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    BBC producers to make content.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC producers will be asked to produce content for the corporation's online services as part of a major new media drive being rolled out across the BBC by director of new media Ashley Highfield, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC dominates RTS nominations.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has received 16 nominations for this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) Journalism Awards, ahead of rival ITN which scooped a total of 10, writes Penny Hughes.

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    CARLTON AMERICA IN TV MOVIE DEAL WITH ABC.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Carlton International's US production arm, Carlton America, is developing two TV movies for the ABC network. A Course of Action is a 120-minute drama about one of the first ever all-women

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    SOMETHIN' ELSE TO DOCUMENT US ROCK BANDS.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Somethin' Else has produced a 5 x 60-minute series of documentaries for BBC Radio 1's Monday night Lamacq Live show. Desert Rock, which features bands from the town of

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    BBC ORDERS SECOND SERIES OF THE LAMPIES.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has commissioned indie Red Baloo to produce a second series of cartoon The Lampies to air on BBC 1. The 26 x 10-minute shows are

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    DREEM TEEM DJS TO AIR ON UKTV'S PLAY UK.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 DJs the Dreem Teem are to break into TV with a new 8 x 30-minute show for UKTV's Play UK. Ordered by outgoing Play UK channel editor Myfanwy

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    FISHING SERIES PLANNED BY BBC AND DISCOVERY.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland and Discovery Home & Leisure have struck a deal to co-produce a new 10 x 30-minute fishing series called Coast to Coast. The series will be fronted by

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    MANIC STREET PREACHERS TO GET DOCUMENTARY.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, music Jo Wallace has ordered a 60-minute documentary on rock band The Manic Street Preachers' concert, to take place in Cuba, from Endemol Entertainment UK's production arm,

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    HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL TO AIR ON RADIO 4.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Actor and musician Graham Fellows is recording a 6 x 14-minute series for BBC Radio 4 based on one of his comic characters. Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll will

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    VIRGIN RADIO TO GO ON WORLD TOUR.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Virgin Radio has announced a series of events as part of its new strategy to focus on 'real' music rather than chart hits. The station has lined up the Virgin Radio

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    CARTOON NETWORK TO AIR SHEEP ANIMATION.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Cartoon Network is to premier a new 13 x 30-minute animated series, Sheep in the Big City. The story centres on the eponymous Sheep, who leaves the farm to live in

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    C5 entertainment bolsters its output.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is ramping up its entertainment output with two major new gameshows and a second series of The Mole. Controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has commissioned Pearson Television to make a

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    Gary Rhodes series for BBC 2.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC leisure and factual entertainment has won three commissions for BBC 1 and BBC 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Priory spin-off underway for E4.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Ginger Television Productions is working on a spin-off from its Channel 4 celebrity chatshow The Priory for E4, writes Ashley Davies.

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    AIR GETS FIRST ORDER.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Donna Air's fledgling indie, Airhead & Money, has nailed its first commission, a 5 x 30-minute series for E4, writes Ashley Davies.

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    INTERACTIVE ADS TO AIR.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    The first interactive advertising campaign to be shown on ITV will run from 1 to 11 March. Developed by Carlton Active for Unilever, the campaign for its Colman's and Olivio ranges

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    VIRGIN REVAMPS LOOK.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Virgin Atlantic is to revamp its in-flight channel look. Thirteen new channel idents will be designed and produced by Jump Design & Direction to run across all the Virgin channels, which

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    Sony launches HD edit system.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Sony is making an aggressive move into the high-definition (HD) editing market with a PC-based non-linear system that will sell for about $180,000 (£124,000), writes Adrian Pennington.

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    THE BBC SKI CAM.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Developed by BBC Resources special projects, the world's first ski-pole-cams are currently being used by Austrian state broadcaster ORF in Slalom gates at the World Skiing Championships in Austria.

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    Creditors question value of BFV assets.

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Angry creditors were this week questioning the activities of Broadcast Film & Video (BFV) directors, following the voluntary liquidation of the Bristol-based facility group and the creation of a new company,