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C4 TO SHOW SEASON OF BLACK HISTORY IN AUTUMN
Channel 4's multicultural department is spearheading a special season of shows about black history this autumn. Included will be a 60-minute documentary made by Touch Productions called Brown Babies, about children
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PARAMOUNT BAGS FOUR C4 COMEDY PROGRAMMES
The Paramount Comedy Channel has got its hands on four Channel 4 comedy shows for its autumn schedule, including 23 episodes of The Comic Strip.Paramount head of acquisitions and programme strategy
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C4 TAKES CO-PRO ROLE ON GERMAN NEOLITHIC MAN DOC
Channel 4 has signed up as a co-production partner on $800,000 (£496,500) German documentary The Living World of Otzi the Iceman, currently in post-production. A co-production between ZDF Enterprises, ORF, Discovery
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Handmaid's Tale heads R4 drama
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a slate of new shows from independents, including an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's futuristic novel, The Handmaid's Tale, from Goldhawk Universal Productions.The 3 x 60-minute radio
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C4 HEAD OF RIGHTS YEATES TO LEAVE
Andrew Yeates, currently corporation secretary and head of rights at Channel 4, is leaving in July to become director of legal affairs at the trade association for the British record industry,
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John Peel leads the way as R4 dominates awards
BBC Radio 4 dominated this year's Sony Radio Awards, coming top in eight categories, including a hat-trick of awards for John Peel's Home Truths.As expected, the BBC swept the board with
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Kemistry has created the title sequence for new Kudos/Channel 4 drama Psychos. Designed by Yann Secouet and produced by Ricky Churchill, the titles feature key imagery taken from the series. Offlined
Kemistry has created the title sequence for new Kudos/Channel 4 drama Psychos. Designed by Yann Secouet and produced by Ricky Churchill, the titles feature key imagery taken from the series. Offlined
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Snooker cushions BBC 2 holiday ratings
BBC 2 was right on cue ratings-wise with its live coverage of the snooker world championship over the bank holiday weekend, writes Alice Macandrew.
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CME SUES CZECH CHANNEL HEAD FOR£14 MILLION
Central European Media Enterprises, the owner of several TV channels in eastern Europe which recently announced plans to merge with SBS, is suing the president of its Czech channel for more
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Switch to include 10 channels in London bid
Digital radio consortium Switch Digital is expected to offer up to 10 channels - including a range of new services - when it bids for the London digital multiplex next Tuesday (11 May), writes John Plunkett.
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BAZAL DIGS IN TO PRODUCE GARDEN MAGIC FOR BBC 1
BBC head of daytime Jane Lush has commissioned Bazal to make a new series, Garden Magic. Initially running on BBC 1 for 16 x 30-minutes at 11.00 from 25 May, it
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Ball spearheads R1 millennium slate
BBC Radio 1 has unveiled its millennium celebrations programming, including a special edition of the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show and a morning-after show hosted by Chris Moyles, writes John Plunkett.
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Righton in at Westcountry
Caroline Righton is quitting her job as managing director of independent Visage Television to join Westcountry TV in the newly created post of controller, features and programme development, writes Nicola Methven.Righton's
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OFF THE RECORD - Open plan, open mind
Is there no stopping Carlton Communications chief executive Steven Cain?Not content with masterminding the acquisition of groovetastic indie Planet 24, Cain has now embarked on stage two of his masterplan -
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OFF THE RECORD - Lost in translation
Still at Montreux, OTR happened upon one reason why UK TV isn't selling more shows abroad. The press jury, during one of its marathon viewing sessions, found itself in stitches at
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INTERGRAPH SHOWS OFF NEW RANGE OF NT WORKSTATIONS
Intergraph showed a new range of NT-based workstations and servers at NAB, based around Intel's 500MHz Xeon and Pentium III processors. Included is a faster Studio Z GT for Avid/Softimage DS,
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POLYGRAM INTEGRATED INTO UNIVERSAL TV & NETWORKS
Universal Television & Networks Group (UT&NG) is integrating PolyGram Television into its operations, ending speculation that the US producer/distributor would be sold as part of a package of other PolyGram assets
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Patricia Hodgson
On why the BBC needs to maintain its broad remit - for the sake of both its audiences and its rivals.
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ULTIMATTE OFFERS NEW VIRTUAL STUDIO HARDWARE
Ultimatte Corporation has launched new compositing hardware designed specifically for use in virtual studios. Likely to be available in the summer, Ultimatte 90 includes new developments such as automatic background defocusing.