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Paladin and Invision merge
Factual Indies Paladin Pictures and Invision Productions have merged to form a new company and have delivered their first programme to Channel 4, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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'Outdated' Miss World returns on ITV
ITV has bought the rights to Miss World 2001, 13 years after it stopped screening the contest amid complaints that it was too sexist, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TX - Kosovo two years on
Nick Danziger's powerfully emotional study of Kosovo two years on from the Serbian atrocities nearly went unaired.The general nervousness about audience figures and the fact that stories set abroad are deemed
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A PRIMETIME SLOT AT LAST
Channel 4 has confirmed the second series of US drama The West Wing will move out of its graveyard slot when it hits the main channel next year, writes Penny Hughes.
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Survivor makes it to second series
ITV HAS decided to run a second series of its ratings flop Survivor, writes Steve Aston.
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OFF THE RECORD - Mettle for sex
As much as OTR likes to expose and reveal television's naughtier side (see above), it's just possible that E4 has gone a little too far with its new interactive Sex Bots
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Rapture pay-off 'miserly'
Staff at dance music channel Rapture are being offered redundancy packages of£240 per year of service as owner United Business Media gears up to close the channel next month, writes Simon Ellery.
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OCTOPUS TV SOLD
Octopus TV parent company Octopus Publishing Group has been bought by Hachette-Livre, part of the French Lagardere Media Group. Operations director Laura Banford said TV operations would remain unaffected and Nick
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PLAYJAM TO OPEN IN US
Interactive broadcaster Static 2358 has launched its interactive gaming service PlayJam in the US through New York cable service Cablevision. PlayJam is currently on BSkyB, NTL and Telewest in the UK
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PECK WINNER
Freelance cameraman Talal Abu Rahmeh was awarded the new Sony International Impact Award at last week's Rory Peck Awards 2001 (Thursday 18 October).His film Death of Mohammel El Durah was singled
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Straight TV set to revive Planet Pop
Straight TV is to revive its former Channel 4 music format Planet Pop after securing an eight-part commission from Flextech-owned channel Trouble, writes Penny Hughes.
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Nunn Shakespeare adaptation set for BBC 2
BBC 2 is to screen an adaptation of the Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Henry Goodman and David Bamber.A
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Celador show to chart adult brainpower
Celador Productions is reformatting its ITV 1 Britain's Brainiest Kidshow into a new adult series, which will attempt to test the brainpower of people from various walks of life.A
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Wax to host new BBC gameshow
The BBC is set to add another big-money gameshow to its peaktime line-up after commissioning Hat Trick Productions to produce a new quiz show fronted by Ruby Wax with a jackpot
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BBC Mancester orders nostalgia programmes
New BBC Manchester editor, entertainment features Alan Brown has unveiled a raft of new commissions from BBC 1 and BBC 2, building on the success of programmes such as the I
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BBC signs TWI to two-year snooker deal
TWI has signed a new two-year deal with the BBC to produce its coverage of the leading world snooker tournaments.The deal, which comes into effect this month, includes the LG
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Regionals boost Cardiff firm
Cardiff-based indie Green Bay has secured a raft of new commissions for the three major broadcasters in Wales, writes Leigh HolmwoodBBC Wales head of English language programmes Clare Hudson and commissioning
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Ideal World to make drama with unknown talent
Ideal World Films has completed an eight-part drama serial written and directed entirely by new talent for Channel 4's independent film and video unit (IFVU), writes Simon ElleryCommissioned by C4 commissioning
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Somethin' Else wins MTV Radio orders
MTV Radio Productions has commissioned indie Somethin' Else to produce programming from the 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards to be distributed to commercial radio stations worldwide.Commissioned by MTV Radio Productions
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True North explores life of lottery Liar
Leeds-based factual specialist True North Productions has started work on one-off documentary The Lottery Liar(working title) for ITV's Real Lifestrand.ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes ordered