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Technology & facilities - New software helps to rekindle Knightmare.
The maker of cult 1980s kids adventure show Knightmare is developing new software to bring the show back as a live interactive virtual reality dungeon adventure show, writes Sam Espensen.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - HOMELESS GETS KIT.
The 400 Company has supplied kit, crew and an offline suite for a new BBC Everyman
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PROGRAMMING - GRANADA UNEARTHS SAUCY SECRETS OF LOCALS.
Granada Television is planning an 8 x 30-minute series revealing the raunchy secrets of Cheshire residents.
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HAT TRICK LAUNCHES 2GP.
The executive producer of BBC2's The Office, Anil Gupta, has joined forces with Hat Trick Productions'
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C4 INVESTIGATES NASA SHUTTLE DISASTER.
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast-turnaround investigative piece looking into the recent Columbia space shuttle tragedy.
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C4'S BROWN JOINS INDIE.
Former Channel 4 deputy commissioner of history and religion Gill Brown has moved to Welsh indie
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Programming - C4 goes to Ibiza with Maverick.
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television, has bagged #3m worth of Channel 4 commissions including a documentary about
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Dyke list snubs Fame Academy.
Fame Academy, the BBC's most expensive entertainment commission to date, has been snubbed by director general
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AD-FUNDED-TV SEMINAR.
Bafta has joined forces with twofourtv to host a seminar on advertiser-funded programming, bringing together broadcasters,
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ANDREWS JOINS EXTREME.
Former head of programming at Fox Kids Eastern Europe Daniel Andrews has been appointed head of
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BBC MARKET NEXT WEEK.
BBC Worldwide expects to generate sales of around #50m from its annual Showcase programme market, which
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LINNELL LEADS RADIO BID.
Chrysalis Radio has hired former BBC WM breakfast host Stuart Linnell to head its bid for
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BSkyB plans to slash fees.
BSKYB HAS revealed better than expected results, with 244,000 new customers in the last quarter, and plans to increase profit margins by driving down the fees it pays to channel suppliers, writes Paul Revoir.
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NTL delays interactivity.
NTL HAS admitted that its much-vaunted enhanced TV service will not roll out to its entire 2 million-strong network until at least the end of the year, writes Paul Revoir.
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SKILLSET HIRES FIVE.
Skillset, the skills council for the audio-visual industries, boosted its regional presence with five new managers.
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RATINGS - BBC2 tops previous ratings for cult import 24.
THE second series of US import 24 pulled in a higher audience for BBC2 than any of the last series' episodes, writes Jon Rogers.
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Digital tsar admits switch off now likely to be 2014.
Digital 'tsar' Barry Cox, the TV executive figure entrusted with steering the broadcasting industry towards analogue switch-off, has admitted that it is 'unlikely' that the government will hit its target window of 2006 to 2010, writes David Wood.
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BBC acts on Lambert report into News 24.
The BBC's News 24 channel is to increase its coverage of regional and world news and
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Disney moves past 5 million.
THE Disney Channel, the UK's only subscription-based kids channel, has been taken up by half of the multichannel market, the company claimed this week, writes Paul Revoir.
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ABC BUYS EVANS SHOW.
Channel 4 entertainment show Boys and Girls, made by Chris Evans' UMTV, has been picked up