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TELE-CINE LURES RUSSELL FROM MOLINARE
Tele-Cine has poached former Molinare dubbing mixer Alan Russell to strengthen its audio department. Russell, who has been at Molinare for two years, is expected to arrive at Tele-Cine's Charlotte Street
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PEAKVIEWING TAKES KIDS' TRIO TO MARKET
UK indie distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic will debut three new 26 x 11-minute pre-school children's series, Let's Go, Let's Make and Let's See, in the south of France next week. The educational
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ITV orders 'popumentaries'
ITV controller of children's and youth programming Nigel Pickard has ordered 3 x 30-minute 'popumentaries' for eight to 11-year-olds from Granada's children's department, writes Annie Dare. A date with ... will
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OFF THE RECORD - Italian job
And so to Florence and the 'higher brow than thou' Prix Italia awards, where this year's organisers tried to entertain the assorted grands fromages with a specially commissioned variety show. Things
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PRIX ITALIA AND RAI PLAN NEW PROGRAMME SALES MARKET
The Prix Italia and RAI are planning to launch a new programme sales market next year specialising in quality television and radio shows. The market will be held alongside the Prix
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Indies triumph at Prix Italia
Independently produced shows for BBC 2 and Channel 4 have walked away with two of the 10 television and radio prizes awarded at the Prix Italia this year, writes Tim Dams.
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ITC REVISES IMAGE RULES
The Independent Television Commission has strengthened its rules on flashing images and repetitive patterns in programmes after consulting medical and technical experts. In its revised code, the ITC says care must
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Free Wheeler
ITN Radio's Nicholas Wheeler is facing his toughest test yet - relaunching LBC and News Direct. John Plunkett reports on the ex-biker's chances.
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FORUM TO MARK SIX MONTHS SINCE LAWRENCE REPORT
The Media Trust and black media consultancy The Creative Collective have organised a media forum for 14 October entitled Lawrence, Macpherson & the Media - A New Beginning? to mark the
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PENK RETURNS TO ITV AS A FLY ON THE WALL
LWT head of entertainment Bob Massie is executive producing a new Steve Penk special, Fly on the Wall, for ITV. The 60-minute show, which is based on a US format owned
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FLASHBACK RUBS MAGIC LANTERN FOR INTERACTIVE PLANS
Independent production company Flashback Television has signed an agreement with new media outfit Magic Lantern to work together on developing interactive applications for Flashback's existing slate of programmes. With a long
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ITV EXTENDS RSL TERMS
Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) for small-scale TV broadcasters are to be extended from two to four years, the Independent Television Commission announced on Wednesday (29 September). The extension, aimed at encouraging
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INTERVIEW - Export strength
David Graham is no stranger to controversy. At Diverse he hit the headlines with a provocative current affairs show for Channel 4 and his company's report on selling programmes abroad has put him in the firing line again.
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ITK HAILS FIRST EURO ORDER FOR MILLENNIUM MACHINE
Innovation TK (ITK) has announced the first European order for its new high-end telecine Millennium Machine from Amsterdam facility Valkieser.Delivery of the machine, which will include a 4k option, is expected
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VAN POOSS QUITS AS MD OF ESSEX RADIO
Essex Radio managing director Rob Van Pooss has quit the outfit. In a statement, owner DMG Radio said he had left the station earlier this month 'at the end of his
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Stressed Eric gets second series
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of Absolutely Productions' animated sitcom, Stressed Eric, writes Jason Deans. Creator Carl Gorham has written 7 x 30-minute new episodes for
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OFF THE RECORD - Shop window dummies
OTR was saddened to see there were no bubble perms adorning Sky One's new show, C15: The New Professionals. Apparently Bodie and Doyle are all in favour of a 'a younger,
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ELECTRIC SKY UNWRAPS MOB DOCUMENTARY
Electric Sky will be launching documentary series Mafia Empire (3 x 60-minutes) - which is co-produced by the distributor, ORTV and Discovery Communications - at the 1999 Mipcom market next week.
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UPCTV PAIR DOUBLE DUTCH DISTRIBUTION
United Pan-Europe Communications Television (UPCtv) services Extreme Sports and Film1 will double their distribution in Holland from 1.6 to more than 3.2 million subscribers, following a carriage deal with seven cable
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ON DIGITAL SALES UP
On Digital is expected to announce next week that it has signed up between 375,000 and 400,000 subscribers to the end of September. This would represent about 150,000 new customers in