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TOYOTA SIGNS SUNSET + VINE FOR FURTHER WILDLIFE SERIES
Sports indie Sunset + Vine has been commissioned by motor giant Toyota to make two more 26 x 30-minute series of Toyota World of Wildlife. The wildlife show is distributed by
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Off the Record - Lost and found
No-one was more understanding about the story of those two MI6 chaps losing their laptops than CNN kingpin Chris Cramer. Hard to believe I know, but the Cramester lost a laptop
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News Production - Filling a news hole
Channel 4's Indy Fund has not yet been fully allocated to independent news production companies. Jane Marlowe looks at the problems indies face in winning commissions and what the broadcaster is doing to help.
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HEWLAND PICKS UP FURTHER EPISODE ORDER FROM ITV
ITV controller of night time Carol Groves has ordered further 26 x 30-minute series of both Dial A Date and Young, Gifted & Broke from Hewland International. Audience participation dating show
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STAFF SHAKE-OUT AT ENGLISH & POCKETT
Brand consultancy English & Pockett has made several staff changes, including bringing Tim Stebbing in as senior graphic designer. Stebbing previously worked at Californian outfits Frog Design and Montgomery Pfeifer where
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Off the Record - Election fever
Ever wondered who the industry would choose, in a free vote, to be the first-ever minister for TV? Come on, come on, we know you have. Well, a groovy industry get-together
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EIB web-based network to launch
Digital media outfit Edison Interactive Broadcast (EIB) is planning to launch an internet-based entertainment network in May, writes David Wood.
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Off the Record - Music to our ears?
Readers are undoubtedly as excited as Off The Record at the prospect of the Beeb's 'instrument amnesty,' in which members of the public are being urged to hand in their old
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Off the Record - Double take
Heading the factual offerings in last week's BBC 2 spring/summer season launch was Peter Taylor's latest heavyweight offering on the Troubles - Brits: The War Against the IRA. The maker of
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PEARSON TO RAID DORLING KINDERSLEY TRAVEL LIBRARY
Pearson Television plans to exploit Dorling Kindersley's travel catalogue for television content, following the group's acquisition of the publishing company for£311 million. Pearson makes travel show Wish You Were Here
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McKeown sells dotcom distributor
Internet-based television programme distributor itstv.com has been sold by its founders Allan McKeown and Nick Witkowski to US online film distributor InternetStudios.com, less than six months after its launch, writes Colin Robertson.
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International News - Distributor threat to production funding
British-based distributors are planning top-level talks with UK broadcasters to resolve growing conflict over the funding of TV productions.With many sales houses suffering hangovers from bad investment decisions in the 1990s,
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ITN MAINSTAY TILLY LURED TO SKY NEWS DEVELOPMENT
Sky News has poached ITN managing editor Andrew Tilly to become its head of development. Tilly, 49, partly replaces Peter Clements who left to join internet outfit Invaluable.com in December. Tilly
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MERGER REPORT DELAYED
The Competition Commission's report into the proposed merger of Carlton Communications and United News & Media is to be delayed for a month. The commission said extra time was needed for
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International News - Fireworks signs deal with Holland Media Group
Fireworks International, the international distribution arm of CanWest Entertainment, has signed an output deal with Holland Media Group giving the Dutch broadcasting group the TV rights in Holland to all Fireworks'
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DE VILLIERS QUITS DISNEY
President and managing director of Walt Disney International Europe Etienne de Villiers has resigned from the company after 14 years. De Villiers said he had been talking to Walt Disney International
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SKY MAKES A DATE WITH TALENT TV FOR MORE OF THE VILLA
Sky One has recommissioned dating gameshow The Villa from Talent Television. Ordered by Sky One director of programming Jamie Roberts, the second run of the series will have an extended run
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PPV SERVICE FRONT ROW STEALS MARCH ON SKY AT CWC
Cable & Wireless Communications has this week dropped Sky Box Office as its on-demand pay-per-view (ppv) movie service for analogue customers, in favour of rival cable service Front Row. The cable
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ITC digital plans criticised by RSLs
The ITC's report on enhancing the UK's digital TV frequencies following analogue switch-off, the Genesis Project, has stirred up controversy with the organisation that represents local TV stations.The Local Independent TV
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ORCHARD COVERS US POLL
Former BBC News controller, TV news channels Tim Orchard has accepted a new job at the corporation, overseeing coverage of the US presidential elections. The move follows the January overhaul at