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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Red Nose briefly turned blue by quiz show
ITV tried to scupper BBC 1's Comic Relief party on Friday (12 March) by scheduling an hour-long Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? special in the middle of the fund-raising effort, writes Tim Dams.
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Teletubbies big in Japan
BBC Worldwide has scored a double whammy with Teletubbies in Japan, with a twice-weekly broadcast and a multi-layered licensing deal.The pre-school show makes its debut on TV Tokyo on 5 April.
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BBC mulls revamp of commissioning
BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt is considering a radical overhaul of the TV commissioning system, which could introduce a layer of genre commissioning editors below the BBC 1 and 2
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BBC BUYS INTO BKN'S ROSWELL CONSPIRACIES
The BBC has acquired a children's animation series, Roswell Conspiracies, from New York-based children's programming network BKN. The series is scheduled to launch on BKN affiliates in the US this autumn.
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BBC CHOICE SIGNS UP BRADBURY FOR BACKSTAGE ROLE
Julia Bradbury will present BBC Choice's early evening show, Backstage, from Monday (22 March). Bradbury is currently a presenter on The National Lottery: We've Got Your Number.Produced by Lion TV, Backstage
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ITV SOAP AWARDS INITIATED
Carlton TV is to produce The British Soap Awards 1999 in May, a new awards ceremony for ITV that will see viewers vote in a range of categories, including their favourite
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CLEAN SWEEP FOR LEVI'S FLAT ERIC AT BTA AWARDS
The Levi's Sta-Prest television commercials scooped a number of accolades at last week's British Television Advertising Awards. The commercials (left) - ID, Fly and Dancing - star Flat Eric, a streetwise
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FIRST EURO DVD AWARDS TO BE HELD AT DUBLIN SUMMIT
The inaugural European DVD Awards are launched at this year's DVD Summit 2 in Dublin on 31 March. Nine awards will be presented covering categories such as most creative use of
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MIRRORTEL DEBUTS WITH MONTE CARLO AWARDS SHOW
MirrorTel's new production arm, Mirror Productions, has won its first contract - for exclusive worldwide rights to the Monte Carlo Style Awards on 18 June. The accolades are said to be
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Autodesk completes Discreet buyout
The long-awaited acquisition of Discreet Logic by Autodesk has been completed following an almost unanimous vote by shareholders from both companies.Autodesk fulfilled extra closing conditions of the deal - the largest
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THOMAS JOINS NVC ARTS AS SALES DIRECTOR
NVC Arts managing director John Kelleher has appointed Kim Thomas as director of sales. Thomas (right) was previously director of sales and co-productions at Dorling Kindersley Vision. Separately, director of sales
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MULTI MEDIA ARTS GROWS UP WITH KIDS' SERIES FOR BBC
Liverpool-based independent Multi Media Arts is developing a 13-part children's drama with BBC Scotland. BBC World-wide will distribute the series, under the working title Toy Patrol, at Mip next month. The
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BBC APPOINTS TRIO TO BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
The BBC has appointed three executives to its board of management, including director of new services and deputy director of BBC Television David Docherty, director of BBC Online Nigel Chapman and
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PUKKA FILMS APPOINTS VOLK AND CROSS
Pukka Films has taken on a new facilities manager and senior editor.Julie Volk was previously facilities manager at Tinderbox, before a period of freelancing at 124 Facilities, while John Cross comes
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VANESSA CREW APPEAL
Three members of The Vanessa Show team have appealed against the BBC's decision to dismiss them with effect from 3 April. A BBC investigation is said to have found no evidence
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CAMBRIDGE ANIMATION TO SHOWCASE SOFTWARE AT NAB
NAB, taking place in Las Vegas from 19-22 April, sees the preview of Cambridge Animation Systems' latest software, which will implement a 3D backbone into the current 2D Animo system allowing
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Anderson eyes move into new territories
ITV controller of news and current affairs Steve Anderson is looking for programme ideas in the areas of fashion, beauty and personal finance, writes Nicola Methven.
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OFF THE RECORD - Love is on the air
Bit of a cock-up at Classic FM, which announced it would be playing some particularly schmoozy music this weekend to get couples in the mood to conceive for the millennium. What
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SKY GETS AHEAD IN FILM ON ITS MOVIE CHANNELS
Sky Movies is producing two new series to air on its film channels in April. A 10 x 30-minute run of How to Get Ahead in Film, produced by Simon Kerslake