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Flame TV to branch out
Flame TV, the indie set up two years ago by Roger Bolton and Barbara Altounyan, is launching a Brighton-based sister company specialising in religion and sport, writes Penny Hughes.
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On the Box - Cold feet, warm heart
Cold Feet still has legs, says senior VP, worldwide programming strategy at ABC/Disney cable Paul Robinson, but Ruby is no diamond.
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Visions board strengthened
TV Corporation group facilities managing director Martin Anderson has promoted resource manager John Turnbull and unit manager Steve Jenkins to the board of Visions, the group's outside broadcast facility, writes Barbara Marshall.
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PRIVATE BLUES DEAL
London-based channel producer Zone Vision has struck a carriage deal with NTL for its adult entertainment channel Private Blue. Launching this month, the channel, which is already on Sky Digital and
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BBC NI grows local output
BBC 1 Northern Ireland is increasing the number of locally produced programmes it screens in peaktime as it battles to close the ratings gap with Ulster Television. The move is expected
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BBC INVESTS IN THE NORTH
The BBC is to invest£400,000 over the next two years in new writers from northern England as part of director general Greg Dyke's plan to move away from the corporation's
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BBC WINS GRIERSON
BBC documentary Killers Don't Cry has won both the premier Grierson and the best documentary prize on a contempo-rary subject at this year's Grierson awards. Icon Films production Indian Journeys for
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Off the Record - BBC bods dish up ingenious solution
Ever tried to get a satellite dish into a war zone? Well, surprisingly, Off The Record hasn't either but BBC news has. And a lot of fun it sounds too. Beeb
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Bazal in major Discovery deal
Endemol UK production arm Bazal has clinched its first output deal with the Discovery Home & Leisure channel with a 65-programme deal, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Barnes Trust consolidates
Duplication facility Klones is to merge with fellow Barnes Trust Media group company Cast resulting in the loss of six jobs, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BARCONET SHARES BID
US set-top box manufacturer Scientific-Atlanta is seeking to boost its European market presence by buying Brussels-based Barconet, the broadband technology provider. Scientific-Atlanta has made a public offer for all outstanding common
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Peakviewing buys into audio
UK Indie producer/distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic has bought Cardiff-based Taran Sound Studios as part of a facilities expansion plan, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ARRI SALES APPOINTMENT
Camera and lighting specialist Arri GB has appointed Adrian Bottomley as general manager for lighting sales. Bottomley joins from control equipment manufacturer IMI where he was UK marketing manager. Before that,
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Granada frets over Anglia production
Granada senior executives are privately concerned that network production at the company's acquired Anglia TV franchise is under threat.The news comes as Granada has finally axed the United Productions brand, the
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News Analysis - Positive signals
How have digital radio operators escaped the woes of other broadcasters which invested in new technology, even though no date has been set for analogue switch-off and digital radio sets are still a hefty£200?
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Free to air - 'effing and blinding away
It was with some surprise that, trapped at home with terrestrial television, I heard the advance warning for the Robbie Williams spectacular on BBC 1: 'Blah ... blah ... blah ...
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MTV to give away rights to P Diddy Aids Day special
MTV is to produce a one-off documentary fronted by notorious rapper P Diddy for World Aids Day on 1 December, which it plans to offer to other broadcasters free of charge, writes Simon Ellery.
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Pickard heralds kids golden age
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has unveiled details of the BBC's two new digital children's channels, which he claimed herald a 'golden age in children's programming'.The corporation's pre-school network will be called
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Emap moves against GWR
The Midlands city of Leicester has become an unlikely battleground for digital radio after Emap Performance stepped up its challenge to GWR's stranglehold on the city by offering to supply residents with digital radio sets for under£50, writes Georgina L
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RAPID ADDS SMOKE
West London post facility Rapid Pictures has just completed a£250,000 expansion that includes the addition of Discreet high-end compositing system Smoke. The firm is also expanding its multimedia and DVD