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SKILLSET HIRES FT2
Film & Television Freelance Training (FT2) has been chosen to research and develop new training models for freelance PA/gallery, vision mixers and production managers on behalf of the Skillset London Forum.
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UK distributor Itel has sold high-profile ITV costume drama Hornblower to Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, writes Annie Dare. The 4 x 120-minute nautical epic, produced by United Productions in
UK distributor Itel has sold high-profile ITV costume drama Hornblower to Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, writes Annie Dare. The 4 x 120-minute nautical epic, produced by United Productions in association
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SCHOFIELD TO FRONT ANIMAL TALES FOR BBC 1 SPECIAL
Philip Schofield is set to host a BBC 1 special provisionally titled Schofield's Animal Tales. Caroline Van Den Brul will executive produce the one-off programme which will feature 'high-tech vets' at
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ETHNIC AWARDS FOR 1 JUNE
Carlton is to screen the inaugural Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards on Tuesday (1 June) at 23.30. The awards will be hosted by TV comedy actors Felix Dexter and Mina Anwar from
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TF1 'DEFINITELY INTERESTED' IN TAKING STAKE IN CLT-UFA
Sources at leading French commercial TV outfit TF1 have indicated that the broadcaster is 'definitely interested' in acquiring a stake in CLT-Ufa, which is 50/50 jointly owned by Audio-fina and Bertelsmann.TF1
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THE SUN AND C4 RACING SIGN£100,000 DERBY PROMOTION
Channel 4 Racing has signed a promotional deal with The Sun newspaper for a£100,000 Derby promotion called the World's Greatest Sweepstake.A group of Sun readers will go to the Derby
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World view
The days of CNN's Peter Arnett securing world exclusives and behind enemy lines access for the US news broadcaster are numbered, not through any reduction in quality of output, but from
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OFF THE RECORD - Security risk
OTR is proud to reveal the latest celebrity to add their name to the OK! hall of fame - none other than leisure gameshow ubermeister Peter Bazalgette. Baz unwittingly appeared in
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SRH RECORDS PROFIT RISE
Scottish Radio Holdings' (SRH) pre-tax profits have risen 35 per cent to£7.2 million for the six months to 31 March. SRH has also formed a subsidiary, Score Digital, to drive
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OFF THE RECORD - Slipping through the net
Never let it be said those lovely people at Channel 4 don't listen to their indies. Next month, for instance, four of its top execs are going online to take questions
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QVC UK MOVES INTO PROFIT
QVC UK went into profit for the first time in 1998 with a net profit of£12.5 million, against a loss of£228,000 the previous year. In the 12 months to
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MATROX UNVEILS PAN-EUROPEAN SUBSIDIARY VITE
Board and technology developer Matrox is setting up a pan-European subsidiary, which will operate out of its UK base near Slough. The division, which will be known as Matrox Video &
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Southern Star links up with Monogram
Southern Star Circle, the UK arm of Australian distributor Southern Star, has signed an exclusive three-year distribution deal with UK drama specialist Monogram Productions, writes Jason Deans.The distributor will have first
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OFF THE RECORD - Knocked out
Channel 5's retrotastic plans to bring back It's A Knockout (above, right) hit an unexpected hitch when mean-spirited execs at the BBC suggested it still owned the copyright to the name
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Kelly over the moon with shooting Stars
ITV dazzled the competition on Saturday (15 May) with Stars in Their Eyes and an Abba special clocking up 50 and 49 per cent respectively, writes Alice Macandrew.The entertainment show attracted
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TALKCO SIGNS MAC JUNIOR
Talk Radio parent company Talkco has appointed Ashley MacKenzie, son of chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie, to the new role of commercial director (sport). MacKenzie, who is general manager of Talkco's sports
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RADIO INVESTMENTS SNAPS UP RADIO SERVICES
Radio Investments Ltd (RIL), in which the Guardian Media Group holds a 28 per cent stake, has acquired Radio Services for an undisclosed sum. Radio Services was formed in 1995 and
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INTERVIEW - No ordinary Joe
As LWT's new head of documentaries, Joe Houlihan rode to TV fame on the back of hit docu-soap Airline. Now the Arsenal-supporting, ex-print journalist has high ambitions to take the genre upmarket and expand overseas.
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INSTITUTE SIGNS UP WYATT
BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has been appointed chairman of the London Institute from October. The institute embraces Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design,
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Hain quits programme role at Virgin to join Scots outfit
Virgin Radio programme director Bobby Hain is quitting to become managing director of new Scottish commercial station Beat 106, writes John Plunkett.Virgin staff expressed surprise at the move - announced on