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Testino and Turner on BBC
BBC controller of arts commissioning Roly Keating has unveiled a slate of new programmes for BBC 1 and BBC 2 including an Omnibus special on photographer Mario Testino.The 60-minute Testino profile,
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Little Bird to make Isle of Man thriller
Indie Little Bird has teamed up with Canadian production company Alliance Atlantis to produce a two-hour thriller for the BBC based on a true story, writes Steve Aston.
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C5'S BRITNEY XMAS SPECIAL
Channel 5 has lined up a one-off profile on teen pop sensation Britney Spears from Carlton which will include an exclusive interview with her personal assistant, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ROGER GRAEF TAKES ANOTHER LOOK AT THE POLICE
BBC creative director of investigations Alex Holmes has commissioned a two-hour special on how the police have changed over the past two years from Films of Record. Police: Where Have all
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UK STYLE ORDERS WATER FEATURE SERIES
UK Style commissioning editor Chantal Rutherford Brown has commissioned Plymouth-based indie Two Four Productions to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on garden water features. Water Gardens will feature presenter and
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GRANADA STARTS ON THIRD A&E SERIES
Granada has started production on the third series of medical drama A&E. Filming on the 8 x 30-minute series, produced by Richard Brooke and executive produced by Hugh Warren, will continue
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BRIGHTER GIVEN ANIMATED MOBSTERS ORDER
Brighter Pictures has received a joint commission from Buena Vista International (BVI) UK and CITV to produce a 30-minute documentary looking at how the animated film Monsters, Inc was made. Commissioned
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COSGROVE HALL WINS ITV CHILDREN'S ORDER
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned Cosgrove Hall to produce the animated series Engie Benjy (right). The 26 x 10-minute show follows the adventures of Benjy and
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C5'S MOST EVIL MEN AND WOMEN TO RETURN
Uden Associates has been commissioned by Channel 5 senior programme controller news and current affairs Chris Shaw to produce a second series of the Most Evil Men and Women in History.
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RIALTO MAKES HALLMARK VAMPIRE SALE
Wark Clements head of children's and youth Richard Langridge has sold the rights to The Last Vampire to Hallmark Channel in the US through Rialto, the company he launched earlier this
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RTL GROUP TECH HEAD
RTL Group has promoted Alain Flammang to replace outgoing technical division chief executive Mike Southgate. Flammang was head of the Cologne Broadcasting Centre (CBC), one of the four RTL technical service
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BECTU SLAMS BBC PLAN
Bectu members have rejected the BBC's proposal to set up its broadcast and presentation department as a separate but wholly owned limited company. In a ballot, almost 90 per cent of
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PINNACLE RESELLER
Pinnacle Systems has appointed Altered Images as reseller of its broadcast products. Two Deko-Cast demonstration units have been installed at Altered Images' Soho site and the company has already made a
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Passion victor at Leaf awards
Passion Pictures led the field at the London Effects & Animation Festival (Leaf) awards held at the London Hippodrome on Tuesday (13 November), writes Barbara Marshall.
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NewsCommissioner's Q&A - Ralph Lee
Channel 4's commissioning editor, history has up to£180,000 an hour to spend and he's looking for big, memorable primetime series, enduring formats for weekends and adventurous new ways to present history.
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Softel steps in to rescue Aston
UK manufacturer of video character generators Aston Electronic Designs has been saved from liquidation by Reading-based subtitling and interactive TV specialist Softel.Aston was put into administrative receivership last Monday (5 November)
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422 rejig sees five staff axed
422 has restructured and consolidated its operations in central Manchester, resulting in five job losses, writes Jon Rogers.
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Pace launches digital set-top box
UK set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology has launched its next-generation digital cable set-top box, capable of carrying high-quality video and interactive TV services over IP networks, writes David Wood.
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Lip Sync first to buy Harding FPA
Lip Sync Post is the first Soho facility to buy the Harding Flash and Pattern Analyser (FPA) which identifies potential photo-sensitive epilepsy triggers on video sequences, writes Barbara Marshall.
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PGP LOSES CREATIVE
Pepper's Ghost Productions creative director Richard Morss is leaving the company to set up his own business developing creative properties for broadcast. Although he will continue to work with PGP on