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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Bolton wanders into television production
BOLTON WANDERERS is setting a precedent for other football clubs by installing an in-house production facility to provide live coverage of home games, writes Barbara Marshall.
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US sales boost ITV companies
Beleaguered ITV companies Carlton and Granada received a much-needed confidence boost this week after signing a raft of programme deals at Mipcom.Granada International announced a six figure co-production and distribution deal
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ON THE BOX - Jamie's comeback
Producer and director at Oxford Films and Television Ian MacMillan loved the satire of Rock Profiles but found Never Mind ... boorish.
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BRASS EYE IN THE CLEAR
The Independent Television Commission ruled that Channel 4's Brass Eye, which satirised talk-show confessions of child abuse, did not breach rules on taste and decency. The commission failed to uphold six
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Broadband roll-out may get tax breaks
The government is putting together a number of high-profile initiatives to accelerate its vision of 'Broadband Britain', including a film industry-style scheme to grant tax breaks to companies producing broadband content.Other
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PARANORMAL SPECIAL BROADENS UK HORIZONS UK
Horizons channel editor Dominic Vallely has commissioned two new programmes for a special themed weekend called Haunted. Secrets of the Paranormal, produced by BBC Worldwide's interactive arm, will be a 60-minute
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BSkyB kicks off interactive football trials
BSKYB has unveiled further details of its interactive strategy which kicks off next weekend (20 October) with the first trials of its 'pay-to-play' interactive Premiership football, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITV Digital slashes fees to reduce cancellations
ITV Digital is offering special cut-price packages including subscriptions for as little as£1 a month to up to 10,000 subscribers in a drastic bid to stop them cancelling, writes Simon Ellery.
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Media Centre's Locke goes to imagineering
The BBC has appointed a head of imagineering after founding head Fiona McKenzie resigned to return to programme making, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Root creates drinks club for high-raters
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has created her own exclusive club, with membership strictly limited to producers whose programmes pull in at least 3 million viewers, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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SNOW IN CNN DEBATE
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow is to chair CNN's weekly 30-minute International Correspondents show this Saturday examining the current crisis in Afghanistan. Other participants include CNN European political editor Robin
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NEWS SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Newsworld overhauled
Newsworld, the annual gathering of international news broadcasters, is overhauling its schedule following the terrorist attacks against the US and the onset of war in Afghanistan, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - THE FINAL CUT
Shining Productions used Apple's desktop editing system Final Cut Pro to edit a documentary for Channel 4 music strand 4 Music, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - RUSHES PROMOTES DAVIES
Rushes has promoted bookings coordinator Jonathan Davies to promo producer. Davies joined Rushes last year after working for several post-production firms including Moving Picture Company, 8811 and P3 Post.
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ON DEMAND TV - Revolution in waiting
While the roll-out of VOD has been unquestionably slow, many predict huge revenues for on-demand networks. But as competition increases, who will be the real winners when the interactive revolution takes off?
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - News service goes digital with Sony
Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe (BPE) has won a contract with Associated Press Television News (APTN) to replace its analogue production equipment.The deal, which APTN director of technology Nick Evansky said
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Hit and Discovery tie up
Hit Wildlife, a division of animation company Hit Entertainment, has signed a three-year co-production deal with Discovery Networks International, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Elizabeth team revisits Escape
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has ordered a one-off exploration of the Great Escape from the team behind Channel 4's high-rating series Elizabeth.The 60-minute documentary drama, produced by
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - STLD gives epilepsy warning
The Society of television lighting directors (STLD) is calling on broadcasters to take more responsibility for managing the risks of photosensitive epilepsy (PSE), writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - EQUIPMENT ON SHOW
The 26th annual sound broadcast equipment show (SBES) will be held at Birmingham's NEC on 14-15 November 2001. Featuring two days of seminars as well as an exhibition of audio products,