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S CLUB 7 TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD FOR THIRD SERIES
Pop group S Club 7 have been signed up to appear in their third BBC television series, Hollywood 7. The popstars will fly out to Los Angeles to begin filming the
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WESTCOUNTRY TO BLEND SPORT AND COOKING
Carlton Westcountry has commissioned Devon-based indie Smith & Watson Productions to create a new series that blends cookery and extreme beach sports. The 6 x 30-minute series, Adrenalin Kitchen, is based
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SO TELEVISION WINS NORTON IN MEXICO ORDER
So Television has bagged a second So Graham Norton travelogue spin-off from Channel 4, with a commission to produce a 60-minute piece on Mexico City. Ordered by C4 commissioning editor, entertainment
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BBC 1 strengthens popular factual slate
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have commissioned a number of new primetime factual programmes, including two reality documentaries and a series fronted by Saturday
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Quentin to star in ITV thriller
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has commissioned a new two-part drama vehicle for Caroline Quentin from Granada, writes Steve Aston.
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TLS invests£2m in upgrade
The London Studios (TLS) has put£2m into new facilities to meet ITV's increase in sports programming next season, writes Barbara Marshall.
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UK firms win top awards at Promax
UK broadcasters triumphed at the Promax and BDA 2001 awards in Miami last Thursday, writes Mark Banham.
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VFG shaken by share fall to 3p
Shares from the beleaguered film and video equipment group VFG have fallen to 3p following the release of the group's interim results that showed pre-tax losses of£3.3m in the six
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Job cuts to hit 20 at 3sixtymedia
Manchester-based 'super' facility 3sixtymedia, the company formed from the merger of BBC and Granada Resources, is to cut around 20 jobs, writes Will Strauss.
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S&M AND LOLA IN BT AD
Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) has teamed with Lola on the visual effects for BT's new flagship TV commercial called Stadium. Directed by RSA Films' Jake Scott for advertising agency St Luke's,
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ARRI GB CHIEF RETIRES
Arri GB chief executive Derrick Ross has retired after 18 years with the German-owned company. Ross set up Arri's UK subsidiary in 1983 after being poached from competitor Rank Strand where
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SANCTUARY EXPANDS
Sanctuary Studios, part of media rights group Sanctuary Group, has bought Westway Studios and Southbrook Construction. Westway Studios, which is currently home to Channel 4 series As If, has four stages
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SGI FIRM GOES MENTAL
SGI-owned Alias Wavefront has formed a strategic partnership with German software company Mental Images, maker of rendering system Mental Ray. The two companies will work together to create a Mental Ray
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BBC DESIGNER IN MOVE
BBC Resources graphic designer Andrew Norris Sherborn has joined digital agency Entranet as senior technology project manager responsible for the technical output of its inter-active TV team. Sherborn joins from the
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WOMAN CHAIR WINS OBE
Independent Media Support (IMS) executive chairwoman Sylvia Sheridan was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in the Queen's birthdayn honours list. Sheridan, who founded subtitling specialist IMS in 1989, is
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Granada misses a beat or two
Concern over whether the communications bill with new or tweaked media ownership rules will be delayed is, indeed, hysterical. The industry hasn't even stopped to thank the electorate for returning a
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Allen should've kept quiet
Sitting beside the Camel - river not ship of desert - word reaches me of a bizarre happening. Apparently, and it is hard to believe, Granada has written to the prime
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TRADE TALK - The risk jockey
Go Racing consortium chief Christopher Stoddart's high-wire business style has paid off now that the racing rights deal has been agreed.
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IN MY VIEW - Rebecca Segal
On why UK-sourced shows are absent from US networks' commissioning schedule plans.
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Desert Island despair
BBC 1 channel executive Anne Gilchrist found Small Town Gardens proved more of a living-room oasis than The Desert Forges.