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Gardening shows in season at UK Style
UK Style is marking the arrival of summer next month with a raft of gardening shows, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Raft of orders for Prospect
Prospect Pictures has secured a series of new commissions, including a 20-part ITV daytime show in which people who have problems living together are offered advice from a co-habitation trouble-shooter, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Winton set for daytime return
Presenter Dale Winton is poised to make a return to daytime TV with a show that reunites celebrities who used to work with each other, as part of a series of new commissions from BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman.
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Reflecmedia NAB award
Reflecmedia, a manufacturer of chroma key products, has won the NAB award for innovation in media. Its ChromaFlex product won the award for its ease of use. The portable chroma key solution is a collapsible frame covered with Reflecmedia's patented Chromatte fabric, which folds into a 36-inch bag and opens ...
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Lola in on BBC show
London effects house Lola is following up its work on Wall to Wall's upcoming Ancient Egyptians with a series for the BBC about the destruction of the Roman City of Pompeii. Lola founder Grahame Andrew has just returned from three weeks working as post supervisor in Tunisia for the programme, ...
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Digi-box.co.uk takes IO
Digital hire company Digi-Box.co.uk has placed an order for 50 IO systems from AJA Video, which won a Vidy Award at NAB 2003. Developed closely in connection with Apple, the IO is the first uncompressed audio/video FireWire device for Final Cut Pro 4. It is also the first product to ...
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Character shop gets fruity with nestle
Nestle's Munch Bunch gets a relaunch this month courtesy of The Character Shop with an ad featuring a mix of live action and CGI. Bob Cosford (formerly of Red Pepper) directed the spot using 3DS Max's CharacterStudio with RealFlow to create a river of yoghurt. Cosford also created a Munch ...
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Brazier joins St Anne's post
Kevin Brazier, the former managing director of dB Post, the audio post-production facility that closed at the end of last year, has joined St Anne's Post as its new head of sound editorial, working alongside dubbing mixer and head of audio David Old, writes Kevin Hilton.
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BBC news trials interactive programming on the web
Technical specialists at BBC news interactive are testing a technology that could allow viewers to access interactive BBC news content via the Internet, writes Will Strauss.
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NewsSales hitch for ITV merger
The Competition Commission has warned Carlton and Granada that they could be forced to spin off both their sales houses if they want to go ahead with their merger deal, writes Paul Revoir
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Mini-Mills to change the business of post
Soho effects house The Mill has introduced a new service that could herald a change in the way facilities manage the post-production process, writes Sam Espensen
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NewsMPs back BBC in Sky EPG row
More than 30 MPs have added their names to a call for the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to force BSkyB to keep BBC1 and BBC2 in their prime electronic programme guide (EPG) positions, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Eyebrows have been raised about the appointments of Floella Benjamin and Jonathan Edwards to the content
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TX - Feeling a bit peaky.
The next time you feel you've got a ridiculously difficult job, ask yourself the following questions:
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Off the record - Fame seekers.
Among the hordes of eight-year-old girls and their mums at the Fame Academy concert at Wembley
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Off the record - Heart-felt leaving present.
There was not much tea and sympathy following Emma Forbes' sudden departure from Heart to Capital
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Ratings analysis - Who won the 24-hour news war?.
As viewers increasingly demand live coverage, the 24-hour news channels dramatically expanded their audiences during the Iraq war. But how many of these viewers will they be able to hang onto in the future?
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News analysis - Tony's television.
The government is planning the launch of NHS Direct television along with Teachers' TV but will the new channels have the necessary budgets and backing to interest programme-makers and broadcasters?
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Interview - Making crime pay.
Jackie Malton has gone from leading real-life murder investigations to helping create some of the best crime dramas on British TV. Jane Marlow asks the questions.