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FILM FIRST FOR ON REQUEST
Fox Movies has signed a deal with On Digital's pay-per-view service On Request for The Beach, Entrapment and Never Been Kissed. Sky Box Office already has the rights to the films
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OFF THE RECORD - A tale of pure Farsi
Film-makers' tales of jamminess, entry no 435. It wasn't his uber-auteur-with-an-Oscar-under-his-Prada-belt status that got Vikram Jihanti unprecedented access to Lord Glenconner for his Channel 4 documentary The Man Who Bought Mustique.
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SKARAMOOSH EXPANDS INTO LARGER SOHO PREMISES
Design company Skaramoosh is expanding and has moved to larger premises next door to its current Neal Street home. Managing Director Daniel Slight said: 'The consistent demand for work was making
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Kingston embarks on temporary VOD service
Cable outfit Kingston Communications is poised to launch its own interim video-on-demand (VOD) service while talks continue to identify a permanent partner, writes Simon Ellery.
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Eight quit Nats to launch Station or join Farm
Eight members of Soho Square facility Nats are quitting the company in two separate moves this week. Six are to launch new venture The Station while two are joining The Farm
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LESLIE GRANTHAM STARS IN NEW KIDS DRAMA
Film and General Productions has gone into production on its 7 x 30-minute ITV children's drama Gypsy Girl. The show, which will feature Leslie Grantham, is being filmed throughout August on
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Gibson turns down head of docs role
BBC Bristol head of factual Jeremy Gibson has pulled out of talks to become the new BBC controller of documentaries and investigations and is instead in line to become the new
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SKILLSET PICKS SCOTT AS NATIONS AND REGIONS DIRECTOR
Skillset, the national training organisation for broadcast, film, video and multimedia has appointed former director of the Media Antenna Scotland programme Louise Scott as its nations and regions director. Scott, to
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India goes digital
BBC Worldwide has brokered a deal for BBC Resources to develop a blueprint for the introduction of digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in India, writes Barbara Marshall.
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PET HEAVEN DEVISER WILSON JOINS ORTV
ORTV has hired former Pet Heaven producer and deviser Christine Wilson as development producer. Her brief includes developing factual ideas for Timeline Productions, ORTV's joint-venture with APTN, and contributing to ORTV's
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Postcard from ... Denis Seguin in Toronto
This July three events changed the face of Canadian television broadcasting.Since anyone cares to remember, there have been two national television networks: CBC and CTV, representing the public and private sectors
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THOMPSON LEAVES LOREL CYBERSTAR FOR KINGSTON TLI
Satellite and broadcast operation Kingston TLI has appointed Nick Thompson as managing director. Thompson joins from Lorel CyberStar where he was European president and replaces David Stone who becomes non-executive chairman.
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - Cripes!
Goggle at the resemblance between these chums, ITV news, current affairs, art and religion princeling Steve Anderson and Beano king Dennis the Menace.While one has a reputation for mischief and getting
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EX-KISS CREATOR PERERA TO LAUNCH RADIO REVOLUTION
Eugene Perera, who created UK radio stations Kiss 102 Manchester and Kiss 105 Yorkshire, is the driving force behind new internet music radio portal Radio Revolution, which launches late this summer.Users
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ITV to go to court to halt ITC's order
ITV is pushing ahead with its plans to take the Independent Television Commission to court following the ITC's order last week that the network must move its Nightly News bulletin to
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Taking control
Northern Ireland controller is a tough role, but those who have worked with her are sure Anna Carragher is up to the job. Tara Conlan reports.
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Cornwell to quit TWI for consultancy
Trans World International head of production development, Europe, Middle East and Africa Nicola Cornwell is quitting International Management Group's programming arm to become a consultant, writes Tara Conlan.
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Friendly computers the way forward
The emerging technologies forum at Siggraph painted a bleak picture of society as we strive to make friends of computers, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TIGER TAKES EVANS AND ROBINSON TO COMEDY DEPARTMENT
Tiger Aspect Productions has made two producer appointments to its comedy and entertainment departments with a view to developing and producing new output, particularly for 16-35 year-olds. The new signings are
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CLASSIC FM TO PRODUCE SERIES ON YEHUDI MENUHIN
Classic FM is producing a 6 x 60-minute programme on the life of Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist who died last year. The show will be presented by writer and broadcaster Humphrey