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Jim Henson's Creature Shop is putting the finishes touches to its first primetime science fiction drama co-production, Farscape. The 22 x 60-minute series, a co-production with Australia's Nine Networ
Jim Henson's Creature Shop is putting the finishes touches to its first primetime science fiction drama co-production, Farscape. The 22 x 60-minute series, a co-production with Australia's Nine Network in association
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TalkBack bags epic BBC 2 drama serial
TalkBack and Sterling Pictures have been commissioned to make what is thought to be one of BBC 2's biggest ever dramas, In a Land of Plenty, writes Jason Deans.The 10 x
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NATPE 1999 - Steaming in on the US
As producers and distributors head to New Orleans for Natpe, Tim Westcott looks at the opportunities the US cable market offers UK companies wanting to boost their international business.
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NATPE 1999 - THE INTERVIEW - Uniting nations
Catherine Malatesta is the driving force behind Warner Bros' move into international co-production. So how is she making out in foreign lands?
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OFF THE RECORD - Party like it's 1999
Auntie's spin doctors were out in force last week at Sir John Birt's New Year soiree at Broadcasting House.In fact, the packed bash attracted so many hungry mouths that Sir John's
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SVC SNAPS UP 10-YEAR DEAL FOR CHRISTMAS GLORY
BBC Worldwide has signed a 10-year deal with independent SVC Screen Entertainment for global television rights to Christmas Glory, a concert commissioned and transmitted by ITV over the recent festive season.
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BBC 1 lands new Davies adaptation
The BBC is set to go into production next month on a new Andrew Davies adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel, Wives and Daughters, writes Alice Macandrew.The period drama will see
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Sunburn makes scorching debut on BBC 1
New Michelle Collins BBC 1 drama vehicle Sunburn put on a blistering performance for its first outing on Saturday (16 January), writes Alice Macandrew.According to unofficial overnights, the BBC 1 drama
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UK Gold outshines Sky 1 at Xmas
UK Gold eclipsed cable and satellite rival Sky 1 in the ratings for the first time over Christmas, according to consolidated viewing figures released last week, writes Alice Macandrew.The BBC/Flextech joint-venture
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COMMENT - Quality will bring back BBC 1's audience
Years and years ago, in a time when we all believed in fairies, there was a broadcaster called Jeremy Isaacs, said to be a giant of his time. The BBC, then
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Vertue's reward
Newly installed Pact chairman Beryl Vertue enjoyed huge success with Men Behaving Badly. Can she work the same magic with the producers' alliance?
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No public service without the public
Public service broadcasting, as one wag famously pronounced, is a bit like an elephant - difficult to define but easy to recognise when you see it. This is hardly a perfect
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Schlock of the new
Light entertainment's new wave of presenters are highly valued - but are they worth their big buck salaries when it's the shows fronted by TV's golden oldies that still top the ratings?
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PEAKVIEWING TRANSATLANTIC UNVEILS NATPE SLATE
Peakviewing Transatlantic, the distribution arm of Gloucestershire-based indie Peakviewing Productions, will be attending the Natpe programming market for the first time later this month with a programming slate including pre-school puppet
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MARLES MOVES TO MAGID
Vivien Marles has joined the London office of international research company Frank N Magid Associates as international research director. Marles joins from Granada Media, where she had been head of research
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SGI to recruit resellers to help push Windows NT workstations
Silicon Graphics (SGI) is to recruit hundreds of additional value-added resellers in an attempt to maximise sales of its latest range of Windows NT-based visual workstations introduced last week (Broadcast, 8.1.99).SGI
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POWELL GETS VOTE FOR HEAD OF POLITICS AT HTV WALES
HTV Wales has promoted Nick Powell, producer of political programme Welsh Agenda, to the newly created post of head of politics. The appointment is a preparation for HTV's coverage of the
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Network first?
One year after the ITV Network Centre unveiled its ambitious targets for peaktime share, are Liddiment and Eyre on course for achieving these goals?
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Pearson TV gains foothold in Finland
Pearson Television has broken into the Finnish market with a commission to make a daily drama, Salatut Elamat (Secret Lives), for commercial broadcaster MTV3.MTV3 has committed to three series of Secret