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    RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 2 SEPTEMBER - Footie rivalry helps BBC 1 up to 50 per cent share

    2001-09-21T00:00:00Z

    It's not often you see a 50 per cent primetime share for any channel, so let's make the most of it on behalf of BBC 1. Match of the Day Live

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    My Finest Hour...Vince Narduzzo

    2001-09-20T15:50:00Z

    Co-founder of telecine specialist Pepper describes the thrill and enjoyment of working with living legends while mastering both old movies and modern television series

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    Egg goes interactive

    2001-09-20T15:46:00Z

    Static 2538/Playjam deal marks first interactive TV campaign by financial services provider

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    Soccerpunch

    2001-09-20T15:21:00Z

    How MPC turned empty football grounds into packed super stadia for a high definition produced soccer film

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    Homer Economics

    2001-09-20T14:59:00Z

    It takes up to a year to make one episode of The Simpsons, but at $3m a show it's still a relatively cheap programme to produce

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    Star musician and quiz show series for NI

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Belfast-based production company Green Inc Productions has been commissioned to produce two new series for BBC Northern Ireland.In the joint commission, BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcast Tim Cooke and

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    Mentorn sells Robot Wars to Germany

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Mentorn International has sold Robot Warsto RTL in Germany for a 30-episode run beginning on RTL2 on 14 October.The series will air in a Sunday primetime slot and is

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    Morrissey signed up for CyberDodo series

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Former Men Behaving Badly star and voice of Bob the Builder Neil Morrissey has been signed up to do the voiceover of a new kids series being supported by the World

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    Chrysalis to make history of TV doc

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a three-part series from Chrysalis Entertainment that will attempt to deliver the 'definitive history of television show business in Britain', writes Simon ElleryOrdered by commissioning editor factual

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    The History Channel to commemorate WWII

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Indie Flashback TV has been commissioned by The History Channel US to produce another 6 x 60-minutes of Battle Stations, a series looking at the men and machines that made a

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    Carlton to show escape from London series

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Freeform Productions has been commissioned by Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker to produce new factual series A House in the Country.The 10 x 30-minute series will air in

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    Flextech orders motor-heavy raft for Bravo and UK Horizons

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Flextech has announced details of six new series for its wholly owned men's channel Bravo and its BBC joint-venture UK Horizons.Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has ordered three series including 15

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    New BBC London News service to launch

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    BBC London News , the BBC's revamped regional news service for the capital, will go live on 1 October.The service is part of a tri-media operation based at the corporation's broadcasting

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    Two new series for CBBC Autumn line-up

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has ordered two new series for BBC 1's autumn line-up, writes Leigh HolmwoodDrama I Was a Rat was adapted from a children's book by Philip Pullman and

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    Music special event to be screened on C4

    2001-09-20T12:53:00Z

    Splinter Films has bagged a commission to produce a one-hour special on Emap and Qmagazine's forthcoming Q15 event at London's Scala nightclub.The event, which was staged over two nights

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    NTL acts to calm investor nerves

    2001-09-20T11:54:00Z

    Cable company forced into action for second time in three months after shares crash to new low in New York

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    RTS Cambridge 2001

    2001-09-20T10:43:00Z

    Television's big hitters gathered in Cambridge last weekend despite events in the United States and the withdrawal of the convention's 'dream ticket' BSkyB chairman Rupert Murdoch and Liberty chief John Malone. Despite this delegates debated many of the c

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    ITV1 deadline set for digital satellite launch

    2001-09-20T10:14:00Z

    Carlton channels chief Clive Jones says channel will begin broadcasting on digital satellite by the end of November 'come hell or high water'

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    New BBC digital radio stations get mixed reception

    2001-09-20T09:56:00Z

    Commercial radio outfits welcome boost to digital but express competition concerns as consortium of commercial TV companies abandons plans to seek judicial review

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    Endemol drops out of Big Breakfast race

    2001-09-20T09:55:00Z

    Big Brother producer says it has 'really hot idea' but show is too expensive