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ITV drops plans for digital CITV
Shareholders shy away from dedicated digital kids channel as ITV ad revenues predicted to fall by 15 per cent
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BDA designed the new on-air branding for Setanta Sports, which has ditched its old red and grey graphics for a striking yellow and black. BDA's package includes 18 idents and 16 bumpers, plus in-match graphics for football, rugby and golf and a complete continuity kit. The agency's design team, headed ...
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BBC and HBO reunite for another war epic
Winston Churchill epic A Lonely War to be next HBO/BBC co-production war epic after Band of Brothers
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Scary does Voodoo for Tiger
Spice girl Mel B to investigate voodoo superstition for 60-minute C4 doc
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Capital, GWR hit by ad slump
Radio groups warn that revenues for the year will be hit by advertsing downturn
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A touch of Pepper for Five Days
Pepper has post-produced BBC1's crime thriller Five Days. The 5 x 60-minute drama, a BBC drama production in association with HBO, was written by Gwyneth Hughes and features such names as Edward Woodward, Patrick Malahide and Penelope Wilton. Pepper's Chris Beeton captured the ...
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UK outfits win Russian gold
Pazap and Professional and Broadcast Digital Systems share in spoils of£10m Russian contract
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Hive's DVD design team buzzes over to GSP
Golden Square Post poaches Lambert, Letley, Matthews and Skews in bid to push into new markets
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The Mill launches TV arm
Commercial and film facility goes for long form television market with new Throssell-fronted Mill TV
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Former Disney chief joins Carlton
Etienne de Villllies, who quit as head of Walt Disney International Europe last April, joins Carlton board in non-executive role
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Emap and indies plan FHM TV series
Emap Elan is in talks with a number of indies to develop a TV format based on men's magazine FHM.It is thought Emap Elan - part of the publishing group
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BBC 2 plans new caroline aherne comedy
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is set to commission 6 x 30-minute family-based comedy Dossa and Joe, starring Caroline Aherne.Set in Australia and produced by Granada Productions Australia, the drama
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Carlton making Pollyanna adaptation
Carlton has begun production of its film adaptation of children's fable Pollyannafor ITV.The 120-minute film is set for broadcast on the network next year. It has been adapted for
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PKF to review options for Green Bay
Cardiff indie Green Bay has appointed business advisor PKF to consider its strategic opportunities including buying other production companies or a sale to another indie.
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Family Affairs given major recommission
Channel 5 controller of drama Corinne Hollingworth has commissioned 260 new episodes of Family Affairs from Thames TV.The recommission will run from November this year to November 2002. The series
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Discovery to revisit Falklands War
Cromwell Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to produce 120-minute special The Falklands War: a Military History.Featuring interviews with veterans from both sides, the documentary will mark the
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Open Uni orders interactive science series
Leeds-based Screenhouse Productions has secured a commission from the BBC and the Open University to produce 6 x 30-minute interactive show Science Shackfor BBC 2.Commissioned by BBC Online editor
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Tigress wins prime slot for elephant doc
Factual indie Tigress Productions has secured the first programme in the BBC strand Natural World.Fifty-minute The Lost Elephants of Timbuktutracks a herd of elephants living at the edge of
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Granada sport wins ITV basketball contract
Granada Sport has won a contract from ITV to produce a series of live basketball matches for the ITV Sport Channel.The series will run from the end of September for