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S4C'S JONES REORDERS TALCEN CALED
S4C commissioning editor for drama Angharad Jones has commissioned Ffilmiau'r Nant to produce a third series of drama Talcen Caled. The 6 x 60-minute series is being filmed in Gwynedd and
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RADIO 5 TO CELEBRATE ALI'S 60TH BIRTHDAY
Radio 5 Live commissioning editor for sport Moz Dee has ordered an hour-long documentary on former boxer Muhammed Ali from TWI to mark the former heavyweight champion's 60th birthday next year.
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CHOICE TO SHOW IRISH ROCK AND POP AWARDS
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a highlights programme from the Irish Rock and Pop Awards, to be held in Belfast in April. The event - the Irish equivalent of
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NewsGrade hires Fairbairn in first major move
Michael Grade has hired former BBC director of strategy and distribution Carolyn Fairbairn in his first major move as executive chairman of ITV.
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BBC NI REORDERS SKY HIGH AND FAIR PLAY
BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcasting Tim Cooke has recommissioned two popular regional series. Sky High, which features presenter Christine Bleakley flying across the province in a helicopter looking for interesting
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LIVING TV TO AIR TINY LIVING FOR CHILDREN
Flextech women's channel Living TV has unveiled a new series called Tiny and Crew for its pre-school stand Tiny Living. The 40 x 15-minute series, which is based around a character
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DAME JUDI DENCH BAFTA HONOUR TO AIR ON BBC
The BBC is to screen a Bafta tribute honouring the long career of the queen of stage and screen, Dame Judi Dench, which will also be shown on BBC 1. Dench,
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NewsShilpa voting blunder causes new Big Brother controversy
Celebrity Big Brotherhas been hit by fresh controversy, with producer Brighter Pictures having to cancel the votes cast so far in this week's eviction after an on screen mix up led to viewers voting to evict Shilpa Shetty when they thought they were saving her.
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CORRECTION
A&E Granada is currently in production of the fourth series of A&E not the third as previously reported. The 8 x 60-minute series is being produced by Richard Broke.
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Static 2358 sheds 16 jobs after review
Interactive TV specialist Static 2358 has scaled back its design department as part of an overall review of the business that has resulted in 16 job losses.Six of these have gone
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Strong results show facilities bucking slump
Business is booming for some facilities providers despite the obvious downturn in the marketplace, writes Barbara Marshall.TSI Post Production has reported September as its best month to date and managing director
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Platform Post gains investors
Two Welsh facility companies have put money into new Soho graphics and post-production house Platform Post, writes Barbara Marshall.Barcud Derwen and Mwnci have each taken a one-third share in the new
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CNN videophone wins award
The portable videophone system used by CNN to send live images of the aftermath of the events of 11 September took gold on Tuesday (27 November) at The Wall Street Journal
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Attik pair set up on their own
Two former Attik creative directors are to form their own design practice, Dixonbaxi, writes Barbara Marshall.Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi will be based in London from January and plan to move
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Globecast CEO goes in rejig
Globecast Northern Europe (GNE) chief executive Sarah Williams is the first casualty of the satellite company's restructure of its northern Europe operations, writes Barbara Marshall.It is not yet known whether further
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NewsShed beefs up US slate
Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.
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CONDOR'S DOUGLAS QUITS
Condor Post Production head of business development Stephen Douglas has quit the facility to join Oktober Post Production in Auckland, New Zealand. After 20 years in the UK industry, including stints
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AVID PULLS OUT OF IBC
Avid Technology will not exhibit at the 2002 International Broacasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. Instead, it will launch a series of customer events in major European cities throughout the year. Avid
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OPS MANAGER TO MOKEY
IS Distribution, which distributes software tool Mokey, has appointed Sarah Porter as operations manager. Porter has held the same role at distributor/ reseller Red Lorry Yellow Lorry since it was formed
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PAINTBOX GOES HD
Quantel has released details of a high definition version of its graphics package Paintbox. Paintbox HR, which will ship in the first quarter of next year, is based on the firm's