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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO MAKE INTERACTIVE JAZZ ON 3
Radio indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned to make an interactive version of its long-running BBC Radio 3 show, Jazz on 3, for BBC Digital radio. The programme, which features an exclusive session
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MCDONALD JOINS UP WITH SMOKE + MIRRORS 3D
Former Amg/Film Factory animator Jason McDonald has joined Smoke + Mirrors 3D. McDonald, who spent the last three years at the VTR subsidiary, said he hoped to specialise in 3D character
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C4I sets up $24m drama/factual fund
Channel 4 International (C4I) has set up a rolling $24 million (£14.5 million) fund to develop and finance cutting-edge drama and factual programming over the next three years.Although the first deals will involve
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ITC CORRECTS BBC NEWS 24 AND BBC PARLIAMENT FIGURES
The Independent Television Commission has corrected its figures for the cable distribution of BBC News 24 issued on 24 September, which were reported in Broadcast last week (1.10.99). According to the revised figures, News
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Carlton International sells 220 films to UPCtv
Carlton International sold more than 220 films from its movie collection to cable broadcaster UPCtv at Mipcom this week, writes Lucy Rouse.Films from the Rank and Rohauer collections, including the Carry
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ITV previews its year 2000 line-up
ITV Network Centre chief executive Richard Eyre this week gave a sneak preview of a number of new shows being developed as part of ITV's central programming line-up in 2000.New drama includes a
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ISAACS LOOKS AT LIFE AND MUSIC OF POULENC FOR BBC 2
Jeremy Isaacs Productions is making a 50-minute music and arts special about the life and music of Francis Poulenc for BBC 2. The programme, starring soprano Felicity Lott and featuring pianist Graham Johnson, was
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C4 veteran McGettigan departs after 18 years
Channel 4 director and general manager Frank McGettigan is leaving after more 18 years with the broadcaster, writes Wale Azeez.
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Latest Pebble Mill cuts claim 16 jobs
BBC Birmingham is to shed 16 management and support posts in the latest in a series of redundancies to hit the BBC's beleaguered Pebble Mill operation.The move follows the restructure introduced by new
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ITV BOOKS 130 EPISODES OF DOG & DUCK FROM UNITED
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has committed to a further 130 x 10-minute episodes of United Productions' pre-school series, Dog & Duck, before the first run of the show
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Dinosaurs thrash competition for BBC 1
BBC 1 stalked and conquered all at 20.30 on Monday (4 October) as the much-anticipated new series Walking with Dinosaurs amassed a 51 per cent share and 13.2 million viewers, writes Wale Azeez.
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BBC 1 on top in Bafta kids' shortlist
Bafta unveiled the shortlist for its fourth Children's Awards with the nominations dominated by BBC 1, writes Tina Mistry.
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WORLDWIDE AND BRITISH PATHE JOIN 1,000 HOURS OF FILM
BBC Worldwide and British Pathe have joined forces to create News Century, a series that will contain a catalogue of around 1,000 films dedicated to the most prominent news stories of the twentieth
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GEARHOUSE POSTS LOSSES OF£900,000
Gearhouse has reported a loss of£900,000 for the year ending 30 June 1999. The loss, which was highlighted by the company in a series of profit warnings earlier this year,
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OFF THE RECORD - White Riot
Disturbing news reaches Off The Record from the set of BBC 1's new seventies-set drama, In The Land of Plenty, in which art imitated life rather too closely for comfort. In
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OFF THE RECORD - Tanked up
Fishy goings on at On Digital, which chose an exotic aquarium from which to schmooze assorted MPs at this week's Labour Party conference in Bournemouth.Guests at the do on Monday were
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DEAF CENTURYProducer: First Circle FilmsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 19.00, 2 OctoberLength: 3 x 60-minutesCommissioning editor: Richard McKerrowExecutive producer: Daniel WolfProducer/director: Mark GallowayFew stones have been left unturned by documentary film-m
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OFF THE RECORD - Silent protest
On a similar note, the crew from BBC 1's rather more easy-on-the-ears adaptation, David Copperfield, couldn't do enough to win over the locals in the tiny Oxfordshire village where they spent
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Newsnight national opt-outs start on Monday
The national opt-outs from BBC 2's Newsnight will launch on Monday (4 October) to viewers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, writes Tim Dams.
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Meridian opts for multi-skilling
Meridian Broadcasting has set up a new 'multi-skilling' unit in which each of its team members will individually create and make a programme from start to finish, writes Tina Mistry.