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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - The Mill goes to Manhattan.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The Mill plans to set up a New York base to work on commercials visual effects projects, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    WORLDWIDE ENGLISH.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is to launch an English learning package for broadcasters around the world to help jobseekers. The package, which is also available for publishing, encompasses the 26 x 15-minute TV

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    EMAP TRADING UPDATE.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Emap, publisher of Broadcast, has released a trading update for the year ending 31 March 2002. Radio revenues, for its stations including Kiss 100, Magic 105.4 and the Big City Network,

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    OFF THE RECORD - Party on, dudes.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    And finally, a plea for help. A group of industry folk (including this very magazine) are getting together to organise a street party in Soho for the Queen's Jubilee. It'll take

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    TOP GEAR DRIVES SOUTH.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Production of BBC 2 motoring show Top Gear is to be moved from Birmingham to London in order to accommodate frontman Jeremy Clarkson, who has been lured back to present the

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    Man U takes Yankee dollar.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Manchester United's dedicated TV station, MUTV, will be made available to football fans in the US following a deal with the New York Yankees TV channel Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) in the US, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Freeco stalemate puts pressure on ITV Digital.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Pressure mounted on ITV Digital's troubled owners Carlton and Granada this week after it emerged that talks with the BBC about jointly promoting cheap set-top boxes, which can be easily upgraded

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    WOLSTENHOLME DIES.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, who uttered the immortal words 'they think it's all over ... it is now' as Geoff Hurst scored for England against Germany in the 1966 World Cup

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    INTERVIEW - Daytime's royal duo.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    For Sebastian Scott and Henrietta Conrad of Princess Productions, the pre-peak schedule is their kingdom. Can they pull off another success with their new Channel 4 breakfast show?

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    Jennings joins Hit creatives.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Award-winning producer Claire Jennings has joined the creative team of Bob the Builder producer Hit Entertainment, writes Jane Marlow.

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    TOTS CONTEST ON GMTV.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Following the runaway success of ITV's Popstars, GMTV is to launch its own version for under-11s. Tot Stars runs on GMTV throughout April and May and will be open to children

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    LEADER - Confusion over digital must end.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The complex world of digital TV is about to get more complicated. By the end of this year, according to some estimates, around six different set-top boxes will be marketed directly

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    CLARIFICATION: ELECTRONIC MEDIA SYSTEMS.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Electronic Media Systems (EMS) - a company specialising in broadcast systems consultancy and systems integration - has asked Broadcast to point out that it has no connection to Eurasia Management Services

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    CHANNEL REPORT - Challenge's game plan is interactive.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Challenge TV was stymied in its initial quest to bring interactive gaming to the screen by the slow development of technology. It had to rely on traditional quiz shows instead. Can the original vision be brought to life? Ed Shelton reports.

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    EXTREME BUYS EINSTEIN'S PROGRAMME LIBRARY.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Extreme International has signed an exclusive three-year deal with Einstein.tv for its entire programming library. Under the terms of the arrangement, Extreme will have access to Einstein's existing 100-hour science and

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    TX - The gang busters.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    How do you get a former undercover cop to tell you things he hasn't even told his wife? Ask Sue Jones and Edmund Coulthard, the producer and writer/director of Undercover Cops.

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    BUENA VISTA PICKS UP FKE/SABAN LIBRARY.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Disney distributor Buena Vista International Television is set to distribute the Fox Kids Europe (FKE) Saban library. The arrangement, which covers 6,300 episodes of programming such as Power Rangers and X-Men,

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    Wise Buddah faces uncertain future.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The future of Wise Buddah's broadcast arm is hanging in the balance as chairman Mark Goodier attempts to negotiate a refinancing package to keep the company afloat, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Brotherly hate.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Speaking of eviction, a Turkish TV channel has been banned from broadcasting a Big Brother-style show because it violates 'societal peace and family structure'. Now that's the kind of moral values

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    PROGRAMMING - ITV to hunt for sexiest Britons.

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Carlton controller of entertainment Mark Wells has picked up a scoop of new orders from ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, including a Popstars-style hunt for Britain's sexiest man and woman.Britain's