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MTV to go big on video music awards in NYC
The MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on 28 August, presented by Hollywood star Chris Rock, will be broadcast in full on MTV UK & Ireland at 20.00 on 30 August. The 2003 awards mark the 20th anniversary of the ceremony and are the second ...
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Award-winning book to be filmed by CBBC
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned an adaptation of Feather Boy, the debut novel by writer Nicky Singer which won the 2002 Blue Peterbook of the year award. The drama, which will star Sheila Hancock and Lindsey Coulson, will tell ...
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Rubery back to boxes
One of the founders of Pace Micro Technology Barry Rubery has gone back to his roots and launched a set-top box business. Harrogate-based Fusion Digital Technology has been set up with the help of£3m from Beko Electronik, the TV set manufacturing division of Turkish conglomerate the Koc Group. Beko will ...
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Finn in Clear cut move
Former operations manager and senior dubbing mixer at Martyr Sound Danny Finn has joined Clear Cut Pictures to head up its new sound department. Previously with TVI and Tele-Cine, Finn's credits include M.I.T for Thames and Peter in Paradise for the BBC.
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Hannah stars in ITV crime drama
Actor John Hannah is to make his return to mainstream television in a major new psychological thriller for ITV1, writes Jon Rogers.
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Two Dibnah orders for view from the north
Leeds-based indie The View From the North has been commissioned to make a six-part series and a one-off documentary based on steamroller driver Fred Dibnah for BBC2 controller Jane Root. The 6 x 30-minute Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, to be delivered later this month, ...
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Dirty Laundry and Judgemental re-ordered
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a second series of Channel 4 teen talk show Dirty Laundryas well as a recommission for its BBC daytime quiz Judgemental. The 10 x 30-minute second series of Dirty Laundry, ...
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Discovery goes for English traditions
Discovery Home & Leisure has commissioned a series on traditional English furniture making and the renovation of a historic cricket ground, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Rushes helps Nessie emerge from gloom
Soho visual effects house Rushes has created a CG version of the legendary Loch Ness monster for a one-off BBC specialist factual documentary. Steve Leonard's Search for the Loch Ness Monsterexplores the myths and mysteries surrounding the loch and features specially created scenes of divers ...
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The Farm expands into west London
The Farm Group is to open a£3m editing facility in Shepherd's Bush - directly opposite the
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NewsEcosse Films revisits Brideshead
The production company behind Mrs Brown, Charlotte Gray and the BBC series Monarch of the Glen is currently working on a film version of Brideshead Revisited, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsTalksport in the black for first time
Talksport radio station is trading profitably for the first time since it started broadcasting in February 1995, after recovering from a loss of£550,000 in the first six months of last year.
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TV hypocrite Alastair fired
Shamed Alastair Stewart ysterday lost his job fronting TV's Police, Camera, Action after being banned for drink-dri...
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Dyke in dock over dossier story
The BBC 'lies' war with Tony Blair was last night set to backfire disastrously on director general Greg Dyke. ...
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Take this man off the telly
Alan Yentob is on a mission - to revolutionise arts on the BBC. Great, says Patrick Wright, but does it all have to...
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Ministers back down on ITN
ITV licence-holders will be able to own outright the commercial news provider ITN, following a last-minute climbdow...