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Granada sets a date for portals.
Granada Broadband plans to launch its much-vaunted Liverpool and Arsenal enhanced football broadband portals in the autumn, writes David Wood.
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C5 presenter heads indie Sponge.
Channel 5 presenter Marc Crumpton and actor Ed Sanders, star of Sky One football soap Dream Team, have set up their own entertainment production company, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Telewest buys major sit-up stake.
Telewest has invested£14.8m in cash and equity for a 38 per cent stake in sit-up, the TV and internet venture founded by former On Digital executives Ashley Faull and John Egan, writes Lucy Rouse.
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C4 poaches factual head from Rapido.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, factual entertainment Sue Murphy has strengthened her department, poaching Rapido TV's head of factual entertainment Stephen Wright, writes Steve Aston.Reporting to Murphy, Wright will become editor, entertainment/
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WINTER RETURN FOR ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES.
Only Fools and Horses (left) is expected to return to BBC 1 for a new series this winter. Writer John Sullivan has been in 'delicate discussions' with the BBC for some
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TWO FOUR TO MAKE IDEAL HOME PROGRAMME.
Channel 4 has commissioned Plymouth-based independent Two Four Productions to make an Ideal Home Show special fronted by Kate Thornton. Channel 4 daytime editor Jo McGrath has ordered the 4 x
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WISE BUDDAH WINS 'HITMAN' DOCUMENTARY.
Indie Wise Buddah has secured its first TV commission, six months after setting up a dedicated TV arm. Commissioned by Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry, The Hit Factory
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LINDA ROBSON TO FRONT NICK JR PILOT.
Kids channel Nick Jr is making a broadcast pilot starring Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson. You Do Too, a 25-minute 'make and do' show, will be made at Nickelodeon's
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EXTREME IN DEAL WITH SPAIN'S AXN CHANNEL.
London-based channel owner and distributor Extreme International has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 hours of programming to Sony-owned Spanish channel AXN over the next three years. AXN is
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DISCOVERY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SHOW.
Discovery Health is re-versioning a Canadian complementary medicine series and has lined up Toyah Willcox to present it. The 39 x 30-minute series called Beyond Medicine looks at health issues with
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SECOND COMMISSION FOR THE HOT SEAT.
Flashback TV has been commissioned by Artsworld channel director Richard Melman to produce a second series of interview show The Hot Seat. Presented by Sir Christopher Frayling, the 6 x 30-minute
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RADIO 2 SCOOPS BEE GEES ONE-OFF CONCERT.
BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive concert by the Bee Gees - their only planned performance for this year.The group will record the 60-minute special before an audience of 300
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YTTTP to make C4 film special
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has secured the company's most ambitious factual entertainment project to date - a five-hour 100 Greatest movie special for Channel
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C5 hikes 'quality' factual output.
Channel 5 senior controller of arts, features and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has commissioned a raft of new factual programmes, as part of a drive to promote quality documentaries in primetime, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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S4CI ties with Einstein for series of docs.
S4C INTERNATIONAL (S4CI) and Einstein Entertainment have struck a£1m deal to make a series of primetime documentaries for both the domestic and international markets, writes Simon Ellery.The two companies plan
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TERRESTRIALS CUT EDEN.
London-based distributor Electric Sky has struck a deal with National Geographic Channels Worldwide to show its National Lottery-funded Eden project coverage, after being snubbed by all of the UK terrestrial channels,
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DEBATE - The TV studio is dead: or is it?
Far from being a dying breed, the TV studio is a thriving, if changing, beast, according to producers and studio bosses. Ten key players met to discuss the state of the studio in a forum chaired by Broadcast technology editor Barbara Marshall.
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Ex-BBC men set up crew web service.
Two former BBC managers are planning a web-based crew finding service that uses GPS-equipped mobile phones to pinpoint the location of staff and vehicles, writes Barbara Marshall.The duo, former BBC South
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US hotshots to aid BBC's expansion.
The BBC has turned to the United States to aid its expansion plans in two separate moves, it emerged this week.Design group BBC MediaArc has brought in Star Wars producer Gary
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Music libraries link up for web venture.
KPM MUSIC has joined forces with nine other music libraries to provide a one-stop online shop for film and television clients, writes Barbara Marshall.