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Two Way hires sports ace
Two Way TV has named a former BSkyB interactive sports ace, Simon Small, to head its satellite operations in a move which signals the launch of the games outfit on Sky Digital, writes Simon Ellery.
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FRANCE'S M6 FINDS GIRLFRIEND AT ACTION TIME
Action Time International has sold 11 x 30-minute Planet 24 gameshow Girlfriend to French independent producer R&G Productions for broadcast on France's M6. Action time has also sold 30 x 30-minute
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ACPTV hires Channel 4 for siamese twins doc
Channel 4 has commissioned Bristol-based ACPTV to produce a 2 x 60-minute special The Secret Life of Siamese Twins. The two-parter goes into production in the next three weeks and will
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... While nasty Nick presents Channel 4 quiz show
Former Big Brother contestant 'Nasty' Nick Bateman is to host a new Channel 4 quiz show provisionally titled The Dilemma Game. The show has been commissioned from Windfall Productions which is
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Talkback to make C4 property show
Talkback Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a new 6 x 60-minute show provisionally called Be Your Own Property Developer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The series was commissioned by C4
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C4's Taylor leaves for Hat Trick
Hat Trick Productions has poached Channel 4 entertainment editor Cheryl Taylor to the newly created position of head of comedy, writes Simon Ellery.
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Channel 4's T4 to get digital slot
Channel 4 is to develop its Sunday morning teen programming block T4 as a strand on its new digital entertainment channel E4, writes Ed Shelton.
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Channel 4 rebuked for Chris Morris show
Channel 4's controversial satire show Jam, screened earlier this year, received a partial rebuke from the Broadcasting Standards Committee in the regulator's latest bulletin. The committee received complaints about five episodes
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Oasis Television is behind the title sequence and graphics for The Investigators, a new children's factual series for Channel 4. The programmes, produced by Simon Nicholas and Penny Lawrence at Curiou
Oasis Television is behind the title sequence and graphics for The Investigators, a new children's factual series for Channel 4. The programmes, produced by Simon Nicholas and Penny Lawrence at Curious
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LIBERTY MEDIA'S 4MC OPENS SOUND EDITING SUITE
Soho-based 4MC, part of the Liberty Media group, has opened its latest sound suite. Part of an ongoing£1m refurbishment programme of the sound department, the new mastering suite offers conform,
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OFF THE RECORD - C4I's death trap
Every year Channel 4 International tries to outdo itself by creating a sleek, modern design for its Mipcom stand in keeping with the channel's nowness. Last time, there was a mild
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C4 buys Nazi science series
Channel 4 International (C4I) and The History Channel are co-funding a 4 x 60-minute series called The Science of The Third Reich to be made by Darlow/Smithson, writes Ashley Davies.
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P3 Post has completed the post-production of Everything, Everything, a 40-minute programme for Channel 4 featuring rock group Underworld. The programme is a sampler of Underworld's new DVD of the same
P3 Post has completed the post-production of Everything, Everything, a 40-minute programme for Channel 4 featuring rock group Underworld. The programme is a sampler of Underworld's new DVD of the same
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The outfit, which is jointly owned by Granada Media and Carlton Communications, intends to float around 20 per cent of its stock. Analysts put the value of the company at between
On Digital is considering a stock market flotation on its second anniversary on 15 November and is understood to be wooing a telecoms investor, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITV has signed a£23m deal with Buena Vista Entertainment for a number of major films from the studio's 1999 catalogue, writes Colin Robertson. Movies such as Inspector Gadget (right), Sixth Sense
ITV has signed a£23m deal with Buena Vista Entertainment for a number of major films from the studio's 1999 catalogue, writes Colin Robertson. Movies such as Inspector Gadget (right), Sixth Sense
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UNIVERSAL EVIL TO AIR ON 13TH STREET WORLDWIDE
London-based Universal Studios Networks has completed its first global co-production, Evil, which will air on 13th street channels worldwide. The 13 x 60-minute documentary series deals with evil and how it affects
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Not the nine o'clock news on BBC 1
The BBC is to move Hat Trick Productions' Have I Got News for You from Fridays at 21.00 on BBC 2 to BBC 1 as part of its new evening schedule once the news moves to 22.00 on 16 October, write Ed Shelton and Colin Robertson.
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BBC 1 commissions detective novel adaptation
BBC 1 has commissioned an adaptation of Elizabeth George's novel A Great Deliverance from its in-house drama department. Commissioned by former BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon, the programme is centred on
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Live and Kicking returns to BBC 1 on Saturday (7 October) for its eighth series, sporting a new set, titles and theme tune, writes Barbara Marshall. The new presenting line-up for
Live and Kicking returns to BBC 1 on Saturday (7 October) for its eighth series, sporting a new set, titles and theme tune, writes Barbara Marshall. The new presenting line-up for
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Managing editor sought for BBC4
BBC Knowledge boss Cleaver takes up new media role in factual and learning