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Dolby unveils volume tool
Dolby unveiled a new audio analysis tool last week aimed at helping broadcasters iron out volume inconsistencies between channels and programmes , writes Barbara MarshallDolby claims the LM100 Loudness Meter is the
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NTL greenlights mobile DTT
NTL has completed UK tests of mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT) and claims the initiative opens the way for the development of the DTT platform. The trials, which have taken place
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BBC 1 lines up young offenders drama
BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter has greenlit the first improvised drama for BBC 1.Tamzin Outhwaite and David Morrissey star in The Young Offenders, a 2 x 60-minute order
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BBC 2 recalls leisure shows
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have recommissioned a raft of leisure series.Talkback Productions has been asked to produce another series of dating show Would
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4C to take a gamble with new series
Welsh broadcaster 4C is to launch its own version of Channel 4 gambling show Banzai with new format Beat the Bookie, writes Jon RogersS4C commissioning editor for light entertainment Huw Chiswell
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C4 offers Ideal features boost
Ideal World is set to ramp up its features base in Glasgow after scooping primetime Channel 4 commissions worth£2.4m, writes Penny HughesC4 head of features Ben Frow and deputy commissioning
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Celador resumes search for brainiest kid
ITV 1 controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Celador Productions to produce a second Britain's Brainiest Kid one-off.The 90-minute special will again feature Carol Vorderman testing the general and
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Union and Columbia to scale next Rockface
BBC Scotland has commissioned Union Pictures and Columbia Tristar International TV to produce a second series of mountain rescue drama Rockface for BBC 1.Commissioned by BBC Scotland head of drama
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Elliott unveils first Kemp drama for ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has unveiled former EastEnders star Martin Kemp's first drama vehicle for the channel.LWT has been asked to produce Daddy's Girl, a 2 x 60-minute
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Treacy honoured with ITV fashion tribute
World-renowned milliner Philip Treacy is the subject of this year's Fashion Tribute, to air in ITV regions early next month.The 30-minute special, to be made by indie Talent Television, focuses
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Men & Motors gears up for TT races
Men & Motors has secured the exclusive rights to The Isle of Man TT Races for 2002.Greenlight has been commissioned by Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programming Gary Shoefield to
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It's Partridge season
BBC 2 is to air a season of programmes featuring comedian Steve Coogan's anti-heroic creation Alan Partridge in the run-up to a brand new series of I'm Alan Partridge from TalkBack,
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Worldwide may pull out of Mip-TV 2003
Date clash could lead to loss of one of the show's largest exhibitors
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C4 nets cash for history shows
Ice Age doc from producers of Neanderthal on the agenda thanks to backing from German broadcaster ZDF
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Andreae steps in to plug C4 science gap
Optomen Television head of documentaries fills role vacated by former commissioning editor, science Dam Chambers
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C4 targets indies with 'grown-up' agreements
New production deals with key suppliers drive bid to become indies' 'broadcaster of choice'
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C5's Thomas off down under
Controller of news, current affairs and documentaries joins Australia's SBS Independent
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Brits dominate Banff TV festival nominations
The Office and Smack the Pony in the running for awards as British TV industry accounts for over a third of nominations
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Young's new outfit to make BBC lottery show
Former BBC head of light entertainment's indie 12 Yard wins commission for 10 x 40 minute quiz show In It To Win It
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Crunch meeting for BBC politics
Futures of On the Record and Dispatch Box to be decided in the autumn