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C5's Warner deal brings Matrix to UK
Channel 5 has signed a film deal worth more than $20 million (£12.4 million) with Warner Bros International Television (WBIT) for a batch of movies including The Matrix.Under the terms of
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Harris moves up at BBC drama serials
BBC Production head of development, drama serials Pippa Harris has been promoted to executive producer in drama serials, writes Tim Dams.Harris will focus on two-parters and contemporary original serials and BBC
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Pearson's Little Pond to set up US/UK comedy swaps
Pearson Television is mounting a drive to encourage transatlantic cross-fertilisation of comedy talent through new indie Little Pond Television, writes Tara Conlan.American writers are to be encouraged to work on UK
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Fulmar bags commissions worth close to£2 million
Cardiff-based indie Fulmar Television has secured eight new commissions and two recommissions with production budgets totalling£1.75 million, writes Tara Conlan.The slate two 50-minute arts programmes ordered by BBC 2 controller
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Ecosse to film Royal marriage
Ecosse Films has been commissioned by FilmFour to produce a new film centring on the volatile marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, writes Paul Donovan.Ecosse Films executive producer Douglas Rae
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GREEN RETURNS TO SKY SPORTS AS GENERAL MANAGER
Simon Green is returning to Sky Sports as general manager, Sky Sports Ventures, after three years in the US working for News Corp sister company Fox Sports. Green will report to
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RA GIVES WIRELESS GROUP NOD OVER IRG PURCHASE
The Radio Authority has given a preliminary thumbs up to the Wireless Group's acquisition of the Independent Radio Group (IRG). The deal is the subject of a public interest test by
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FREELANCE DIRECTORS URGED TO JOIN DPRS TO KEEP RIGHTS
Freelance directors are being urged to register with the Directors' and Producers' Rights Society (DPRS) in a bid to protect their rights to their own work. Broadcasting union Bectu, the Directors'
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CARLTON WOMEN IN FILM AND TV HELD AT DORCHESTER
The 1999 Carlton Television Women in Film and Television Awards will be held on Tuesday (7 December) at London's Dorchester Hotel, hosted by Meera Syal. Categories include business, craft, creative originality,
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BORDER TV RECORDS RISE IN TURNOVER
Interim results for Border Television show a 21 per cent increase in turnover for the six months to 31 October 1999. Television turnover was up 7.3 per cent giving the company
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MONEY CHANNEL IN TALKS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE
The Money Channel is understood to be in talks to secure international carriage deals. The channel, due to launch in the UK on 7 February on Sky Digital, confirmed this week
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SONY UNVEILS RADIO AWARDS 2000
The Sony Radio Awards 2000 were unveiled this week, with a radically revamped set of categories and fewer awards. The 26 categories are: entertainment, comedy, short form, news, sports event, drama
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NEWBIGIN JOINS C4 CORPORATE RELATIONS FROM DCMS
John Newbigin is to become the new head of corporate relations at Channel 4 succeeding Sue Robertson, who is joining United News & Media. Newbigin joins C4 from the Department for
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HTV POACHES LLYR JAMES
HTV Wales has poached documentary-maker Dafydd Llyr James to take up the new post of head of features. Llyr James, who is currently a producer/director with BBC Wales, starts his new
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MXR BIDS FOR MULTIPLEX
The MXR London Consortium, comprising Chrysalis Group, Border Television, DMGT and Soul Media, have put in a bid for the second London digital radio multiplex. MXR London is proposing eight services,
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BBC FUNDS FILM SCHOOL
The BBC is giving the National Film and Television School (NFTS)£400,000 a year over the next three years to help fund its core graduate course in programme-making. NFTS board of
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C4 boosts science in themed schedule
Channel 4 is looking to commission landmark science series with individual budgets in excess of£1 million.The drive for science shows is spelt out in C4's new guide for independent producers,
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Simmons to run Capital digital ops
Capital Radio has made 95.8 Capital FM programme controller Pete Simmons programme chief of the group's digital operations, writes Tabitha Cole.As programme controller, digital, Simmons will oversee the January launch of
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Indies dominate Broadcast Awards children's shortlist
Indies dominate the shortlist for the Broadcast Awards 2000 children's programme category.Shortlisted are Junk from Zenith Entertainment for BBC 2; The First Snow of Winter from Silver Fox Films for BBC
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Rushes has created a new series of open, close and break bumpers for Cadbury's sponsorship of ITV's Coronation Street. Written by Sponsor Vision copywriter Andy MacGillivary and directed by Paul Blake
Rushes has created a new series of open, close and break bumpers for Cadbury's sponsorship of ITV's Coronation Street. Written by Sponsor Vision copywriter Andy MacGillivary and directed by Paul Blake,