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    Quantel poaches Turner from Apple

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Quantel has lured Nigel Turner, Apple Computer's former vice-president of marketing Europe, to fill its newly created role of group marketing director.Turner, who has spent the last 10 years at Apple,

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    EC launches anti-dumping probe

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has launched a further anti-dumping investigation into imports of broadcast video cameras from the US, following complaints from Philips Broadcast Television Systems.While the EC declined to name the

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    ITN FACTUAL ANNOUNCES LATEST COMMISSIONS

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    ITN Factual has announced a raft of commissions including another two episodes of ITV's Britain's Richest ... documentary strand and seven new programmes in the Biography series for US network A&E.

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Peaktime peril

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    New BBC 1 and ITV entertainment failed to drag viewers away from tried-and-trusted favourites in 1998, spelling trouble for the two as they try to hold their peaktime share.

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    Crucial Films focuses on Henry after rationalisation

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Lenny Henry is downsizing his film and TV production company, Crucial Films, to focus exclusively on the development and production of projects in which he stars, writes Liz Shackleton.

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    Liquid Television Graphics has created the titles for Initial Film & Television's new music talent programme, Get Your Act Together. Designer Tim Varlow took inspiration from puzzles where squares are

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Liquid Television Graphics has created the titles for Initial Film & Television's new music talent programme, Get Your Act Together. Designer Tim Varlow took inspiration from puzzles where squares are manipulated

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    LINK ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO GRABBIT THE RABBIT

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Link Entertainment has snapped up distribution rights to the Grabbit the Rabbit series from Israel Broadcasting Authority and Rony Oren. The 8 x 13-minute claymation series is based on world fables,

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    BBC WORLDWIDE HAILS RECORD FOR SHOWCASE 99

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is claiming a new record for buyers registered to attend its Showcase 99 market next month. More than 330 buyers are due to visit, 40 per cent more than

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    SOHO 601 CLAIMS FIRST WITH INFINITY UPGRADES

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Commercials facility Soho 601 has installed Quantel's Infinity upgrade on all its existing Henry suites. The upgrades were installed after three months of beta-tests. The company claims it is the first

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    Dhillon quits Avid to join reseller Root6

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Dil Dhillon, Avid Technology's former UK business development manager, has quit to join independent reseller Root6.Dhillon, widely regarded as one of Avid's most respected UK salesmen, had been with the company

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    BELL JOINS 5 NEWS

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    ITN has poached Andrew Bell from the BBC to become the new political editor for 5 News on Channel 5. Bell, 35, is currently foreign correspondent for the Today programme on

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    R5 Live to follow Olympic Dreams

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Children's BBC is to produce a major new series for BBC Radio 5 Live following the fortunes of young Olympic hopefuls in the run-up to next year's games in Sydney, writes John Plunkett.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Stiff reception on C5

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Claims that some of Channel 5's late-night programmes are nothing more than soft porn cobbled together with a Rizla-thin plot naturally had OTR reaching for the on button last week (below).

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    Rent boy doc faked admits Channel 4

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has admitted that key scenes in a documentary claiming to show male prostitutes plying their trade were faked.The admission, concerning the film Chickens, screened in September 1997, comes in

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    Mentorn shops for indies with£4m warchest

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The Mentorn Group is set to go on the acquisition trail after making£4 million on the sale of shares in radio group Orchard Media, writes Tim Dams.

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    Prince to dig up ancestors for C4 show

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Prince Edward is developing a documentary for Channel 4 that involves exhuming the bones of two of his royal ancestors, writes Tim Dams.

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    VTVC TO MAKE ROCK DOC THREE-PARTER FOR C4

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    C4 has commissioned a 3 x 60-minute series from the Virtual Television Company (VTVC) about rock and pop managers called The Management. Each programme features a different manager from a different

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    Sex and strikes on show at C4 drama

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal has commissioned a batch of new dramas, including a Jimmy McGovern film about the Liverpool dock strike and a TV adaptation of Dava Sobel's

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    C4 finances indies in drama initiative

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's drama department is financing six start-up independents as part of a drive to boost drama output.Money has also been invested in five trainee drama producer placements at four other

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    C4 threatens 50-year BBC Commonwealth coverage

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is considering bidding for the TV rights to the Commonwealth Games to be held in Manchester in 2002, writes Tim Dams.