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IRVINE OPENS DOOR TO TV COURT COVERAGE.
High-profile appeal court cases such as the recent battle involving Siamese twins Jodie and Mary could be televised within five years, according to Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine. Speaking to the Commons
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FREE XSI COURSES.
Softimage is offering free XSI training courses to current users of the software. Tyrell will host the single-day courses on the following days: 6 February for new users; 7 February for
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Owners consider wider contract for ITV news.
ITN or the recently unveiled BSkyB-led news consortium could be asked to run an ITV-branded news channel and interactive website as part of the terms of the network's next five-year news contract, writes Colin Robertson.
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NEWS COMPLAINT UPHELD.
The BBC programme complaints bulletin published this week upheld 18 of the 157 complaints, including one made by the secretary general of the Aluminium Federation about a BBC news programme on
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Commissions queue up for YTTTP
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has bagged a number of orders, including three more instalments of her 100 Greatest ... strand for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson.
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CLIPSALESNOW.COM TIES.
Clipsalesnow.com, the online clippings service backed by September Films, which launches next week (8 February), has signed up Brook Lapping Productions, RDF Television, Minotaur, ARTV and is also on the verge
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CLIMER TO ON DIGITAL.
BBC News controller of technology Naomi Climer has joined On Digital in the new post of director of technical operations. Reporting to chief technical officer Simon Dore, Climer will take responsibility
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CHARLES QUITS PEARSON.
Pearson Television head of comedy Tony Charles is leaving the company next month to become a freelance producer. Charles, who has been with the former independent since 1996, said he was
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Wildlife centralises.
Granada completed the integration of former United News & Media ITV franchises Anglia and Meridian this week, announcing up to 100 job losses and the pooling of all wildlife programming into
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ICHOOSETV NTL CARRIAGE DEAL.
Online entertainment portal IchooseTV has signed a carriage deal with NTL's broadband internet service, ntlworld, writes David Wood.
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Carlton rejigs factual team.
Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett has reshuffled his factual team to 'invigorate the Midlands as a production base', installing Planet Wild managing director Eric Harwood in a new factual controller role in Nottingham, writes Colin Robertson.
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CAPITAL REVENUE UP.
At its annual general meeting last week (24 January) Capital Radio announced increased revenue for October to December 2000 of 12 per cent - an increase of 4 per cent year
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RED POST BUYS FIRE.
Red Post in Soho has upped its high-end film editing capabilities with the purchase of Discreet Fire. Along with the upgrade to its Flame, Flint and Inferno suites, the purchase means
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Brit news wins in New York.
British broadcasting outfits won a cluster of prizes at the New York Awards on Friday (19 January), writes Ashley Davies.
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ON THE BOX - Popstars who don't sing.
Two Four Productions' Rukhsana Mosam regrets the constant intervention of Nigel in Popstars but was moved by The Last Days.
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Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case.
Carlton Television is making a major 120-minute film charting the high-profile case of Sheila Bowler, who was jailed for a crime she did not commit, writes Colin Robertson.
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PLAYERS TO TAKE A BOW.
Tiger Aspect Productions' head of drama, Greg Brenman, has confirmed the fifth series of BBC 1's Playing the Field will be its last, writes Ashley Davies. He said the women's football
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BLOOMBERG SIGNS DEAL TO SUPPLY UNIQUE.
UBC Media Group has signed a deal with Bloomberg in which the business channel will be the exclusive supplier to UBC production arm Unique Broadcasting of business bulletins and market reports
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Big Brother heads indie prize triumph.
Endemol Entertainment UK arm Bazal's reality TV hit Big Brother scooped two awards - including best new programme - at the Broadcast 2001 Awards.In a change from last year, indies scooped
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TX - The best possible taste.
If a film sub-titled In search of the Kama Sutra evokes images of acres of naked flesh and soft-focus sex scenes then Position Impossible is going to disappoint. Executive producer Narinder