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    RED TO INTERVIEW STAR

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Red Production founder Nicola Shindler has been lined up to interview Sex and the City creator Darren Star at the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival (GEITF) which runs from 24 to

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    TRAVEL NEWS VIA WAP

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Trafficlink, which supplies traffic and travel news to commercial and BBC local radio, has signed a deal with XY Network, run by indie Somethin' Else, to launch audio travel news bulletins

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    Off the Record ..

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Production pontiff Michael Foster is reportedly setting up a talent agency backed by PR guru Matthew Freud and is supposedly representing one Ross Kemp (who he? Ed). For all those interested

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    Who has the right?

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    In the battle to retain commercial control over their own creations, independent producers are challenging those broadcasters which automatically assume ownership of a programme's TV rights.

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    TOONSHADER UNVEILED

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Toon Boom Technologies has released ToonShader - a package that allows Maya-generated animation to be imported in to Toon Boom's USAnimation software for web publishing. Alias Wavefront developer relations manager Tom

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    Big Brother messaging service goes live

    2001-05-31T13:52:00Z

    40,000 online requests for service received as BT Cellnet puts out feelers for payed-for mobile content

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    Radio indies lash out at R4

    2001-05-31T13:26:00Z

    Independent producers say fall in number of commissions is a threat to their existence

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    BBC 1 adopts theme night in Saturday evening re-jig

    2001-05-31T11:25:00Z

    Themed nostalgia nights to run from August as Heggessey seeks to shake up weekend schedule in face of stiff competition from ITV

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    Network Heroes falls to BDP

    2001-05-31T11:19:00Z

    Merv Wood's outfit to merge with Bryan De'Ath's 10 year old creative company

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    Shenfield relinquishes day-to-day control of Mill

    2001-05-31T11:19:00Z

    Director of production and co-founder Pat Joseph takes on managing director role at leading Soho commercials outfit

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    Rick Stein to get 10-part series on BBC 2

    2001-05-31T11:10:00Z

    Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions has been commissioned to make a new 10 x 30-minute series featuring celebrity chef Rick Stein for BBC 2.The Best of Britain , produced and directed by

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    Artsworld takes original programming to 100 hours

    2001-05-31T11:10:00Z

    Artsworld channel director Richard Melman has made a raft of orders, taking the total hours of original programming to over 100, writes Simon ElleryITN Factual is producing a 60-minute special on

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    Tiger secures raft from BBC and C4

    2001-05-31T11:10:00Z

    Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a raft of factual commissions from the BBC and Channel 4 including a follow-up to its recent Bafta success, Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, writes Penny HughesHoward

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    Darlow Smithson in record animation commission

    2001-05-31T11:10:00Z

    London-based indie Darlow Smithson has scooped its largest ever animation commission after securing $2.5m (£1.76m) for two 120-minute films from Discovery Communications and The Learning Channel (TLC), writes Penny HughesThe first

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    Talent and Challenge in Scrabble talks

    2001-05-31T11:10:00Z

    Talent TV is in talks with Flextech-owned Challenge TV about producing a TV version of the boardgame Scrabble.The gameshow series is expected to be hosted by Toby Anstis and executive

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    Sky News and History Channel join forces

    2001-05-31T11:10:00Z

    Sky News and the History Channel have joined forces for the first time to make a one-off factual special to coincide with Anne Frank memorial day later this month, writes Simon Ellery

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    TiVo has just 5,000 UK subscribers

    2001-05-31T08:10:00Z

    Personal video recorder bought by little more than 0.02% of UK TV households eight months after much-hyped launch

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    Granada Wild bags£1.3m series

    2001-05-31T08:10:00Z

    National Geographic Channel orders 13x60 minutes on nature's big killers

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    ITV to re-draw programme rights ahead of Sky deal

    2001-05-31T08:10:00Z

    Network centre plans first new commissioning documents for eight years as digital and online activity steps up

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    Lux departure set to throw BBC entertainment into turmoil

    2001-05-31T08:10:00Z

    Controller of entertainment commissioning set to finalise contract within days ahead of move to Channel 4