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NOMAD RUSH HOME FROM HOME WINS TARA COMMISSION
New indie Nomad Rush Productions has been commissioned to produce 12-part series Home from Home for Irish cable and digital entertainment channel Tara TV. The show, which will include interviews with
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Cold Feet helps ITV to Sunday triumph
Television viewers were spoilt for choice last weekend as both BBC 1 and ITV earmarked 24-25 September for the return of some of their most popular dramas, writes Tina Mistry.
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Cold Feet opens to cool US reaction
NBC looks set to come out on top in the ratings battle in the first week of the 1999-2000 season in the US, though the broadcaster's version of UK comedy drama
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JEREMY ISAACS PRESENTS HISTORY OF THE FUTURE TO CNN
Jeremy Isaacs Productions has been commissioned by CNN Productions for a 4 x 60-minute documentary about life in the 21st century. A History of the Future was ordered by Ted Turner,
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CITV IN THE WORKHOUSE
ITV has handed Workhouse the task of creating and maintaining CITV's new website. Due to launch on 25 October, each programme will have its own page and the site will carry
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SYMPHONY STRIKES CHORD WITH FRONTIERPOST
London edit facility FrontierPost has signed a deal with MetroTyrell to buy the latest version of Avid Technology uncompressed online system Symphony. The order also includes a 180Gb fibre-channel disk array
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Reeve quits as LNR chief for solo role
London News Radio (LNR) managing director Nigel Reeve has quit the company to set up his own outfit to apply for new local radio licences, writes John Plunkett.
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Hard cheese for indies?
The collapse of Transmedia Productions has cast doubt over independents' ability to make money from low-cost programming such as Crazy about Cheese. Wale Azeez investigates.
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CARLTON INTERNATIONAL UNVEILS MIPCOM LINE-UP
Carlton International's Mipcom line-up will include new ITV Sean Bean action vehicle Extremely Dangerous (4 x 60-minutes), along with new John Thaw dramas Monsignor Renard (4 x 90-minutes) and The Waiting
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OFF THE RECORD - Car spotting
Last word must go to London News Network editorial manager John Glover, who was waxing lyrical this week about the joys of its fantastic new traffic bulletin, Travel Talk. In a
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ITC TO CANVASS VIEWERS VIA CITIZEN'S FORUM
The Independent Television Commission is to poll viewers' opinions via a Citizen's Forum this week (1-2 October) as part of its consultation into the future regulation of television. The study involves
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GERI HEADS MINOTAUR SLATE FOR CANNES
Minotaur International's new programming slate to be unveiled at Mipcom next week will include Molly Dineen's Channel 4 documentary about former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, Geri (90-minutes). In association with La
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ITN FOOTAGE BUSINESS SETS UP NEW PRICING SYSTEM
ITN's web-based footage business, itnarchive.com, is introducing a new pricing system. Instead of charging by the minute, it will now offer tailored bulk tariffs whereby producers are given unlimited usage licences
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Tandberg buys NDS digital business
News corporation subsidiary NDS is to sell its digital TV products business to Tandberg Television ASA for£170 million.The sale, which is worth£94 million in cash and£76 million in
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LOUGH HOUSE TO BUILD FILM STUDIOS ON ISLE OF MAN
Isle of Man media company Lough House Group is planning to construct a film studio complex on the island. Expected to be finished next spring, the complex is being built on
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Merger prospects rise as Holme fronts BSC
The prospect of a merger between television's two main watchdogs came closer this week with the appointment of Lord Holme of Cheltenham as the new chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Tim Dams.
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MTE TO PREMIERE BRUCE CHATWIN DOCUMENTARY
Documentary In The Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2 x 60-minutes) is among the new titles UK distributor Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) will be taking to Cannes. Other new MTE programming for
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Metro brings Travel Talk to London
Traffic and travel specialist Metro Networks has made its first foray into television by signing a deal with London News Network (LNN), the Carlton and LWT-owned regional news service for London, writes John Plunkett.
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GWR LINES UP MARCHER BID
The GWR Group is understood to be considering a bid for the Wrexham-based Marcher Radio group of stations. The five-station group would be GWR's third major UK deal this year following
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WOODWARD TO LEAVE BFI?
British Film Institute director John Woodward is understood to be on the verge of following former BFI chairman Alan Parker to the new Film Council. Woodward joined the BFI in February