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ASA WARNS TV COMPANIES
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rapped Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), BSkyB and On Digital for misleading advertising and promotions. The watchdog upheld complaints from BSkyB and cable operator CWC,
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Arts Council seeks Cardiff cash back
The Arts Council of Wales is demanding repayment of a proportion of its grant to the now-defunct Vital Cardiff Animation Festival, writes Dominic Timms.
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CANAL+ SUBSIDIARY SETS UP INTERNATIONAL CO-PRO ARM
Le Sabre, a subsidiary of Canal+'s principal production arm, Ellipse, is setting up an English-language international co-production arm, Pole International de Co-productions Televisuelles de Reference Europeenne (Picture). The new outfit is
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AVID TECHNOLOGY TO STICK WITH APPLE PLATFORM
Avid Technology has moved to quash rumours that it was to abandon the Apple Macintosh platform claiming that the system is still 'an important part of our strategy'. The company moved
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JENNY JONES PRODUCER TO APPEAL NEGLIGENCE RULING
The producer and distributor of US talk show Jenny Jones are to appeal against the award of $25 million (£15.3 million) in damages for negligence last week. A Michigan jury ruled
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COVERING WAR - Is truth always a casualty of war?
Opening a three-page special on the reporting of the Kosovo conflict, academic Philip Hammond takes broadcasters to task for slavishly accepting Nato's version of the truth, while right and on page 17 news editors defend their coverage.
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ALL-STAR CAST SIGNED UP AS BBC DRAMA GOES ON LOCATION
Maggie Smith, Ian McDiarmid, Patrick Malahide, David Troughton and Phyllis Logan have joined David Jason in the cast of BBC Films' All the King's Men, which started production last week on
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Glassworks has created the digital effects for the promo for Bjork's new single, All is Full of Love. Directed by Chris Cunningham and edited by Final Cut's Gary Wright, it begins
Glassworks has created the digital effects for the promo for Bjork's new single, All is Full of Love. Directed by Chris Cunningham and edited by Final Cut's Gary Wright, it begins
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Winners take it all?
As the industry packs away its frocks and finery after last weekend's British Academy Awards, Tim Dams asks if the endless round of TV awards are all they're cracked up to be.
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AUTODESK SHARES PLUMMET AFTER PROFITS FALL SHORT
Shares in Autodesk, which recently acquired editing and effects manufacturer Discreet Logic, fell sharply last week after the company warned of weaker than expected first quarter results. Autodesk shares dropped nearly
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RTS judges lament the state of current affairs programming
Royal Television Society judges expressed grave concerns over the state of current affairs programming at the RTS Journalism Awards on Tuesday (11 May), writes Tim Dams.
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FORGIVE AND FORGET BRINGS CLOSET GAY AFFAIR TO ITV
Scottish Television Enterprises starts filming on a new 1 x 120-minute film drama, Forgive and Forget, on 24 May for broadcast on the ITV network later this year. The special, which
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Four Media plans further acquisitions
Four Media Company looks set to make further UK and European acquisitions in addition to last week's takeover of the TVP Group (Broadcast, 6.5.99).Four Media vice-president of investor relations Sandra C
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Living head of programming Emma Tennant has acquired a raft of programming for a two-week wedding special, including a Carlton documentary on Prince Edward and his fiancee, Sophie Rhys-Jones, writes A
Living head of programming Emma Tennant has acquired a raft of programming for a two-week wedding special, including a Carlton documentary on Prince Edward and his fiancee, Sophie Rhys-Jones, writes Alice
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Public tolerates violence related to 'real life', according to ITC report
Viewers are more likely to accept the graphic depiction of violence on TV if it is dealing with important subjects that are relevant to 'real life', according to a new report, writes John Plunkett.
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C5 will need extra cash to raise share
Channel 5's backers must bankroll a significant boost to its programme budget if the channel is to repeat the ratings growth of its first two years, according to chief executive David
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C5 BUYS SECOND SERIES OF HUNNIFORD'S OPEN HOUSE
Channel 5 has commissioned Pearson Television for a second series of Open House with Gloria Hunniford. The 150 x 75-minute run, ordered by C5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell,
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C5 buys teen chat show
United Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a new teenage chat show, writes John Plunkett.
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5 NEWS POACHES BARNES AND ORME FROM ITV
Channel 5's ITN-produced news flagship, 5 News, has poached Tony Barnes from the ITV regional news programme Granada Tonight, and Greg Orme, a programme editor on ITV daytime show This Morning.
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C4 offers history job to Hadlow
Channel 4 has offered the job of commissioning editor for history and religion to Janice Hadlow, editor of BBC 2 strand Reputations, writes Tim Dams.