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New BBC London News service to launch
BBC London News , the BBC's revamped regional news service for the capital, will go live on 1 October.The service is part of a tri-media operation based at the corporation's broadcasting
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Flextech orders motor-heavy raft for Bravo and UK Horizons
Flextech has announced details of six new series for its wholly owned men's channel Bravo and its BBC joint-venture UK Horizons.Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has ordered three series including 15
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Chrysalis to make history of TV doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a three-part series from Chrysalis Entertainment that will attempt to deliver the 'definitive history of television show business in Britain', writes Simon ElleryOrdered by commissioning editor factual
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NewsRacial equality group keeps eye on Big Brother
The Commission for Racial Equality has labelled recent events in Celebrity Big Brotheras an 'interesting reflection' on today's society. The comments come after Ofcom was inundated with 14,500 complaints from viewers over the treatment of contestant Shilpa Shetty by other housemates.
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Morrissey signed up for CyberDodo series
Former Men Behaving Badly star and voice of Bob the Builder Neil Morrissey has been signed up to do the voiceover of a new kids series being supported by the World
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The History Channel to commemorate WWII
Indie Flashback TV has been commissioned by The History Channel US to produce another 6 x 60-minutes of Battle Stations, a series looking at the men and machines that made a
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Music special event to be screened on C4
Splinter Films has bagged a commission to produce a one-hour special on Emap and Qmagazine's forthcoming Q15 event at London's Scala nightclub.The event, which was staged over two nights
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Carlton to show escape from London series
Freeform Productions has been commissioned by Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker to produce new factual series A House in the Country.The 10 x 30-minute series will air in
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Mentorn sells Robot Wars to Germany
Mentorn International has sold Robot Warsto RTL in Germany for a 30-episode run beginning on RTL2 on 14 October.The series will air in a Sunday primetime slot and is
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Star musician and quiz show series for NI
Belfast-based production company Green Inc Productions has been commissioned to produce two new series for BBC Northern Ireland.In the joint commission, BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcast Tim Cooke and
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Two new series for CBBC Autumn line-up
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has ordered two new series for BBC 1's autumn line-up, writes Leigh HolmwoodDrama I Was a Rat was adapted from a children's book by Philip Pullman and
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NewsHazlitt appointed MD of GCap
Former Virgin Radio chief executive Fru Hazlitt has joined GCap Media as managing director of GCap London, giving her responsibility for Capital Radio and Choice FM.
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Homer Economics
It takes up to a year to make one episode of The Simpsons, but at $3m a show it's still a relatively cheap programme to produce
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Soccerpunch
How MPC turned empty football grounds into packed super stadia for a high definition produced soccer film
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Egg goes interactive
Static 2538/Playjam deal marks first interactive TV campaign by financial services provider
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NewsCeleb Big Brother bullying claims bring 4.5m to C4
The furore over the bullying of Shilpa Shetty in Celebrity Big Brotherdrew 4.5 million (18.6%) viewers to the show yesterday, giving a much needed boost to the show's ratings.
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My Finest Hour...Vince Narduzzo
Co-founder of telecine specialist Pepper describes the thrill and enjoyment of working with living legends while mastering both old movies and modern television series
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Blue Planet sinks football
BBC1's groundbreaking documentary beats Champions League coverage but reduced audience proves peak-time football on ITV1 can work
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Jowell leads push for digital take-up
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to publish a 'digital action plan' by the end of the year in a bid to drive take-up of digital TV and radio services.The announcement came
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New BBC radio stations get mixed response
Commercial Digital radio operators have expressed mixed views following media secretary Tessa Jowell's approval of all five of the BBC's proposed new digital radio services, writes Georgina Lipscomb.All companies including Digital