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NEW SERIES OF GET REAL FOLLOWS CHICAGO AWARD
ITV has agreed a second series of sitcom Get Real, starring Lindsay Duncan, from Tandem TV for Carlton Productions. The series, produced by Sue Birbeck and directed by Paul Waite, has
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GRIERSON DOC AWARD
The Grierson award for the best British documentary will be announced at a ceremony to take place at the Savoy on Thursday 25 March. The speaker will be Sir Denis Forman
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LIGHTBODY BAGS FIRST FOR AURASOFT LIGHTING SYSTEM
Optex technical consultant Derek Lightbody will become the first British individual in collaboration with a UK company to win an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Award when he is
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AUDIOMOTION HIRES JONES TO MANAGE DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Animation-to-motion capture facility AudioMotion has appointed David Hugh Jones as its new digital production manager. Jones, who previously worked as a digital effects supervisor on the film Legionnaires, has also been
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PPV art film operator is near launch
New pay-per-view (PPV) arthouse movie operator digital broadcasting company (dbc) has confirmed plans to launch its first services on BSkyB's digital platform this summer.As reported in Broadcast last year (24.7.98), the
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Megalomedia to sell CFC's US arm
Megalomedia is selling the Los Angeles arm of its effects subsidiary, the Computer Film Company (CFC), to US film effects company Manex Visual Effects.William Sargent, Megalomedia board director and CFC's UK
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Indie lands rights to Archer dramas
London-based independent producer Jam Pictures has put together a deal to co-produce a series of TV adaptations of Jeffrey Archer novels for the international market.In a two-year agreement with a rolling
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Hobbins Sides has created the title sequence for new BBC documentary series The Builders. Designed and directed by Mark Hobbins, the sequence features quirky animation in the style of a Carry
Hobbins Sides has created the title sequence for new BBC documentary series The Builders. Designed and directed by Mark Hobbins, the sequence features quirky animation in the style of a Carry
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Failing the family
Have broadcasters given up on the traditional Sunday afternoon teatime drama for all the family? With a sizeable fireside audience still tuning in, they should be wary of neglecting the genre.
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LIVE TV TO AIR ULTIMATE WRESTLING MATCHES IN MAY
Live TV has joined forces with the Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA) to televise its night of matches at Crystal Palace on 11 April. The Mirror Group-owned cable TV channel will film
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IPC ADDS TRIO OF NEW EDITORS TO ITS BOOKS
The Independent Post Company (IPC) is to take on three new editors, starting on Monday (1 March). Michael Pearce, who is best known for his fast turnaround shows, joins after freelancing
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TALK'S MELLOR AD BANNED
A controversial advertisement for Talk Radio depicting David Mellor as a giant breast has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad for Talk Radio's Saturday afternoon sport programme, 5.05, shows
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Ferreira recruited for key role at ACU
Wayne Garvie, head of BBC entertainment and features, has recruited Angela Ferreira to be executive producer of the Manchester-based department's African-Caribbean unit (ACU), writes Jason Deans.Ferreira, who is a producer on
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OPINION - Salmon must act to halt the decline
It was not an original observation but Christopher Bland, speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner on Tuesday, was right when he said that a strong BBC is important to ITV,
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PILGER FILMS ABORIGINES
Veteran documentary-maker John Pilger is to make a third film for ITV about the Aboriginal struggle. Airing in the spring, the programme investigates how, as the country prepares to host the
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MELINDA MESSENGER TO HOST NEW C5 GAMESHOW
Melinda Messenger is to present Channel 5's new comedy gameshow, Can We Still Be Friends?, from LWT. The 15 x 30-minute programme, which starts in the spring, is described as a
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Unilever finances Bazal's C5 series
GMG Endemol Entertainment production subsidiary Bazal is making a popular factual series about a US marine theme park for Channel 5, funded by Unilever.The 13 x 30-minute series, Animal Alert, is
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C4 to get first-ever fine for Chickens
Channel 4 is heading for its first-ever fine following the recent admission that key scenes in a documentary purporting to show rent boys plying their trade were faked.Members of the Independent
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C4 CHOOSES CHANNEL X TO MAKE ONE-HOUR COMEDY SHOW
Channel 4 has commissioned independent Channel X to produce a one-hour special featuring comedian Paul Zenon. The show, as yet unnamed, will screen over Easter and will feature Zenon trawling the
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First Circle to chronicle Deaf Century for Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned First Circle to produce a 3 x 60-minute series chronicling the experiences of deaf people over the last 100 years, writes Tim Dams.The Deaf Century is based