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Wall to Wall boosts output with new arm
Following the success of its high-profile history series The 1900 House, Wall to Wall Television is strengthening its domestic output by opening a regional office in Bristol, writes Tara Conlan.
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AVID LAUNCHES ARM FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH NET DELIVERY
Avid is forming a division to provide internet infrastructure technology to deliver streaming media and other high-bandwidth content over the internet.Edgestreme Systems uses media and storage network technology developed by Avid.
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BBC Resources designers Gregory Millar and Sue Moyes are behind the new titles for this year's Wimbledon coverage. Produced by Ron Chakraborty for BBC Sport, archive footage of past players is
BBC Resources designers Gregory Millar and Sue Moyes are behind the new titles for this year's Wimbledon coverage. Produced by Ron Chakraborty for BBC Sport, archive footage of past players is
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Breaking into the BBC
The ICG's demise has put the BBC on a collision course with indies. While corporation chiefs talk up plans for a new commissioning system, Pact is demanding a fair deal for all, as Tara Conlan reports.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Crisis out of a drama
In Broadcast's continuing ratings analysis series, Katy Elliott uses Peaktime data to analyse how recent adaptations of classic novels have performed on the small screen.
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Round-up: how the rights carve up among the players
In a flurry of TV rights deals announced back to back at the end of last week, BSkyB managed to retain the top prize of 66 live games a year on
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AMERICA PLANS JULY LAUNCH FOR AOL TV OPERATION
America Online hopes to merge TV with the internet through its new service AOL TV which launches in eight US cities in July. The service, used through a set-top box and
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Advertising will recoup ITV's outlay
ITV's£183 million contract to screen highlights of Premiership football over three years could pay for itself with the sale of premium price advertising slots and sponsorship, writes Colin Robertson.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - SMITH TO GIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT BRITTV CONFERENCE
Media secretary Chris Smith is set to give the keynote speech at the forthcoming BritTV conference organised by the British Television Distributors Association (BTDA). Smith will be joined by BBC Worldwide
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CLASSICAL ADAPTATIONS - Going by the book
For several years TV costume drama has been on the ascendant. But it has become so commonplace, the genre may be growing stale while the source books are being trivialised in the rush for ratings. Steve Clarke reports.
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Yes TV applies for Kingston access
Video-on-demand outfit Yes Television has sparked a row with Kingston Communications over access to its broadband network, after the Hull telecoms company refused to sign a long-term contract.Yes TV, which recently
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CHANNEL4.COM EDITORS
Channel 4 head of interactive commissioning Stevan Keane has hired editors for the soon-to-relaunch channel4.com and filmfour.com sites. Andrew Grumbridge joins from Flextech to edit channel4.com and develop new entertainment ideas
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C4 'naked violence' win
Sierra Leone journalist Sorius Samura received a standing ovation as his Insight News documentary Out of Africa, shown on Channel 4, won best TV documentary and the ICRC Dignity in Conflict Award at last week's One World Media Awards, writes Katy Elliott.
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ITN 24-hour signs up Somerville
ITN's presenter line-up for its soon-to-launch 24-hour news channel will include former News at Ten newscaster Julia Somerville and ITN World News presenter Daljit Dhaliwal, writes Ashley Davies.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - PBS SIGNS RAGDOLL'S TELETUBBIES UNTIL 2008
US public service broadcaster PBS has extended its commitment to Ragdoll-produced Teletubbies after licensing a further 75 episodes. The new deal will see Teletubbies screened on PBS until 2008 and give
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RDF'S LAMBERT TO CHAIR RORY PECK AWARDS 2000
RDF director of programmes Stephen Lambert will chair this year's Rory Peck Awards, which take place on 26 October in London. The deadline for entries to the awards, which will be
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UK INTERESTS DOMINATE 2000 PROMAX AND BDA AWARDS
UK broadcasters stormed the 2000 Promax and BDA Awards in New Orleans last Friday (16 June). The BBC won three world-class awards and four gold awards, while BSkyB took five and
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19 MANAGEMENT BRINGS S CLUB TV TO ITV
19 Management, which managed the Spice Girls and currently manages S Club 7, has signed a deal with ITV for the terrestrial rights to air its new 13 x 30-minute TV
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Griffilms has completed a series of 10 seasonal idents for ^S4C children's channel Planed Plant (Kids Planet). Designer/ animator Griff Griffith used 2D cel animation by Eryl Jones with 3D design,
Griffilms has completed a series of 10 seasonal idents for ^S4C children's channel Planed Plant (Kids Planet). Designer/ animator Griff Griffith used 2D cel animation by Eryl Jones with 3D design,
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TalkBack chat show for BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned Talkback Productions to create a brand new comedy chat show called You Only Live Once, revealing celebrities' embarrassing moments spiced up with comments from rivals and former lovers, writes Simon Ellery.