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MERSEY TV TO RELOCATE GRANGE HILL UP NORTH.
Mersey TV, which has secured a contract to produce long-running BBC children's drama series Grange Hill for three series from next year, has announced plans to shift the programme's location to
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Granada to do kids makeover show for ITV.
Granada has unveiled what it hopes will be the first of its target of three international formats with a new Saturday night Changing Rooms-style makeover show for ITV, writes Steve Aston.
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Tigress goes to Kabul Zoo.
Afghanistan's Kabul Zoo has become the subject of a one-off documentary for BBC 1 and National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), writes Penny Hughes.
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French and Saunders reunite for special.
Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to reunite on screen for a new television project for the first time in two years, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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FREE SOFTIMAGE TECH.
Softimage is introducing a free version of its 3D and effects technology, complete with training modules to help improve the software's reach. The Softimage XSI Experience CD runs on Windows XP,
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WEAKEST LINK FORMAT SOLD TO JAPAN'S FUJI TV.
ECM Group has reached a format agreement with Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV for BBC gameshow Weakest Link. The deal will see the Tokyo-based channel screen the show from 8 April. It
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OMNIVISION LOOKS AT FOOD IN THE MILITARY.
Pinewood Studios-based indie Omnivision is in post-production with a new 'chefs in the forces' series for Carlton Westcountry called Only Food and Forces. Carlton Westcountry controller of features Caroline Righton commissioned
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LONG-RUNNING SERIES - That sinking feeling.
This Morning and Big Breakfast are just the latest examples of ratings bankers that have gone off the rails. Jane Marlow reports on what happens when TV goes bad.
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Leading soaps fail to make RTS list.
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has surprised the industry by omitting Coronation Street and Emmerdale from the nominations for its first ever soap award, writes Simon Ellery.
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PALADIN TO EXPLORE NELSON'S LIFE AND LOVES.
Paladin Invision is producing a 90-minute biography on Admiral Horatio Nelson for Channel 4. The documentary, Nelson's Trafalgar, was ordered by C4 commissioning editor, history Tim Kirby and is expected to
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Editor leaves Richard and Judy.
Channel 4's ailing Richard and Judy chatshow has been dealt another blow with the departure of its editor, Karen Smith, writes Steve Aston.
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Pre-emptive ITV merger is dumped.
Plans by Granada and Carlton to merge elements of their businesses before new broadcasting legislation comes into effect have been postponed, Carlton admitted this week, writes Steve Aston.
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DOLBY E FOR LONDON DUO.
London's International Broadcast Facilities and Vidfilm are the UK's first two post-production facilities to adopt Dolby E technology to deliver Dolby Digital 5.1 surround-sound programming to broadcasters such as BSkyB. Dolby
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DISABILITY MANIFESTO.
BBC director general Greg Dyke, BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball, Carlton Channels chief executive Clive Jones and media secretary Tessa Jowell are just some of the senior industry figures attending the
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Endemol regains indie status in DCMS U-turn.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has agreed to reinstate the independent status of Endemol UK and Cafe Productions in a move that will have ramifications for the entire
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HAWK-EYE TO ENHANCE SKY SPORTS CRICKET.
Sky Sports is to use Hawk-Eye ball tracking for its cricket coverage - the system which helped revolutionise Channel 4's coverage of the game.Sky is to use the system, which helps
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OLDIES CONFERENCE.
A conference organised by the Independent Television Commission and Help the Aged to address the problems faced by older people in the media will take place on 19 March at Bafta
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Moving Picture Company scores first with DSX.
London-based the Moving Picture Company (MPC) is the first facility worldwide to install Cintel's next-generation film scanner, the DSX, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Megahertz Comms faces liquidation.
Broadcast products manufacturer Megahertz Communications faces liquidation next week, less than six months after spinning off its systems business to a management buyout, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TX - Coming out fighting.
It's hard to imagine creatives tackling the sticky issue of homophobia in schools without a dark part of your mind flashing you back to the League of Gentlemen's Legs Akimbo educational