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RUSHES RECRUITS SALLY COOPER FROM AD AGENCY
Producer Sally Cooper has joined Rushes after four years at advertising agency WCRS, where she worked on a number of high profile, post-production and animation intensive projects. They included RSA's Little
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BUENA VISTA FACES COURT ACTION ON US MILLIONAIRE
Buena Vista Entertainment is being sued by Lloyd's UK insurance firm Goshawk, which is concerned that the US version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is producing too many winners.
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ON DIGITAL AND BT BAND TOGETHER FOR INTERNET ACCESS
On Digital and BT are linking up to provide internet access to the broadcaster's 552,000 subscribers. The service, which is expected to launch at the start of the summer, will feature
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PERRY PREPARES DAY-LONG QUEEN SPECIAL FOR C5
Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry is to commission original programming for a day of themed programming paying tribute to rock band Queen in March. Details are still being
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C5 buys new soap to replace Sunset
Channel 5 is to replace daytime US soap Sunset Beach with veteran US drama Days of Our Lives, under a new deal with Columbia Pictures Television.C5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford
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C4's Hayling joins Cosgrove
Channel 4 editor, documentaries Alan Hayling has been made editor, nations and regions as part of a reshuffle by department chief Stuart Cosgrove, writes Ashley Davies.
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COMPANY PICS UNVEILS DETAILS OF NEW C4 LEGAL DRAMA
Company Pictures has signed up Cracker and Woman in White director Tim Fywell to direct its 10 x 60-minute Channel 4 legal drama series, Law Zone (working title). The drama, formerly
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C4 ups music output
Channel 4 has tripled the output of late-night Wednesday music zone 4 Music to nearly 100 hours and introduced four new series, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC Knowledge to be 'TV version of R4'
The BBC is to reposition digital educational channel BBC Knowledge as a television version of BBC Radio 4, as part of its ongoing overhaul of non-terrestrial stations.Currently positioned as an educational
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E4 APPROACHES MURPHY
BBC Choice head Stuart Murphy is understood to have been reapproached to run new Channel 4 entertainment channel, E4. Murphy is believed to have met senior C4 executives last week to
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C4 EDITOR WINS US AWARD
Channel 4 News Washington bureau editor Chris Shlemon has won the White House News Photographer's Association (WHNPA) inaugural TV news editor of the year award for a montage on the Bill
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C4 NEWS' MARCUS MOVES TO SENIOR HOME NEWS EDITOR
ITN's Channel 4 news programme editor Kerry Marcus has been named as senior home news editor following the departure of incumbent Chris Jones to management consultancy Blue Rubicon. Marcus joined ITN's
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C4/Ideal rev up for motoring site
Channel 4 and Ideal World's new media arm e.world have formed a joint-venture motoring website called 4car.co.uk, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4 signs Morris films
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Peter Dale has ordered a 6 x 30-minute series of interviews, under the strand name First Person, from controversial US film-maker Errol Morris, writes Ashley Davies.
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SKY GRABS $35 MILLION WRESTLING DEAL
BSkyB has signed a new five-year $35 million (£22 million) deal to extend its coverage of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) events until the end of 2004. The new agreement means
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20TH CENTURY FOX NAMES GLOBAL PAY-TV AND PPV CHIEF
Twentieth Century Fox senior vice-president, international pay- TV and pay-per-view Peter Levinsohn has been promoted to executive vice-president, worldwide pay-TV and pay-per-view. Levinsohn - who joined Fox in 1989 - will
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ITV2 calls for new theme-night shows
The channel is preparing to offer two types of commissions, one of which will see a single production outfit overseeing and creating a package for a whole night, including links and
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GREENLAND NAMED CHIEF OF NEW SKILLSET/FT2 COURSE
Patricia Greenland has been appointed by FT2 to head the London Production Manager Training Scheme on behalf of the Skillset London Forum. The scheme encompases a 30-week training programme for six
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BBC Resources Birmingham designed and produced the titles for the third series of BBC 2's Goodness Gracious Me. The sequence is based on an urban poster-filled wall featuring the show's characters,
BBC Resources Birmingham designed and produced the titles for the third series of BBC 2's Goodness Gracious Me. The sequence is based on an urban poster-filled wall featuring the show's characters,
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BBC Resources Glasgow produced the titles for new BBC 2 children's series Hyperlinks, which offers a new way of looking at facts and figures. Graphic designer Lucy Goad created a futuristic
BBC Resources Glasgow produced the titles for new BBC 2 children's series Hyperlinks, which offers a new way of looking at facts and figures. Graphic designer Lucy Goad created a futuristic