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LATEST TRIO OF NORTHERN LIGHTS SHORTS COMMISSIONED
BBC Northern Ireland has commissioned its latest three Northern Lights short films. They are I was the Cigarette Girl, written by Lana Citron; Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? by Ronan
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Swing gets first commission in style
New indie Swing Productions has landed its first commission since its launch last summer in the form of a six-part series on style for Channel 4, writes Alice Macandrew.
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TPS WINS REPRIEVE FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION
French digital service TPS has won a reprieve from the European Commission allowing it to continue its exclusive carriage of terrestrial channels TF1, M6, France 2 and France 3 for another
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LEW GRADE COMMEMORATED
A commemoration of the life and work of Lord (Lew) Grade will be held at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, London W1, on Sunday 18 April at 19.00. Lord
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Ex-Ginger chief wins ITV thriller for indie
Michael Foster, former chief executive of Chris Evans' Ginger TV, has joined independent Northwestone Films and won a drama commission from ITV, writes Nicola Methven.
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ITS hunts down new chief
The UK branch of the International Teleproduction Society (ITS) has appointed a team of headhunters to find a new CEO to spearhead the organisation's transformation into I2A (Image Industry Alliance).This follows
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MPs query education channel
MPs have questioned whether the Government should pay£100 million to launch an interactive digital TV channel for GCSEs when the BBC is already covering much of the same ground, writes John Lewis.
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NBC pips CBS in US ratings war
NBC narrowly beat CBS to become the top-rating US network in the four-week February sweeps, helped by strong showings of drama mini-series The 60s and Alice in Wonderland, writes Liz Shackleton.
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ITV cautious in face of schedule success
ITV has played down the stellar expectations for its post-News at Ten schedule raised by a first week in which the commercial broadcaster hammered BBC 1 in peaktime.The network raked in
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OPINION - Carlton needs the connection
For all his quixotic qualities and love of low profile, Michael Green remains unquestionably one of the industry's shrewdest players.So why has he forked out£15 million on Planet 24, a
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Digital start-up leads to Canal+ losses
Canal+ has unveiled preliminary net losses of FFr185 million (£19 million) for 1998, claiming they were caused by investment in digital TV and the integration of pay-TV outfit Nethold.The losses, which
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UNI-LOC LAUNCHES DUOPOD MOBILE CAMERA IN THE UK
A new, highly mobile camera mount is being introduced to the UK market by Uni-loc. Originally developed in Sweden, the DuoPod is specifically tailored for ENG shoots and awkward OB locations
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ITN buys in Panasonic VTR set-up
ITN has bought nine Panasonic DVCPro50 VTRs for its digital operations in a deal described as 'a significant milestone' in TV news technology.The installation is the latest part of the broadcaster's
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Darling Buds team to drive Reed vehicle
The team behind ITV's top-rating drama, The Darling Buds of May, is to make another HE Bates adaptation for the network, this time starring Oliver Reed, writes Nicola Methven.
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Root seeks to break the mould
BBC 2 controller Jane Root called on producers to break the mould of traditional programme-making and 'switch off their default settings', writes John Plunkett.
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Wearing takes on 'epic' Nature Boy
Catherine Wearing, producer of Our Mutual Friend and Common as Muck, is working on a high-profile, four-part drama for BBC 2.The original script for Nature Boy has been written by Brian
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Distributor NBD TV has sold its gameshow, Families at War, as both a finished series and a format to the US, Scandinavia and New Zealand
Distributor NBD TV has sold its gameshow, Families at War, as both a finished series and a format to the US, Scandinavia and New Zealand.The UK version of the show is
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GWR POSTS NEW BOSSES
The GWR Group has announced the first management changes at Orchard Media since it assumed full control of the south-west radio group last month. Orchard Media chief executive David Rodgers has
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Digital rivals put the boot in
Sports rights were Sky's decisive weapon in the fight for satellite viewers. Now, as the digital landscape unfolds, they will prove just as crucial. Peter Keighron reports.
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BOCHCO LINES UP SECOND SHOW FOR CBS
UK buyers will be eyeing CBS' latest project with producer Stephen Bochco, rumoured to be an urban medical drama. Bochco signed a three-series deal with CBS in 1997, but has so