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    INTERVIEW - A time for Action

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    As Action Time's well-known chiefs Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane prepare to leave, managing director Phil Trelease is stepping out of their shadow to front the indie.

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    HIT REJIGS ACCOUNTS

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Bob the Builder owner Hit Entertainment has changed its accounting practices weeks after the TV sector was criticised for poor procedures. The company, which also owns Barney the Dinosaur, has abandoned

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    NoW channel cuts will affect 80 jobs

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Internet and TV venture Network of the World (NoW) is axing two of its channels in a move that will affect up to 80 staff, writes Simon Ellery.

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    C5 boss warns suppliers

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo has kicked off his schedule overhaul by telling existing suppliers to reinvigorate their shows or face having them axed, write Georgina Lipscomb and Leigh

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    Mentorn to unveil MI5 documentary

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured a raft of new orders from the BBC and Channel 4, including a documentary about controversial former MI5 head Dame Stella Rimmington, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    VON TRIER FILMS FOR C4

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to work for the first time with the author of the Dogme 95 manifesto, Danish film director Lars von Trier, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Mykura joins C4 as Kirby quits history

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has poached Blakeway Associates head of programming Hamish Mykura to become commissioning editor, history, following Tim Kirby's decision to leave the channel to return to directing, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Ratings - East is East injects ratings promise into C4

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The terrestrial premiere on Channel 4 of the film East is East trounced its rivals this week, writes Jon Rogers.£

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    CAVALIER'S DADDY NETS C4 MESH CASH

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has chosen Stephen Cavalier's short film Daddy as winner of this year's Mesh new-talent digital animation scheme. Set in 1950s America, Daddy is a tale of small-town adultery, corruption

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    4 X 4 TIMES TWO AS NEW SERIES CONFIRMED

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Current affairs series 4 x 4 has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks. From the autumn, the 6

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    SCIENCE GREATS TO APPEAR ON CHANNEL 4

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 schools commissioning editor John Richmond has ordered a new series for the Science in Focus strand from indie Eagle & Eagle. Big Questions examines how great scientists such as

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    Love conquers all on C4

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker has ordered 3 x 60-minute films as part of the channel's third Hidden Love series, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC 2 gains a few million innings with Ian Botham

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    While it was fun to have been in Edinburgh to listen to ITV director of programmes David Liddiment's fears for the soul of television, there was no time to pause for

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    MEDIA 100 TAKES U-TURN

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Media 100 is selling off its software product line-up including its Cleaner web streaming technologies to Discreet, the editing and effects subsidiary of Autodesk, for $16m (£11m). The sale marks a

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    Youlton to step down at Snell & Wilcox

    2001-09-06T16:39:00Z

    David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told Broadcast

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    Rent hikes put Soho TV companies under threat

    2001-09-06T16:36:00Z

    Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases, writes Barbara Marshall.Several companies have received rent demands more than

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    Ex-Red Pepper founders join XTV

    2001-09-06T16:34:00Z

    Two founding members of recently defunct television branding company Red Pepper ID have joined Soho design house XTV, writes Will Strauss.Bob Cosford and Richard Markell become executive creative director and executive

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    Disney, News Corp tie for broadband VOD

    2001-09-06T16:26:00Z

    Eisner and Murdoch agree pact to broadcast video-on-demand movies over broadband

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    BBC 1's match-winning performance

    2001-09-06T16:02:00Z

    Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria

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    BBC 1 puts in match-winning performance

    2001-09-06T15:58:00Z

    Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria