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    C4 pay-TV boss in talks with Shine

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 pay-TV managing director Gerry Bastable is understood to be in talks with Elisabeth Murdoch's new indie, Shine, writes Simon Ellery.

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    C4 loses Oriel to indie

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Former Channel 4 head of commercial development Sue Oriel has quit to take up the new role of managing director of Scottish indie Ideal World, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 to apologise for airing satire

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 will be forced to broadcast an apology over the controversial paedophilia episode of satirical show Brass Eye within the month in a similar slot to that of the original

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    GOLDHAWK TO MAKE A SUITABLE BOY FOR RADIO 4

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has commissioned indie Goldhawk Productions to produce an adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel A Suitable Boy. Recording begins in India next month and centres on

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    C5 and RTL clash over Sky bid talks

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's management and majority shareholder RTL appear to be at odds over whether to entertain a bid from BSkyB for a stake in the broadcaster, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C5 COMMISSIONS DRAMA FROM GREENLIT

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Greenlit Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 controller of drama Corrine Hollingworth to produce a new two-part drama which takes its inspiration from films such as Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.

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    SMG to shed jobs across the board

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Scottish TV operator SMG has announced job cuts across its business as a result of a 37 per cent drop in profits, writes Steve Aston.

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    EQUITY SLAMS SOAPSTARS AS INSULT TO ACTING

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Actors' union Equity has branded ITV's Soapstars series an 'insulting affront to the men and women in our profession who endure low rates of pay, rejection and humiliation in the course

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    Granada puts Content rejig plan in action

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Granada content controller of factual Jim Allen has kicked off a restructure of the broadcaster's factual operation with a series of internal appointments, writes Steve Aston.

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    PARANORMAL ACTIVITY DOC BOOST FOR LION TV

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Lion TV has won its first commission from UK Horizons with a 6 x 60-minute programme focusing on paranormal activity. Ghost, fronted by Tom Baker, features a team of paranormal investigators

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    Disney TV nabs Emap ads boss

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Walt Disney Television International has poached Emap Advertising managing director Tom Toumazis to take charge of its European distribution operation, writes Simon Ellery.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Victory against pay-TV fraud

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Dutch conditional access firm Irdeto Access has dealt another blow to counterfeiters of pay-TV smartcards by winning a second British court case, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    ITC sets cultural agenda

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) this week moved to put content back at the heart of the debate over the future of communications as it published a collection of essays on

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    SKY TO AIR AUCTION TV

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The UK's third auction channel is set to launch on Sky Digital in November by former HTV director Peter Newby. Auction World dot TV will broadcast between 16.00 and midnight offering

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    FREE TO AIR - Tragedy that unites us all

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    As the horrors of Tuesday's unprecedented destruction in the US unfolded, viewers across the globe gathered around their TV screens and radios while news websites were overloaded with requests for pages

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    ITV COMMISSIONS CITV DRAMA FROM ALIBI

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    London-based drama specialist Alibi Productions has completed production on a 10 x 30-minute children's series for CITV called Sir Gadabout - The Worst Knight in the Land, to air spring next

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    French set to star in Granada alien sitcom

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Dawn French, star of The Vicar of Dibley (left), is set to feature in a new romantic comedy for the BBC playing a tourist information officer who falls in love with an alien, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    CARLTON ALL SET FOR HISTORICAL ROYAL DRAMA

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Carlton has begun production on its dramatisation for ITV of the marriage of the Queen Mother and George VI. The two-hour film, Bertie and Elizabeth, follows the royal couple from their

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Rented facilities

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    With rents on the up, Soho - the traditional home of post-production - could soon prove too expensive. But as demand for rented office space falls, it may be worth playing a waiting game - or you could just buy instead.

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    Tell-Tale and Gullane in animation tie-up

    2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Two of the country's largest children's entertainment producers have teamed up to jointly develop two major animation series.Tell-Tale Productions, creator of BBC series Tweenies, and Gullane Entertainment, which owns properties including