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Teletext digital delayed again
Teletext's plans to deliver digital terrestrial television (DTT) text services are facing a further setback due to continuing delays with the On Digital software being developed to drive the service, writes
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ACTOR'S STUDIO TO AIR ON PERFORMANCE IN SEPTEMBER
Daily Mail & General Trust-owned cable exclusive channel Performance has acquired a 26 x 60-minute run of US series Inside The Actor's Studio from US distributor Cableready. The series, acquired by
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LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION OPENS FOR BUSINESS
LCA - Lights Camera Action, a new lighting and grip wholesale and retail sales company, has launched. Based in Greenford, it is led by Graham Kerr, along with Richard Maskell, Martin
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WEINZWEIG ACCEPTS MTE CONSULTANCY ROLE
Former Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) chief executive Daniel Weinzweig has become head of foreign acquisitions for the company, working on a consultancy basis. The move comes as talks about a possible
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Buena Vista is to make a pilot of Ginger Television's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (DFYT, above) for US channel Comedy Central, writes Tina Mistry. Ginger executive producer Will Macdonald will take
Buena Vista is to make a pilot of Ginger Television's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (DFYT, above) for US channel Comedy Central, writes Tina Mistry. Ginger executive producer Will Macdonald will take
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Davies quits ABC to start own outfit
Michael Davies, one of the highest ranking British executives in American TV, is quitting to set up his own production company.Los Angeles-based Davies is currently executive vice-president of alternative series and
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S CLUB 7 AGREEMENTS MADE WORLDWIDE BY BBC
BBC Worldwide has licensed S Club 7 in Miami - produced by Initial and known as Miami 7 in the UK - in several territories. Agreements have been made with broadcasters
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Channel 5 opts for 'attitude' with new identity
Channel 5 is to undergo its most radical overhaul since launching with a new on-screen identity and rejigged programming line-up this autumn.The broadcaster will ditch its original 'modern mainstream' branding in
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C4 in talks with GWR over digital radio bid
Channel 4 has emerged as a surprise candidate to run a new speech-based digital radio station on Digital One, the national commercial digital mulitplex due to be launched at the end
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C4 orders 'family saga'
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary series from Twenty Twenty Television charting the history of a family through the twentieth-century to mark the new millennium, writes Alice Macandrew.Billed as a 'family
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S4C POACHES HTV'S JONES
S4C has poached HTV Wales head of entertainment and arts Emlyn Penny Jones to be its head of channel management. From September, Jones will oversee S4C's strategy for digital terrestrial and
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C4'S AD HOC INVESTIGATIONS UNIT DISBANDED
Channel 4 has disbanded the investigations unit it set up last year to service ad hoc projects, after a 12-month stint. The unit consisted of journalists from Just TV, placed on
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S4C diverts funds to programming
S4C is to free up an annual minimum of£3.4 million in extra programme funding for 2000 and 2001, by diverting government money that was previously used to cover administration and
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C4 rethinks shorts budget to make extra film a year
Channel 4's short film department has cut the budget available for individual films in a bid to squeeze an extra one each year out of the current funds, writes Wale Azeez.The
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Hughes takes music policy role in review of R3 commissioning
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has appointed Gwen Hughes to the newly created role of head of music policy as part of an overhaul of the R3 commissioning process, writes
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VTR consolidates 3D divisions into amgFX
VTR is to consolidate its separate 3D divisions into one company, with the new facility aiming to become the UK's largest 3D production base.VTR's 3D subsidiary, amgFX, will merge with VTR's
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MEDIA TRUST TAKES 25 VISIONS FOR ONE-MINUTE FILMS
The Media Trust has unveiled a shortlist of 25 from more than 400 entrants to its Visions competition, in which professionals from the TV and advertising industry were set the challenge
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ROBINSON TO BE POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT AT NEWS 24
BBC News 24 has appointed Nick Robinson as its new chief political correspondent. Robinson will take over in October and replaces Jon Sopel, who is moving to be BBC Paris correspondent.
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The Rushes Soho Shorts Film festival begins on Saturday (24 July) in the bars, cafes, clubs and cinemas of Soho, where 500 entries will be seen on special monitors. The event
The Rushes Soho Shorts Film festival begins on Saturday (24 July) in the bars, cafes, clubs and cinemas of Soho, where 500 entries will be seen on special monitors. The event
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Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, underst
Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, understood to