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    ITV orders its first paranormal show

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    ITV has commissioned its first paranormal investigation with a one-off show from September Films in which a psychic attempts to drive out a spirit haunting a family home.

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    Fat Friends returning for fourth series

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a fourth series of Kay Mellor's acclaimed drama Fat Friends , starring Alison Steadman and Lisa Riley. The series, which has already gone into production for a slot early next year, will be made by Mellor's indie, ...

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    Headfirst falls into liquidation

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Headfirst Facilities has gone into liquidation after 15 years despite last-minute attempts to sell the company.

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    Kemistry exhibition

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Design agency Kemistry is due to open a gallery at its Shoreditch office to present the work of three influential title designers whose work during the 1960s laid the foundations for the industry today. The exhibition, which is called Timeframes - Lodge/Jeapes/ McGhie TV Title Pioneers, will combine stills, slides ...

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    New sales executive for Minotaur

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Minotaur International has appointed former Fireworks International director of factual Marjie Woods as senior sales executive. Reporting to vice-president Sarah

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    Hit entertainment shares recover

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Shares in Hit Entertainment, which owns the TV rights to Bob the Builder , rallied this week after plunging by a third last month. The boost comes amid rumours Hit is set to launch a kids digital TV channel in the US. Shares in Hit ...

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    Elstein urges Ofcom not to forget radio

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    David Elstein, the new head of the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA), has warned Ofcom not to marginalise its work on the radio industry.

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    Loos joins Edinburgh line-up

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Rebecca Loos, the former assistant to David Beckham, who sparked a media frenzy earlier this year by claiming she bedded the married Real Madrid star, is to appear at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival.

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    Function does Downloaded look

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Function Design has designed titles and in-show graphics for One More Production's Downloaded. The programme showcases footage of the weird and wonderful from the near limitless library of the internet. Function Design's Tobin Goffe was creative director on the project and Oasis head of ...

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    Terms laid down for Teachers TV

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Education Digital, the consortium appointed by the government to run the new Teachers TV channel, will be hit with profit-related fines if it fails to meet rigorous standards.

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    Diet Trials set for Germany

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is to co-produce a new series of slimming reality series Diet Trials for German audiences.

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    Format focus: TV diaries

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Public voting adds interest to a show based around what at first resembles Big Brother audition tapes

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    Hadlow start date

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    New BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow will take up the role on 26 July, the BBC has confirmed. However, because of holiday commitments she will not be at her desk full-time until the beginning of September, meaning she will also not be attending the Edinburgh Television Festival. Hadlow, previously Channel 4 ...

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    Lion to restage the Crusades

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Lion Television has won a multimillion-pound commission from US broadcaster the History Channel to bring the wars of the Crusades back to life.

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    Olympics coverage

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    The BBC will give its biggest ever commitment to the Olympic Games this summer when it broadcasts more than 1,250 hours of coverage. More than 250 hours will air on BBC1 and BBC2 with another 1,000 hours on interactive television, where viewers will be able to choose from five different ...

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    ITV hands UK's largest uplink contract to SISLink

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    SISLink, Europe's largest independent uplink services provider, has won the five-year contract to supply ITV with uplinks for its entire regional news network.

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    Five looks at ?human computer'

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Five has teamed up with four other broadcasters to make a programme about a boy dubbed the 'human computer'.

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    Talkback comedy

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is testing a topical comedy show from Talkback Thames. The show, entitled The News Never Sleeps , is a non-broadcast pilot, which is being overseen by C4 head of comedy Caroline Leddy. C4 is hoping that, if the trial is successful, the show ...

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    Cineflix completes zero hour deals

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Cineflix International's disaster documentary series Zero Hour has been licensed to Australia's Seven Network, the Holland Media Group, New Zealand's TVNZ and Germany's Vox. The 4 x 60-minute series was co-produced by 3BM Television and Cineflix's parent company, Cineflix Canada, and received additional funding from ...

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    Fox Kids chief exec in shock exit

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    The board of Fox Kids Europe surprised executives this week by removing chief executive Bruce Steinberg after 18 months at the helm.