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    Mill posts Mercedes campaign

    2003-05-29T08:30:00Z

    Mercedes Benz has completed its advertising production for 2003 with six ads that will feature different cars from its range to highlight the latest automotive innovations. Each one will use a different athlete to mirror the technology used in the car. Directed by Ian Bird at Serious Pictures, the 'Some ...

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    Charter kit upgrade

    2003-05-29T08:30:00Z

    Charter Broadcast has spent around£250,000 on a Grass Valley Kalypso Vision Switcher in a deal that was signed during last week's Production Show. Chief executive David Carr revealed that he had 'three projects coming up that we needed it for and, after having a look around the show, the Thomson ...

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    Graef to look at coma survivors

    2003-05-29T08:30:00Z

    Broadcaster Sheena Macdonald, who fell into a coma for 72 hours after being hit by a police van, is to look at how people's personalities change after such traumatic experiences for a major new BBC film, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ITV Kay Mellor drama starts filming

    2003-05-29T08:30:00Z

    Between the Sheets , the ITV1 drama being executive produced by the network's former director of channels David Liddiment, has gone into production in Yorkshire. The 6 x 60-minute series, written and created by Kay Mellor and made through her indie, Rollem Productions, explores the ...

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    The Hospital offers first hi-def studio

    2003-05-29T08:30:00Z

    The first high-definition studio in the UK will open its doors in less than eight weeks' time as part of the first phase of the opening of The Hospital, a new state-of-the-art facility spearheaded by entrepreneur Paul Allen and former Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart, writes ...

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    New MD for Molinare

    2003-05-29T08:30:00Z

    TV Corp-owned facility Molinare has appointed former Sony Media sales manager Mark Foligno as its managing director, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Twofour shows how to cut DIY costs

    2003-05-28T15:13:00Z

    Plymouth-based indie Twofour Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to make a new DIY show for its Home and Leisure channel. The 15 x 30-minute Mates Ratessees designer Ben Huggins form a DIY co-operative with three friends where they ...

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    BBC Parliament goes 24/7

    2003-05-28T11:48:37Z

    The BBC's digital political channel BBC Parliament is set go round the clock from 7 June, with a new overnight schedule running from 00.00 to 06.00, writes Luke Satchell

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    BBC to defy Blair

    2003-05-28T09:56:40Z

    TV chiefs snub PM's call over squaddie film. ...

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    Guardian cool on Capital radio bid

    2003-05-28T09:55:13Z

    Guardian Media Group (GMG) publisher of the Guardian newspaper and owner of five radio stations, insisted yesterday...

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    It was all a terrible dream

    2003-05-28T09:54:56Z

    Soap ends as Jane does a Dallas. ...

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    Rageh to riches

    2003-05-28T09:52:03Z

    He was dubbed the scud stud and mobbed by pensioners in Wantage. The BBC's Rageh Omaar found himself catapulted to ...

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    Ulrika 'out of order'

    2003-05-28T09:51:21Z

    Former Blue Peter girl Yvette Fielding has attacked Ulrika Jonsson's conduct over the John Leslie affair. ...

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    News Corp picks up the pace in Italy

    2003-05-28T09:49:04Z

    Set-top box maker Pace Micro Technology yesterday struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia, hte latest in a s...

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    Chat show for model Isabella

    2003-05-28T09:48:01Z

    Model Lady Isabella Hervey is hoping to eclipse her It girl sister Victoria with a high society chat show. ...

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    Broadcasters set for a home win over football rights

    2003-05-28T09:46:47Z

    The football season is all but over and the silly season transfer stories have begun. ...

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    TV corpse ad banned

    2003-05-28T09:45:57Z

    Billboard posters for Channel 4 TV's show Six Feet Under, about a family run funeral home, have been banned after c...

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    MPs warn Brussels of TV rights own goal

    2003-05-28T09:44:18Z

    A delegation of football supporters led by two Labour MPs will today tell Mario Monti, The European competition com...

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    Gervais shuts The Office

    2003-05-28T09:39:42Z

    The actor Ricky Gervais is killing off his hit sitcom The Office. ...

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    'Wiggling bottoms' TV advert ordered off air till 7.30pm

    2003-05-28T09:38:12Z

    A car advert featuring wiggling bottoms and the word 'ass' has been banned from being shown on television until aft...