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APRIL FILMING FOR PILOT'S TREKS IN WILD AMERICA
Pilot Productions is to start shooting a new 13 x 30-minute series, Treks in Wild America, in April for Discovery Networks' Travel Channel in the US. UK indie Pilot, which makes
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MENTORN AIMS TO PUT EXPLOITICA BACK TO THE US
Mentorn is attempting to sell an original US format back to American broadcasters via its youth entertainment division, TV21. The Mentorn subsidiary first produced the show, Exploitica, for a late-night slot
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AIMIMAGE FOLLOWS IN PILGRIMS' FOOTSTEPS FOR DISCOVERY
Dee O'Brien, deputy commissioning editor Discovery Networks Europe, has commissioned Aimimage Productions to make a new history series for transmission on Discovery Home & Leisure. The 15 x 30-minute series, Routes,
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BBC current affairs moves spark fears
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall's decision to scrap core funding for the home current affairs department - with the loss of 17 posts - has sparked fears about the future
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ENDEMOL SETS UP ARM FOR AD-FUNDED PROGRAMMING
Dutch producer Endemol Entertainment is setting up AFP, a division dedicated to advertiser-funded programming. Serving the international advertising industry, AFP is a similar outfit to Gem, the commercial subsidiary of Endemol/Guardian
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Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) chief executive Jeff Henry has done his first deal with Pearson Television to clinch the rights to The Benny Hill Show (above) for Granada Plus, writes Alice
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) chief executive Jeff Henry has done his first deal with Pearson Television to clinch the rights to The Benny Hill Show (above) for Granada Plus, writes Alice
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ABEL PRODUCT MANAGER JOINS OMNIBUS TO PUSH NEWS
Automation specialist OmniBus Systems has appointed former Tektronix product manager David Abel. While at Tektronix Abel was responsible for the company's soon-to-be-discontinued Lightworks non-linear editing system.Abel said part of his role
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MIRROR GROUP TARGET OF£913 MILLION TAKEOVER BID
The Mirror Group has received a£913 million takeover bid from Regional Independent Media, publisher of The Yorkshire Post. The Mirror Group, which owns cable TV channel Live TV, said it
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Carlton buys ITC library for£90m
Carlton Communications has completed its long-anticipated acquisition of the Independent Television Corporation library of film and TV titles from Universal Studios for $150 million (£90.5 million).The library, formerly owned by PolyGram
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Pinnacle second quarter profits up by 50 per cent
Pinnacle Systems has bucked the industry trend for flatter revenues but bigger margins by more than doubling profits for its second quarter 1998-99 on revenues up by more than 40 per
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BROWN ADVISER SIGNS UP FOR RADIO 5 SUNDAY SERVICE
Charlie Whelan, former adviser to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, is joining BBC Radio 5 Live's new Sunday morning show, Sunday Service.Whelan joins Times columnist Michael Gove and presenter Fi
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PORTER TO PRESENT CHANNEL 5 MOVIE CHART SHOW
Gail Porter, presenter of BBC 2 children's show Fully Booked, is to front Channel 5's Movie Chart Show from Sunday (24 January). The show, produced by Mentorn Barraclough Carey subsidiary Worldwide
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GNU was commissioned by Red Rooster Television to create the title sequence for Channel 5 drama series The Alchemists. The sequence depicts a series of mysterious images interspersed with ultrasound p
GNU was commissioned by Red Rooster Television to create the title sequence for Channel 5 drama series The Alchemists. The sequence depicts a series of mysterious images interspersed with ultrasound pictures
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Locomotion in£5m managers' buyout
Storyboards Harpers, which includes Soho facility Locomotion, has been acquired in a management buyout backed by venture capitalist 3i.The deal, which values the presentation to facilities group at£5 million, sees
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CHANNEL 4 JOINS THE SEARCH FOR LAW AND ORDER
Channel 4 is preparing to screen the new three-part series from film-maker and criminologist Roger Graef, In Search of Law and Order. Five years in the making, the series looks at
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KUDOS LOOKS AT TECHNOLOGY AND LOVE FOR C4
Kudos Productions is producing a one-off Valentine's special for Channel 4 called love.co.uk, which looks at the impact of modern technology - such as the internet, email and the pager -
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Strange departs C4 science for indie role
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor for science Bob Strange is leaving Horseferry Road to return to the independent sector, writes Tim Dams.According to C4, Strange has decided not to renew his
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M4 ASSETS AND EDWARDS MOVE TO ROLL TO RECORD
Roll to Record has acquired the assets of M4 Outside Broadcast and appointed former M4 managing director Peris Edwards as marketing director. Roll to Record managing director Peter Webber declined to
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Granada Media's TV movie, Murder in a Small Town, has become the third highest rating show ever on US cable network A&E. The drama, starring Gene Wilder, drew a 4.7 rating
Granada Media's TV movie, Murder in a Small Town, has become the third highest rating show ever on US cable network A&E. The drama, starring Gene Wilder, drew a 4.7 rating
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'ELITIST' RADIO STATION SHAPES UP TO TAKE ON R3 AND R4
TV producer Tariq Ali and playwright Howard Brenton have called for an 'unashamedly elitist' radio station to challenge BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. The pair are said to be seeking