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    C4 promotes Big Bro deputy

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has promoted former Big Brother 2 deputy commissioning editor Zizi Durrance to become deputy commissioning editor, features, reporting to commissioning editor, features Ben Frow, writes Penny Hughes.Durrance, who was

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    NOBLES GATE WINS C4 FUNDS FOR ALIEN SHOW

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Fledgling Edinburgh-based independent producer Nobles Gate has secured Channel 4 development funding to make a programme for Film Four. Alien Evolution is a 75-minute documentary on Sigourney Weaver's Alien films.Commissioned by

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    C4 FASHION PRESENTER SETS UP GOGGLE EYES

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The presenter of Channel 4's fashion series Slave, Chris Cleverly, has launched an independent production company in London, Goggle Eyes Productions. The company has co-produced a documentary on the Monaco World

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    C4 orders makeover show

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, daytime Jo McGrath has ordered a 55 x 30-minute makeover series from Southampton-based indie Topical Television, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Tell It To Me Straight, which will air

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    Buddah gains C4 Jesus deal

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Wise Buddah TV has secured its first commission from Channel 4 with a 12 x 5-minute series based on Jesus' 12 disciples, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, religion Elizabeth

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    Einstein signs Take 3 deal

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Digital Science channel Einstein.tv has snared a£5m co-production deal with media investor Take 3 to fund future programme output, writes David Wood.The deal will see the investment of up to

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    LNN wields axe on 28 news jobs

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    London News Network (LNN) is to axe 28 jobs as a result of the ongoing recession in TV advertising.The posts will be lost from editorial and other departments such as engineering.

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    TV HOTSHOTS - The ones to watch 2001

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    DANNY COHEN, 27 CHANNEL 4 COMMISSIONING EDITOR, DOCUMENTARIES If you're a late-night, niche-TV owl you might have caught Generation E, one of Cohen's more prominent commissions for E4. While the series

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    BBC 2 lifts lid on autumn line-up

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 controller Jane Root this week unveiled a£96m autumn schedule aimed squarely at her channel's new older audience target.Highlights include Blood of the Vikings, which explores Britain's Viking history,

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    OPAL CHAIRMAN JOINS CENTURY 105.4 FM

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Capital-owned Century 105.4 FM has appointed Opal Telecom chairman Robert Hough as its new chairman. Hough, who is also North West Regional Agency chairman, Liverpool Airport chairman and Peel Holdings deputy

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    GRANADA CUTS 10 JOBS

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Granada has axed 10 more jobs from its workforce after introducing a series of cuts at its Anglia franchise. The move will affect newsroom and financial staff. Some of the job

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    BBC 1 plans high-tech Ancient Egypt series

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is to embark on one of its most ambitious history projects to date when it uses Walking With Dinosaurs-style computer effects to bring ancient Egypt alive, writes Leigh Holmwood.Pyramid,

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    SMG boosted by£1m talent deal

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    SMG TV Productions has inked a£1m development deal with The Artists' Rights Group (ARG) to harness talent such as Ross Kemp and John Hannah, writes Steve Aston.The two-year deal will

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    Gardeners' World shows up BBC 1 peaktime weakness

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    What sort of condition did the networks wake up in with no Survivor and no Big Brother? Interestingly, ITV's primetime share for the week was up on the previous week's performance

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    NewTek launches LightWave 3D version [7]

    2001-08-23T16:35:00Z

    NewTek has announced and simultaneously started shipping the major upgrade of its 3D animation software, LightWave 3D version [7], writes Joanna Scott.Included among the features in version [7] is Sasquatch Lite,

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    Have broadcasters lost the will to innovate?

    2001-08-23T14:49:00Z

    The Broadcast debate asked leading industry figures Endemol's Peter Bazalgette, Cinema Verity's Verity Lanmbert, Telewest's David Docherty, ITV's Sioned Williams and Antelope's Mick Csáky to voice their opinions on the creative health of UK television

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    BBC Natural History plans 'electronic museum' internet archive

    2001-08-23T14:26:00Z

    Unit plans to create online database of over 1,000 hours of footage

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    Whereitsat TV set to close

    2001-08-23T14:19:00Z

    Digital satellite channel specialising in music and features will be taken off air within a month if new investment not found

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    BBC Natural History plans internet archive

    2001-08-23T14:13:00Z

    Unit plans to create 'electronic museum' with online database of over 1,000 hours of footage

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    S4C pumps£6m into animation

    2001-08-23T14:13:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster starts search for new animation projects following launch of a children's strategy group chaired by former BBC head of children's television Anna Home