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MATV ON AIR IN LEICESTER
The UK's first Asian terrestrial TV channel, MATV, launches on Thursday (27 May) on a Restricted Service Licence in Leicester. The free-to-air service will have a potential audience of 1.2 million
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Three's Company to air on Nick
The creators of Man About the House are set to reap additional royalties from the US version of the sitcom, Three's Company, in a new deal to air re-runs on Nickelodeon.US
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Kavanagh quits EC media funding agency
David Kavanagh has quit as chief executive of the organisation that administers the (75 million (£49 million) arm of the European Commission's media development funds, writes Alice Macandrew.Kavanagh resigned a fortnight
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MOLINARE ADDS WORTMAN TO SALES TEAM
Molinare has poached former Magmasters sales executive Nic Wortman to join its new sales team. Molinare sales director Richard Jones said Wortman would bring a large portfolio of clients along with
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Miramax to co-pro Austen adaptation
LWT and Granada Film have joined forces with Miramax Films to co-produce a feature film adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.Pride and Prejudice and Vanity Fair adaptor Andrew Davies was originally
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LNN PRESENTS ANIMAL ACTION TO LWT
London News Network (LNN) is making an 8 x 30-minute children's factual series based around Croydon's wildlife hospital, the Wandle Valley Wildlife Hospital. Animal Action is fronted by former Blue Peter
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Carlton kids' drama Ortyfou to mix live action and animation
Carlton has gone into production on a new children's drama series that combines live action and animation, writes Ashley Davies.Welcome to Ortyfou is written and directed by Jean Buchanan and Roger
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AGENDA GOES ALL-DIGITAL WITH D-9 FORMAT
Agenda, one of the UK's largest regional production companies, has converted almost entirely to JVC's D-9 tape format. The company, one of the key programme-makers for S4C, recently moved to new
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Treves says no to sale of Channel 4
Channel 4 chairman Vanni Treves has publicly spelt out his opposition to any government attempts to privatise the station, writes Tim Dams.When Treves joined C4 in January 1998, he said he
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SCARY SPICE INTERVIEW ADDS FLAVA TO C4 SPECIAL
Channel 4 has secured an exclusive interview with Scary Spice (left), aka Mel G, for a 30-minute special edition of its long-running music show, Flava. Series producer Brighter Pictures is filming
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TESTBED TO QUIZ GUESTS ON RADIO KNOWLEDGE FOR R4
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned to make a new 6 x 30-minute quiz for BBC Radio 4. Wireless Wise will quiz celebrities on their knowledge of radio with the
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Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
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R4 overhauls scheduling operation
BBC Radio 4 controller James Boyle has asked producers to 'eliminate any non-essential business' as the station begins an overhaul of its scheduling operation over the next two months, writes John
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C4 tells Horse Tales over summer
Channel 4 has snapped up the first series of Transatlantic Films' Horse Tales to air in the daytime schedule this summer, writes Alice Macandrew.The 10 x 30-minute series, which examines the
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RIVERSIDE STUDIOS TO HOST C4 SITCOM FESTIVAL
The fifth Channel 4 Sitcom Festival - a showcase of the work of nine up-and-coming situation comedy writers - is taking place between 30 June and 17 July at the Riverside
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Dickens leads R4 new drama slate
BBC Radio drama has been commissioned to make a slate of new productions for BBC Radio 4, including a 30 x 15-minute adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby and a dramatisation of the
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Hadlow plans changes for C4 history
Channel 4's new commissioning editor for history religion and features, Janice Hadlow, is planning to experiment with new formats for history shows when she starts in the autumn, writes Ashley Davies.Hadlow,
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Jobs axed in R3 overhaul
Three senior executives at BBC Radio 3 are to lose their jobs in a radical management overhaul by controller Roger Wright, writes John Plunkett.Commissioning editor, music policy Hilary Boulding, commissioning editor,
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20 CHASE LONDON LICENCE
Twenty groups are bidding to run the independent local radio licence in north and north-west London. They include Fan FM, a 24-hour sports and music channel backed by former News Direct
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WRIGHT AND ROSS TO PRESENT NEW R2 SHOWS
Steve Wright is to present a new weekday show on BBC Radio 2, as predicted in Broadcast (16.4.99). Jonathan Ross has also been signed by R2 controller Jim Moir to host