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ITV LOOKS SET TO RESURRECT PRIME SUSPECT.
ITV is in discussions over reviving its acclaimed detective series Prime Suspect for a sixth outing. The show's leading actress Helen Mirren confirmed in a Radio Times interview this week that
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New US office for Optomen.
Optomen Television, producer of BBC 2's The Naked Chef, is to become the latest UK indie to launch an office in the US, writes Penny Hughes.
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RTL OWNERSHIP SHIFT.
German media group Bertelsmann has held talks this week with the board of Channel 5 majority shareholder RTL about buying the remaining 11 per cent of the group it does not
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TX - Paradise regained.
When you're looking for a place to represent Eden, a couple of palm trees and a waterfall in a disused car park outside Cardiff just isn't going to cut it. Finding
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Thompson-led review stalls.
The BBC's much anticipated review into its commissioning system has stalled following the departure of director of television Mark Thompson to Channel 4, leaving many programme-makers worried about the future.Thompson, who
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IN MY VIEW.
On why the BBC must 'connect' with its PSB role in rising to the challenge of the digital age.
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Granada Sport to screen first broadband premiership match with Liverpoolfc website
Granada's joint venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc.tv is to take another step forward later this month with the broadcast of its first ever broadband match - a pay-per-view premiership clash
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Granada's joint venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc
Granada's joint venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc.tv is to take another step forward later this month with the broadcast of its first ever broadband match - a pay-per-view premiership clash
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Tandberg Television moves global base to the UK
Norwegian digital broadcast systems specialist Tandberg Television is to move its global headquarters to the UK with the loss of 60 jobs and has lost three senior executives ahead of anticipated
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Evenser Group appoints Carr as md
Industry veteran David Carr has joined the Evenser Group - owner of Charter Broadcast and Cinevideo - as managing director of its broadcast equipment division, writes Barbara MarshallThe former M2 Television
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VFG prepares for management buyout
Publicly quoted broadcast equipment supplier VFG is poised for a management buyout after being put into administrative receivership last month, writes Barbara MarshallDespite managers' attempts to restructure the business last year
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Snell & Wilcox cuts
Snell & Wilcox plans to cut 40 jobs in the UK, representing 10 per cent of its workforce, in response to 'the global trading uncertainty'.Chief operating officer Harry Cross said
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Regional post-houses up for Broadcast award
Two non-London firms feature for the first time in the Broadcast Award's shortlist for best post-production house, writes Barbara MarshallWales' Barcud-Derwen and Bristol's Films@59 have been shortlisted, alongside Blue Post Production,
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Buyers sort for Photobition Group
Administrators at accountancy firm Arthur Andersen are seeking buyers for the film storage and distribution division of graphics services provider Photobition Group, writes Barbara MarshallBonded Services, which has facilities in North
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JVC restructures management
JVC Professional has restructured its UK management team as part of a push beyond its core camera market into new areas, resulting in the loss of two jobs.The new board
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CBBC's Pickard unveils new pre-school commissions
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has unveiled two new pre-school commissions - seen as the next generation of Teletubbies and Tweenies - with one series to be produced by little-known indie Novel
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12 Yard Productions lands first commission
The indie set up by The Weakest Link creator David Young, 12 Yard Productions, has landed its first commission with a daytime quiz show for Sky One, writes Simon EllerySky One
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New Collingwood O'Hare animation for ITV
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned a 52 x 5-minute animated series from Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment.Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, which tells the story of a bird, an
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Shine to make role-swapping doc for Discovery
Elizabeth Murdoch's production company, Shine Entertainment, has received its first commission from the Discovery Channel UK, bagging a 3 x 60-minute series called Topsy Turvy, writes Jon RogersCommissioned by Discovery vice-president
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Ricochet to deliver future sex for C4
A subdivision of Ricochet Films specialising in digital TV programming has been commissioned to make a new six-part series on sex for Channel 4.Ricochet Digital will produce 6 x 30-minute