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    PEER POLL: BBC1 controller

    2005-02-18T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Kevin Lygo be the next controller of BBC1?

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    The Apprentice picks up 2.1m

    2005-02-17T11:23:16Z

    BBC2's much-hyped reality show for business-types The Apprenticegot off to a limp start yesterday with a peak audience of just 2.1 million (8.8%) at 9.45pm.

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    Enteraction buys into a 3G future

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Enteraction TV, the company that runs Thomas Cook TV and the new London TV channel, -has bought interactive specialist Red Fig in a deal worth an estimated£3m.

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    BBC appoints news chief to lead Broadcast sale

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has appointed BBC news chief operating officer Peter Phillips to oversee the summer sale of BBC Broadcast, squashing trade union Bectu's hopes of keeping Broadcast's 1,000 staff at the corporation.

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    OB specialist Telegenic in buyout deal

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Terry James have bought out a controlling share of outside broadcast company Telegenic as the company prepares for HD expansion.

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    Producer joins Blue

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Post-production house Blue has appointed producer Kevin Docherty from fellow broadcast facility Evolutions. Docherty's new role will be to focus on Blue's on-air market. His recent projects including 18th Street Gang(Ideal World), Room for Improvementsand Brand New You(RDF Media), and various MTV ...

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    Sci-fi Subtitling

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Subtitling and voiceover supplier Independent Media Support Group (IMS) has won a three-year contract with the Sci-fi Channel to supply subtitling, signing and audio description on its transmissions until January 2008. The Sci-fi Channel is one of 70 UK channels that have to radically increase their on-screen sub-titling, signing and ...

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    Reuters on web

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    News agency Reuters has launched its first interactive TV channel for the UK market, delivering news stories over the internet into the home. The service has already been launched in the US and will use the latest video news footage sourced from Reuters' 197 worldwide bureaux. Chris Ahearn, president of ...

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    London Studios

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    The London Studios has employed post-producer Rick Horne from Soho facility Resolution. The move is part of a major investment in post-production facilities, according to London Studios, and will take effect from the end of the month. London Studios director of post Jacqui Rutherford said Horne was part of a ...

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    Vislink buys link

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Communications group Vislink plc has bought wireless camera developer Link Research. The board's recommendation was approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held last week. The deal secures for Vislink the intellectual property rights to Link Research's encoding tech-nology. Link Research managing director Len Mann will ...

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    Evolutions posts Sugar series

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Evolutions Television is completing full post-production on Talkback's business reality series, The Apprentice. Businessman Alan Sugar takes the Donald Trump role in this UK version of the hit US show of the same name. Up to six crews were used at any one time during six ...

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    Adams Trainor titles Arctic job

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Adams Trainor has designed the branding and titles for CBBC's Serious Arcticfollowing award-winning expeditions to the jungle and desert. The series takes eight young teens into the Arctic to take part in a global warming research project. Designers Paul Trainor and Miles Christensen composited live action ...

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    ArenaP3 gets a gap year job

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    ArenaP3 has completed post-production on the BBC documentary series Grown Up Gappers. The 8 x 40-minute programmes follow the lives of eight people who step off the treadmill of daily routine to explore the world as travellers. Colourist Blair Wallace graded the series on Pogle Platinum ...

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    Zeal in music show deal with McDonald's

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Fast food giant McDonald's is looking to boost its profile with young audiences by launching a music chart show with indie producer Zeal TV.

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    Format focus: Filmfakers

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    A US format hoodwinks aspiring actors and makes a farce of the filmmaking process.

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    Five to fill 11pm slot with co-pros

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Five has lined up 40 hours of co-productions including a new strand of adult documentaries for a late-night slot.

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    Tiger's 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 picked up by UPN

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Tiger Aspect's comedy drama 20 Things To Do Before You're 30has been picked up for adaptation by US cable network UPN.

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    Minotaur takes taggart to Japan

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Crime drama Taggarthas been sold to the Mystery Channel in Japan by distributor Minotaur International. The new 6 x 60-minute series, made by SMG TV Productions, began airing in the UK on ITV1 at the end of last year. The episodes will air in Japan toward ...

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    Sky One to screen air crash docu-drama

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has bought a drama-documentary that will investigate one of the biggest aeroplane disasters in history. Crash of the Centuryinvestigates the collision of two planes in Tenerife in 1977, in which 583 people died. The 90-minute piece is being made by Canadian production company Cineflix ...

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    Bravo to air next series of Alias in UK

    2005-02-17T08:30:00Z

    Bravo has retained exclusive rights to Alias, taking the spy drama show into its fourth season. The 22 x 60-minute series sees the return of Jennifer Garner as CIA agent Sydney Bristow, and will air in the UK on the Flextech-owned channel from April.