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SKY ONE STAGES SPICE GIRLS LONDON CONCERT
Sky One is to broadcast a series of live concerts beginning with the Spice Girls on 14 December. Spice Girls: The Live One, will air live from Earls Court at 20.00
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RICHMOND PRODUCES CONLEY COMEDY DRAMA PILOT FOR ITV
Independent Richmond Films & Television is producing a one-hour comedy drama pilot starring Brian Conley for ITV. Provisionally entitled Privates, the pilot features Conley (left) as a former policeman who runs
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Moore named UK Play channel editor
UKTV has named Myfanwy Moore as the new channel editor of its music and comedy channel, UK Play, writes Tim Dams.Currently BBC entertainment editor of new comedy and entertainment, Moore joins
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Zig Zag cooks up three-course CFN meal
Zig Zag Productions, which last week announced a joint-venture with Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTP), has secured three commissions from Carlton Food Network (CFN), writes Liz Shackleton.The first to go
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NFTS LAUNCHES NEW HIGH-END TRAINING CENTRE
The National Film & Television School's (NFTS) digital media arm, Createc, is planning to launch a new high-end digital compositing and visual effects training centre. Located in central London, The Finishing
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McKERROW SETS UP COMPANY FOR C-DAY
Former SVC managing director Tom McKerrow is launching a new company aimed at providing support services for advertisers, agencies and production and post-production companies in the run up to C-Day. Scheduled
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OFF THE RECORD - Caught in the web
There's not much that Illuminations boss John Wyver doesn't know about the new frontier of high-tech telly. He claims to be the first programme-maker to use the term 'internet' on British
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CARLTON/SWMDA LAUNCH LOCAL FILM-MAKER SCHEME
Carlton Broadcasting, West Country Region is linking up with the South West Media Development Agency (SWMDA) to launch an initiative for local film-makers to make 10-minute documentaries for regional broadcast. The
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OFF THE RECORD - Cable stitch-up
Eyebrows were raised last week when it emerged that BSkyB big kahuna Tony Ball had enjoyed lunch with competition minister Kim Howells just days after Vivendi's proposed purchase of a quarter
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OFF THE RECORD - A bug's rife
The millennium bug has struck early at ITV. It would appear that gremlins have been at work in the network centre's newly installed 'labels database' (sounds fascinating), resulting in a cock-up
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TV GREATS - Television that broke the mould
In the week Broadcast celebrates its 40th birthday, we asked 12 key industry figures to each select three ground-breaking shows from the past four decades. The favourites that emerged point to a legacy that's hard to emulate.
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BRIGHTER PICTURES UNCOVERS 'ROLEX ROBBERS'
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Carlton TV to make Time Bandits, an undercover investigation into the band of 'Rolex robbers' who have struck 39 times in London in the last
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INTERVIEW - Brave new world?
Since quitting the BBC to head Juniper Communications in 1998, Samir Shah has overseen a raft of landmark 'contemporary history' shows. So how is he finding life in the indie sector after 10 years at the corporation?
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SKD boosts overseas sales profile
Animation property company SKD Media is expanding its international sales and distri-bution activities following its merger with private animation library Carrington Productions, writes Liz Shackleton.The merged entity, which has changed its
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GRANADA POACHES PIZEY TO BOOST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Granada Television Entertainment has poached Clare Pizey, a BBC features and events editor, to join its senior team as executive producer. Granada Television controller of entertainment Duncan Gray said Pizey would
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Carlton books in trio from indies
Carlton Television head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered three new shows from independents including a Paul Ross-hosted gameshow from Cactus TV, writes Liz Shackleton.Ball Park, a 40 x 30-minute
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CARLTON UNVEILS FIVE WINTER BOOKINGS FOR WEST COUNTRY
Carlton Television's west country region has unveiled five new commissions in its winter 2000 regional schedule. The line-up includes two 6 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall series - The Big Shop, set in
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Smoke & Mirrors provided the post-production and digital effects for the opening titles for the latest James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time by
Smoke & Mirrors provided the post-production and digital effects for the opening titles for the latest James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time by
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Radio indies go solo as trade body closes
Radio indies trade association Radio is to be wound up at the end of this year because a successor cannot be found to incumbent chairman Ian Willox, writes John Plunkett.The organisation,
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TALKS OVER BLANK FUTURE
Pearson Television has confirmed it is in talks with ITV and the BBC over the future of Grundy gameshow Blankety Blank. The negotiations were prompted by host Lily Savage signing a