioned by Bravo channel editor Matt Paice, the 15 x 30-minute series Travel Sick airs in October
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Ex-MoD media park site to rival London
A£50m media park, planned for a former secret military site in Wiltshire, aims to challenge London's dominance of the media business.Property investment group Hartham Park has leased the 42-acre Corsham
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Victory against pay-TV fraud
Dutch conditional access firm Irdeto Access has dealt another blow to counterfeiters of pay-TV smartcards by winning a second British court case, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Professor develops PSE machine
The Independent Television Commission's (ITC) advisor on the causes of photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) has developed a machine to alert broadcasters to seizure-inducing television, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BRITS RETURN WITH EMMIES
Two British teams have returned home with gongs from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held in New York last Wednesday (5 September), writes Barbara Marshall.
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NewsReal Estate TV is first sponsored station
Real Estate TV has claimed to be the first channel to exploit Ofcom's relaxation of sponsorship laws by signing a deal with a Spanish property agent.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - QUANTEL EXPANDS IQ
Quantel has extended the line-up of its iQ workstation and will unveil a multi-resolution effects toolset - Qeffects - at IBC in Amsterdam this weekend. The new iQ line-up includes a
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - NEW ROLES AT CREATIVE
BBC creative services has expanded its account handling capabilities with the creation of three new roles. All three recruits have agency backgrounds and will work with BBC clients across both licence
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - RED IN NEW MEDIA PUSH
Facilities house Red has appointed mad.co.uk sales director Tara Geraghty as new business development manager as part of its push to widen its customer base. In particular, Geraghty will promote Red's
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MANAGER FOR PEPPER
Post-production facility Pepper is expanding and has taken on 4MC producer Bea Arnold as project manager. Arnold spent three years at 4MC and has also worked at Dubbs and Wildtrack. Pepper
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - SALES MOVE AT 3SIXTY
3sixtymedia, the Granada Media and BBC Resources joint-venture, has promoted Rachel Joseph to controller of sales and marketing. Joseph manages a team of seven as well as overseeing the graphics department.She
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LEADER - Public service and TV's top jobs
The dog days of summer are truly over and although the 24/7 broadcasting industry never has a 'slow' period, the pace of activity this autumn is palpable.Interviews are underway for both
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FREE TO AIR - Tragedy that unites us all
As the horrors of Tuesday's unprecedented destruction in the US unfolded, viewers across the globe gathered around their TV screens and radios while news websites were overloaded with requests for pages
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NewsCelebrity BB racism complaints hit 19,300
Celebrity Big Brotherhas become the most complained about show in Ofcom's history after receiving 19,300 complaints about alleged racism towards contestant Shilpa Shetty.