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    Target sets its sights on animation arm

    2001-10-11T11:23:00Z

    Distributor in discussions with indies to develop shows for new venture

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    Hewitt refers Ladbrokes/BSkyB joint venture

    2001-10-11T11:10:00Z

    Secretary of state for trade and industry says interactive TV betting proposal raises 'competition concerns'

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    Bolton Wanderers installs in-house production facility

    2001-10-11T11:04:00Z

    Bolton Wanderers is setting a precedent for other football clubs by installing an in-house production facility to provide live coverage of home games, writes Barbara MarshallRather than hiring in independent outside

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    Arri suspends flotation but promotes new head

    2001-10-11T11:04:00Z

    Camera and lighting specialist Arri has promoted general manager Renos Louka to group managing director of its UK companies but has put its plans for a stock market flotation on hold,

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    Apple's Final Cut Pro sets Shining example

    2001-10-11T11:04:00Z

    Shining Productions used Apple's desktop editing system Final Cut Pro to edit a documentary for Channel 4 music strand 4 Music, writes Barbara MarshallProduced by Monkey Maker, the documentary is about

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    Sony wins APTN contract to replace analogue kit

    2001-10-11T11:04:00Z

    Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe (BPE) has won a contract with Associated Press Television News (APTN) to replace its analogue production equipment writes Barbara MarshallThe deal, which APTN director of technology

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    STLD campaigns for broadcaster accountability on epilepsy

    2001-10-11T11:04:00Z

    The society of television lighting directors (STLD) is calling on broadcasters to take more responsibility for managing the risks of photosensitive epilepsy (PSE), writes Barbara MarshallFollowing a meeting with Independent Television

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    ITV orders documentary drama on The Great Escape

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has ordered a one-off exploration of the events which inspired the war movie The Great Escape from the team behind Channel 4's high-rating

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    Peter Williams Television to make series on human cloning

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    Maidstone-based indie Peter Williams Television has secured a raft of new commissions, including a series for Channel 4 on human cloning, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe 3 x 60-minute as-yet-untitled series, ordered by

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    Channel X strikes deals for fans and pans

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    E4 commissioning editor Damon Beesley has ordered a new quiz show from indie Channel X in which two teams of fans are pitted against each other.The 20 x 30-minute Fanorama will

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    BSkyB takes sci-fi mutants primetime

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    Sky One has bought 22 x 60-minute sci-fi series Mutant X for its primetime line-up from US producer Tribune Entertainment.Sky One deputy head of broadcast and production Kate Marsh and

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    Paranormal special broadens uk horizons

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    UK Horizons channel editor Dominic Vallely has commissioned two new programmes for a special themed weekend called Haunted.Secrets of the Paranormal, produced by BBC Worldwide's interactive arm, will be a 60-minute

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    Wark Clements to make BBC Scotland factuals

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    Glasgow-based indie Wark Clements has secured two factual commissions from BBC Scotland commissioning editor for television Ewan Angus, writes Penny HughesThe first order is Great Scots, a 3 x 60-minute series

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    Wall to Wall bags commissions

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    Wall to Wall, the independent linked to a potential equity deal with Channel 4, has secured a number of new commissions including a C4 series fronted by comedian Lee Hurst, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Offspring go-ahead for Alliance Atlantis

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    The BBC has bought 52-minute factual show Offspring from Alliance Atlantis Television Distribution.The series, produced by Barna Alper Productions, is set in a new world of reproductive technology, looking at

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    Channel 5 set to air BFM crime series

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    Channel 5 senior programme controller Chris Shaw has commissioned indie BFM Productions to make a series exploring 100 years of forensic photography.The 3 x 60-minute series, called Shooting the Crime, will

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    Fflic talks its way into S4C slot

    2001-10-11T10:58:00Z

    Welsh production company Fflic has received two commissions from S4C.Commissioner for factual programmes Cenwyn Edwards has ordered Welsh in a Week, a 15 x 30-minute series following 15 different people in

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    Granada to reward good ideas with slice of profits

    2001-10-11T09:25:00Z

    Staff responsible for successful formats to reap back-end rewards following company-wide pay freeze

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    ITV Digital slashes fees

    2001-10-11T09:25:00Z

    Broadcaster offers premium packages to subscribers for£1 a month in desperate bid to reduce churn

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    CITV faces cuts

    2001-10-11T09:25:00Z

    ITV bosses expected to slash up to£6.6m off kids strand's budge