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Saturday night TV is so bad it must be abolished
It's the least popular evening on the box so why not find something better to do? ...
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NewsITN looks at LNN takeover
ITN has submitted plans to Carlton and Granada to absorb London News Network (LNN) and the London regional news service into its operation, if the merger of the ITV giants is successful, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBBC1 to put Heat awards on air
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is planning to turn Heat magazine's awards into a major TV event, writes Penny Hughes
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Oasis TV up for sale?
Oasis Television has refuted claims that it is up for sale. Joint managing director Andrew Coppin denied that he is looking to sell the facility, though he admitted it was an option: 'If someone comes along and makes me an offer I'd be interested. But Oasis is in a very ...
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Steve-o set for Men & motors
Granada Sky Broadcasting's Men & Motors channel has signed an exclusive deal with distribution company Nigel Wood to screen previously unseen footage of pranks from Jackassstar Steve-0. The 3 x 30-minute series, Steve-O: Don't Try This at Home, will run ...
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Renault hires muppet
The Jim Henson Company has signed a deal worth a reputed£150,000 with car company Renault that will see the infamous Animal character from The Muppet Show star in a new commercial. The new ad will be a follow-up to the Thierry Henry-fronted 'Va Va Voom' ...
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Graphics job moves
Former head of CGI at MPC (Moving Picture Company) Dominic Buttimore has left to start up a production company called Th1ng ('Thing One'), which will specialise in animation and mixed media directors. In Leeds, post house Mezzo has hired Paul Peppiate as head of design. Peppiate was a partner in ...
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Glasshead's magic grandad wins reorder
Indie Glasshead has won a commission for a second 4 x 15-minute series of BBC educational show Adventures with Magic Grandad. The company has produced the series, which has been running for 10 years and is aimed at five to seven-year-olds and their teachers, since ...
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Foundry wins slice of DTI Eureka fund
Visual effects plug-in company The Foundry has won a third of£1m in a Department of Trade & Industry payout to aid research into new technology.
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Rushes on to make us slow down
Production company Bikini and post house Rushes have produced the latest anti-speeding campaign for the Department of Education. 'Over' features a young couple driving down a country lane who swerve to
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Centurfax enhances camera navigation
A UK printing company has developed an innovative new studio camera navigation system that it claims is more accurate than any current set-ups and will retail for a 10th of the price of its competitors, writes Sam Espensen.
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Branson fronts show for Five
Colourful tycoon Richard Branson is set to augment his already considerable media presence by taking on a TV presenting role in a new series for Five about ill-fated adventures, writes Paul Revoir.
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Bright light for Blitz
AV specialist Blitz has spent£500,000 on a new facility and 50 high-res LED panels from Lighthouse Technologies. The new LVP0630 panels are for television studio hire. Studio lights mean that images on LEDs can sometimes lack clarity. Lighthouse LEDs were chosen because they 'provide high-resolution image at incredible levels of ...
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BBC Resources on pathway to profit
The BBC's production services subsidiary BBC Resources has posted a year-on-year profit for the first time in its short history, writes Will Strauss.
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BB housemate is hook for extreme fishing on H&L
Former Big Brothercontestant Spencer Smith has become the latest ex-housemate to land a presenting role with an 'extreme' fishing series for Discovery Home & Leisure, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Five pays visit to V&A gothic art exhibition
Five has ordered a 30-minute programme for the autumn about the forthcoming gothic exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. The film from indie Illuminations, producer of last year's Five arts series The Aztecsand Art Now, ...
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BBC starts on another Anthony Trollope
The BBC has gone into production on its new 4 x 90-minute Andrew Davies-scripted adaptation of Anthony Trollope's He Knew He Was Right. The 12-week shoot will take place in London, Italy and the west country with Nigel Stafford-Clark producing. Made by BBC Wales in ...
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Angus Deayton to star in baby cow comedy
Indie Baby Cow has lined up Angus Deayton to star in its new Julia Davies-scripted comedy, Nighty Night, for BBC3 and BBC2. Deayton, who was sacked from BBC1's Have I Got News for Youfollowing sex and drugs revelations, will play ...
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NEC aims for DTT phone
Mobile telecoms company NEC is developing a phone that will receive DTT broadcast signals. Designed initially for the Japanese market, the 3G handsets need a portable antenna and LSI (chipsets) to receive specially targeted programmes. Current moving video for mobile phones is either streamed or downloaded as packets of information.
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LWT ups current affairs output
LWT is beefing up its current affairs coverage this autumn by turning The London Programmeinto a series and ordering 40 editions of political show The Week, writes Paul Revoir.