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Rebrand sees Hall quit Invest
Invest TV managing director Ed Hall has resigned, following the recent rebranding of Invest TV-backed interactive finance channel Simply Money, writes David Wood.
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ITV ORDERS MULTI-CULTURAL SITCOM
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has commissioned a new sitcom pilot from the writer of Channel 4's Desmond's, as part of its£1m fund to develop comedy for the network,
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NET RADIO LAUNCH
Former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs has launched a new internet radio station, which claims to be the first in Britain to simultaneously combine audio with text, graphics and retail opportunities.
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UNITED'S WILLIS TO LECTURE ON STATE OF TV
LWT and United Productions managing director John Willis is set to deliver a public lecture on the state of TV at the University of Bristol next month. The lecture, entitled Television
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Maverick in restructure
Birmingham-based independent producer Maverick Television has undergone a restructure, appointing two executive producers and promoting creative director Martin Head to become the company's first managing director, writes Simon Ellery.
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Can the sitcom sit up?
Sitcom is no longer the appointment TV genre it once was, with quiz and reality formats pulling in the real crowds, making commissioners nervous about pouring funds into it. So will the shows still go on?
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SKILLSET UPS TRAINING
Broadcast industry training body Skillset is to spend an extra£106,000 on courses, taking the total for 2001 to more than£1.5m. The extra money is being targeted at TV writer
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The Word director to go into feature films
Green Inc Productions, the Belfast-based independent headed by former The Word and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush director Stephen Stewart, has formed an alliance with Green Park Films to develop drama series
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Football Documentaries underway for C4
Channel 4 head of programmes, nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove has commissioned Granada Television and Belfast-based indie Hot Shot Films to produce a documentary for its Football Storiesstrand which will
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Windows Media latest
Soho streaming specialist Root6 takes a look at the latest on offer from Microsoft including High Definition Streaming at only 3MB per second
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Jerry Springer to come back late on C5
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has re-commissioned Carlton to make a longer series of chat show Late Night With Jerry Springer.Springer, who has also signed up to present
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BBC orders tapeless production system
BBC Technology appoints Munich-based software developer AIST to build 600-workstation system for BBC's Natural History Unit which could see roll-out across corporation
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Fusion Radio to launch its own chart show
The Fusion Radio Group is launching a rival to commercial radio's national Sunday evening Pepsi Chart Show.The 180-minute show, which is due to air from July, is aimed at the
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Open University places science drama order
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has been commissioned to produce a 6 x 30-minute drama for the BBC and the Open University.Ordered by BBCscience commissioning editor Steve Wilkinson, the series is
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More Linda Green episodes ordered by BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is poised to order four more episodes of romantic comedy drama Linda Greenfrom Manchester-based indie Red Production.They are expected to air in September with
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Bazal in co-production deal for travel show
Bazal has struck its first deal with the National Geographic channel after agreeing to co-produce a 'real-life' travel documentary series, Up For It.The 26 x 30-minute series, which features holiday
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National Geo to broadcast Pearl Harbour doc across global channels simultaneously
National Geographic Channel is to broadcast a documentary across all its global channels simultaneously for the first time.In a strategy which it claims will bolster its future purchasing power, the
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IP's mission to Mars
Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf plans to extend the Internet into outer space with interplanetary internet framwork
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Veil shows PDA to TV link
US software developer shows technology which links broadcast stream to hand held devices
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C5 commissions landmark documentary on migration of early man
Channel 5 has made one of its most ambitious and expensive factual commissions to date, with a landmark series about early man colonising the planet.The 6 x 60-minute,£500,000 production, to