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VICTORIA REAL OFFERS MSC IN DIGITAL TV PRODUCTION
Interactive programming production outfit Victoria Real is claiming a first by offering a masters degree in digital TV production in association with the University of Brighton.The two-year training programme will cover
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DIGITAL TV - Digital: the producers' view
One year on from launch, how has digital TV performed? Action Time's Stephen Leahy and Lion's Paul Wooding explain what it has meant for the indie sector, while below Cap Gemini asks whether take-up has matched projections.
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OPINION - Export or die? Not necessarily
Producers and broadcasters heading down to Cannes this weekend for yet another dose of liver-threatening networking face an interesting choice: to internationalise or not.A schism is appearing between those (David Graham,
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WORLDWIDE EXTENDS RUGBY LEAGUE EXPORT DEAL
BBC Worldwide has agreed a new five-year deal, 2000-2004, for overseas distribution of the rugby league Silk Cut Challenge Cup. As part of the new deal, the coverage will be distributed
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Target Distribution seals Sky One deal
UK indie Target Distribution has finalised a deal with BSkyB to become its preferred distributor for all Sky One commissions until the end of 2000, writes Jason Deans.
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SGI FINDS 'MYSTERY PARTNER' FOR CRAY
SGI announced it has found a financial partner for its troubled super computer subsidiary, Cray Research, but is refusing to say who it is. SGI senior vice-president product group John Beau
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POUSHKINE CRASHES OUT OF GLASSWORKS
Glassworks general manager Georgina Poushkine has left the company after less than six months in the job. Managing director Hector MacLeod confirmed that Poushkine left the facility early last week. He
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TALK COVERS EURO DECIDER
Talk Radio has beaten BBC Radio 5 Live to the exclusive live radio rights for the crucial Sweden v Poland match on 9 October, which will decide if England can still
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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