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    Condor's Douglas flies to new home

    2001-12-03T16:14:00Z

    Condor Post Production head of business development Stephen Douglas has quit the facility to join Oktober Post Production in Auckland, New Zealand.After 20 years in the UK industry, including stints

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    ITV1 dominates Sunday night viewing

    2001-12-03T15:10:00Z

    Channel out-scores BBC1 in the peak-time averages by nearly two-to-one as corporation fails to take a single slot

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    Sunset + Vine wins C4 cricket recommission

    2001-12-03T14:32:00Z

    Channel 4 rewards producer of its award-winning coverage with a four-year extension

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    Cat sees off Ant & Dec

    2001-12-03T12:02:00Z

    Day after final SM:tv Live appearance popular geordie duo are beaten to best presenter award at the Children's BAFTAs by co-presenter Deeley

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    Vegas to front British Comedy Awards preview

    2001-12-03T10:59:00Z

    Face of ITV Digital to interview top TV comics and give run-down on this year's nominees for ITV2

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    Peak extends lead over weakening Beasts

    2001-11-30T12:08:00Z

    ITV1's rural medical drama, Peak Practice ups audience as yet more viewers desert animated natural history series

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    C4 orders pop-star show from Chrysalis

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star, writes Steve AstonHow to Have a Number One

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    BBC to take another look at Tourette's

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC is to revisit the subject of its 1989 QED documentary on Tourette's syndrome to discover how the condition is now perceived, as part of a slate of factual commissions,

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    Green Inc Productions bags trio

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment

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    BBC orders trio of Spring dramas

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a trio of new dramas for the spring, including a two-part programme from indie RDF.RDF has been commissioned by BBC head of independent drama Gareth Neame to

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    Storyland wins first commission

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    New Scottish indie Storyland has won its first commission, a one-off Christmas animation for CITV featuring the voice of comedian Rory Bremner, writes Simon ElleryCommissioned by ITV controller of children's and

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    Einstein signs space deal

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon ElleryEuronauts will follow the prospective astronauts through their training, as well

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    Prime Ent sells Portman Entertainment for£1.2m

    2001-11-30T09:54:00Z

    TV and media company offloads subsidiary following management buyout

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    BBC bids to stem regional brain drain

    2001-11-30T09:54:00Z

    Corporation to put£160,000 into new scheme designed to keep creative talent in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast

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    Tories could privatise Radios 1 and 2

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radios 1 and 2 could be privatised under a future Conservative government, shadow media secretary Tim Yeo claimed this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 looks at 50 years of No 1s

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star writes Steve Aston.

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    RADIO 4'S DEAD RINGERS GETS BBC 1 PILOT

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Radio 4 improvisation show Dead Ringers is being made for television, with a pilot due to air on BBC 1 next year. The one-off will feature the regular cast such as

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    RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 11 NOVEMBER - So, what's going on in multichannel homes?

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    This week's top 50 table introduces new data about audiences in multichannel homes. Three new columns have been introduced to show the comparative ranking for the top 50 programmes in these

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    Static 2358 sheds 16 jobs after review

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV specialist Static 2358 has scaled back its design department as part of an overall review of the business that has resulted in 16 job losses.Six of these have gone

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    IMAGINA 2002 SPEAKERS

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Digital Domain founder and four-time Academy Award winner Stan Winston will be the keynote speaker at the Monte Carlo-based computer graphics conference Imagina 2002. Other speakers lined up for the 20th