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Airplane! creator to make C4 series
Channel 4 has struck a deal with a US studio for a 'factotainment' TV series from the creator of cult US movies Airplane! and Naked Gun, David Zucker, writes Tim Dams.
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Channel 4 scoops rights to Futurama
Channel 4 controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole has snapped up the UK terrestrial rights to Futurama, the new animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, and another Twentieth Century Fox animation, Family Guy, writes Jason Deans.
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BBC 2 commemorates Omagh bombing
BBC 2 is scheduled to screen Omagh - The Legacy on 15 August - the first anniversary of the bombing that killed 29 people.The 40-minute documentary is being made by Northern
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Edmonds set for radio return at R2
Noel Edmonds is set to return to radio to present an 'end of the century' series for BBC Radio 2, writes John Plunkett.
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4:2:2 Bristol has created the titles and graphics for Comic Relief's 'Debt Wish', a 50-minute special of stand-up comedy from the Brixton Academy, which aims to raise awareness of Third World
4:2:2 Bristol has created the titles and graphics for Comic Relief's 'Debt Wish', a 50-minute special of stand-up comedy from the Brixton Academy, which aims to raise awareness of Third World
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SGI ramps up performance of entry-level O2
SGI is to improve the performance of its entry-level Unix workstation, the O2, with the addition of the MIPS R12000 processor, previously available only on the Octane. Available in either 270MHz
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Vivendi takes 17% holding in BSkyB
The prospect of a merger between European pay-TV giants BSkyB and Canal+ has been revived by Vivendi's acquisition of the 16.7 per cent Pathe stake in the UK company.The deal sets
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Radio 1 defends Tong from conflict of interest charge
BBC Radio 1 has defended DJ Pete Tong after an Independent investigation revealed that almost 250 tracks on his radio show in the past two years were produced by a company
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0n-Line Design has completed the title sequence and graphics for the new series of Alpha Zone. Commissioned by Roger Bolton Productions, they were designed by Ben Jackson. Created largely in After
0n-Line Design has completed the title sequence and graphics for the new series of Alpha Zone. Commissioned by Roger Bolton Productions, they were designed by Ben Jackson. Created largely in After
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STOP PRESS
Channel 5 is to slash original production quotas after the ITC agreed to alter the terms of its licence for the fifth time, writes John Plunkett.
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OFF THE RECORD - Royal music patron
OTR is fairly convinced it has found Classic FM's most famous fan - none other than the Duke of Edinburgh. HRH was sitting next to Baroness Warnock at a Royal Society
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OFF THE RECORD - Taking the Michael
OTR is proud to bring you a rare public glimpse of Carlton's famously reclusive grand fromage, Michael Green (pictured left). Not only that, but he appears to be in fancy dress.
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OWEN AND IRVING MOVE ON TO TRAVEL PHONE-IN
Cable and satellite channel Travel has signed Nick Owen and Jayne Irving as the new presenters of its thrice-weekly Travel Live phone-in programme.Owen and Irving will present the programme on alternate
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SGI RAISES SPEC ON ONYX II AND ORIGIN SERVERS
SGI is boosting the performance of its Onyx II and Origin server lines. Users of the Onyx II, which include post-production facilities using Discreet's Fire and Inferno, can now mix and
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TRADE TALK - Lis Howell
On how this year's LA Screenings have revealed new and unexpected depth in American television output.
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OMNEON VIDEO NETWORKS SIGNS UP HOGARTH
Omneon Video Networks, the storage and networking company set up by former Tektronix and Sony veterans last year, has appointed Alan Hogarth to the newly created position of operations director for
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POST IMPRESSIONS LAUNCHES HDVU
Post Impressions, the disk-based video company, has launched a hi-definition visualisation utility (HDVU) designed to allow the cost-effective viewing of high-resolution images on standard SGI or NT workstations prior to processing
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MCWILLIAM NAMED PARTNER IN NI NEW MEDIA GROUP
News International general counsel Bruce McWilliam has been named as a partner in the company's recently launched new media investment group, e-partners. McWilliam will join BSkyB chief executive Mark Booth, who
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GRANGER SIGNS FOR UKTV
The Paramount Comedy Channel head of promotions Andi Granger is leaving later this month to take up the position of creative director at UKTV. Granger, who joined Paramount before it launched,
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TELETEXT GETS ITC NOD
Teletext has been given the go-ahead by the Independent Television Commission to use its increased capacity for extra news pages, including regional news, travel and sports pages. The Government gave formal