All News articles – Page 4961

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    James leases interviews to Artsworld

    2001-07-05T16:27:00Z

    Veteran chat show host donates six home-filmed 'chats' to digital arts channel in bid to boost his internet venture Welcome Stranger

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    Telewest takes Kidstime stake

    2001-07-05T16:18:00Z

    Cable to content company aims to boost broadband offerings to pre-school kids with investment in children's interactive producer

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    Rushes announces Soho Shorts nominees

    2001-07-05T14:09:00Z

    Sara Dunlop's Big won last years short film category - who'll win this year? Check out all the nominees

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    Static and Pearson turn C5's 100% interactive

    2001-07-05T12:55:00Z

    Exclusive ONdigital service to allow viewers to play and win at home

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    Multi-channel viewers 'pay more attention', Sky-backed BMRB survey claims

    2001-07-05T12:53:00Z

    New BMRB report suggests non-terrestrial viewers are more attentive and more likely to watch commercial breaks

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    ORAD lures Spoher

    2001-07-05T12:50:00Z

    Softimage international product manager quits to head virtual set maker's UK business

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    Skaramoosh buys DSHD

    2001-07-05T12:50:00Z

    Graphics facility becomes second UK home for hi-def system

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    Boost for Waterside

    2001-07-05T12:50:00Z

    Waterside, the Edinburgh-based post-production house, has invested£250,000 in broadcast facilities at its Leith base.The money has been used to set up a graphic design department and two new edit

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    BBC Resources reports record loss

    2001-07-05T12:50:00Z

    Limited status subsidiary admits its 'not been a good year' as losses rise for third year in a row

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    Multi-channel viewers 'pay more attention', Sky-backed survey claims

    2001-07-05T12:45:00Z

    New BRMB report suggests non-terrestrial viewers are more attentive and more likely to watch commercial breaks

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    Granada's The Forsyte Saga gets underway

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Granada has begun production on its remake of The Forsyte Saga.The series will debut with a 90-minute special followed by 5 x 75- minute episodes. Filming begins this week on

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    Granada plays the Fame game

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought the rights to the entire series of cult drama series Fame, writes Simon ElleryThe 42 x 60-minute series, which was last seen on BBC 1

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    Entertainment Rights wins major kids order

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Entertainment Rights is producing a 52 x 10-minute children's series, Merlin The Magic Puppy,for ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace.The producer and writer is Keith Littler. Dawn

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    Initial gets Zero Gravity concert order

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Endemol UK production arm Initial is to make the Lynx Zero Gravity concert for Channel 4.This is the fourth year it has produced the concert which was ordered by C4

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    BBC's Pickard orders pre-school raft

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has ordered a raft of new pre-school series for CBBC, including a spin-off of popular art show SMart, writes Leigh HolmwoodSMarteenies, a 50 x 15-minute

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    Japanese superchefs to take on all comers

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Japanese cookery show Iron Chef is to launch in the UK following a deal between its producer, Fuji TV, and food channel Taste CFN.Taste channel director Chantal Rutherford Browne is

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    The Trap is worldwide hit for Action Time

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Action Time has sold its interactive gameshow format The Trapto a number of overseas territories.Spain's Gestmusic is producing 60 episodes of the show for Antena 3 for broadcast this

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    History Channel plans special about gold

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    The History Channel is set to air a programme across all of its channels simultaneously for the first time.A 4 x 60-minute miniseries focusing on gold will be screened from

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    Film show returns to channel 5

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has commissioned a second series of film clip show Out Therefrom indie OPI.The new 10 x 30-minute series will be recorded in

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    S4C lands two more co-production deals

    2001-07-05T11:51:00Z

    S4C International has bagged another two co-production deals with Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and German public broadcaster ZDF, writes Penny HughesFor DNE's Travel Channel, the Welsh broadcaster is producing 4 x