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BRIT FIRMS TAKE TWO OSCARS.
Two British firms were credited at last Sunday's (25 March) Oscar ceremony, writes Barbara Marshall. Mill Film's Tim Burke and Lola Post Production co-director Rob Harvey, formerly of Mill Film, picked
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Eutelsat makes move into UK broadband.
European satellite operator Eutelsat has hired UK digital content outfit Prism Entertainment, headed by former Fox Kids Europe managing director Rod Henwood, as its official content agent, as it gears up to launch a broadband PC TV service via digital sat
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BROOK LAPPING GETS EXTREME SERIES ORDER.
Channel 4 has commissioned Brook Lapping to produce a 3 x 30-minute series about people and organisations that are pushed to the extreme. Called Hostage, the series is a co-production with
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IVAS CALL FOR PAPERS.
The third international workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs), to be held in Madrid, Spain on 11-12 September, is calling for papers. Submissions of less than 5,000 words should be sent
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Carlton lines up Page Three dating show.
Carlton Productions has bought the rights to the latest instalment of the Who Wants to ... format with a show offering the prize of a date with a Page Three Girl, writes Steve Aston.
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CARLTON TO MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY.
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned Bazal to produce an 8 x 30-minute documentary for Carlton Television on public school Harrow. Harrow - The School on the Hill
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FrameStore picks Spearman as chair.
Classic FM founding chief executive John Spearman has joined FrameStore Group as chairman.The appointment follows FrameStore's recent management buyout from AIM-listed Megalomedia at the end of last year and signifies the
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MTV to launch dance channel.
MTV Networks UK is to launch its seventh music channel - MTV Dance, writes Simon Ellery.
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Wark Clements to set up kids division.
Glasgow-based independent Wark Clements is launching a children's and youth division and has hired BBC drama executive producer Richard Langridge to head it, writes Penny Hughes.
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VFG closes Scots office.
The beleaguered hire market suffered another blow last week as VFG Group pulled out of the Scottish market, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Digital radio must lower costs.
Media Secretary Chris Smith this week conceded that digital radio has yet to capture the imagination of customers, and called for more to be done to bring down the cost of receivers, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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DISNEY CUTS IN UK.
Walt Disney's 100-strong UK TV operation faces job cuts as part of a global plan to slash 4,000 jobs. Details were scant as Broadcast went to press but a Walt Disney
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OFF THE RECORD - Saving up for a rainy day.
Off the Record's busy schedule is normally too frantic to allow for watching daytime tittle-tattle, but its attention was arrested this week by a fascinating item during BBC 1's Housecall, the
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DISNEY FREE-TO-AIR DEAL.
Walt Disney Television International is in talks with UK broadcasters over a deal to sell a wholesale package of its key titles for the first time to free-to-air UK broadcasters. Called
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Premier League deal falls short of expectation.
The Premier League will receive at least£150m less than expected for its pay-per-view (PPV) football rights package, after agreeing a block deal with BSkyB, On Digital, Telewest and NTL, writes Simon Ellery.
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Lion rules out a share disposal.
Lion TV, producer of the award-winning Castaway 2000, has shelved plans to sell a minority stake in the company.Directors Jeremy Mills, Nick Catliff, Richard Bradley and Shahana Meer this week claimed
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Overseas TV sales threaten drama.
British drama is under threat because of an alarming decrease in sales of television shows abroad, according to Carlton International managing director Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV starts TV drive.
ITV will next week start a TV campaign to raise awareness of digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Dyke slams Fifa on rights
BBC Director General Greg Dyke has joined the argument over the price demanded for World Cup 2002 TV rights, singling out football's governing body Fifa as the 'real villain' in the debacle, writes Nick Radlo.
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TX - Elephants never forget.
The problem with so many wildlife documentaries is that humans get in the way. Unsurprisingly, animals act less naturally in the company of a film crew. But Animal Planet's Ele Vision