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World Congress of Science Producers to host lucrative pitch session
C4 editor and ABC commissioning editor will decide who receives A$10,000 prize
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Columbia appointments to bolster Pay-TV business
Columbia TriStar International Television (CTIT) has made a series of appointments to bolster its global pay-TV business including promoting vice-president, international television Mike Wald to the newly created post
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BMG to restructure after Dornemann departure
Media giant Bertelsmann is to restructure its television, music and new media division BMG Entertainment after a decision by chairman Michael Dornemann to step down in December. It is
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Ex-Omni Media president moves to Cinar
Cinar Corporation has appointed Omni Media USA president George Rossi as its new senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Rossi, who took up the role this week, will have
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Valius leaves chum city for Igel in London
London-based animation specialist Igel Media Distribution has appointed Victoria Valius (right) as vice-president international sales. She will be responsible for sales in Europe, Canada and Australasia, reporting to managing
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IOC lauds BBC sport with gold award
The International Olympic Committee has given BBC sport an IOC gold award for the corporation's coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games. IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the award
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BBC Resources to set up new design unit
Seperately branded unit set to be approved by governors at the end of the month
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Recruitment drive at Digital Film Lab continues
New digital film facility Digital Film Lab has made two further appointments ahead of its launch next week.Rod Shelton joins as senior producer from VTR where he set
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Knight and Rogers fill Aiello role at Rainbow
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - Rainbow Post Production has appointed two new managing directors to replace Raimondo Aiello who stepped down last month.Rainbow facilities manager Louise Knight and head of audio Nick
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Quantel to beef up its news presence
Manufacturer will create new division to improve presence in news equipment market
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Public 'resisting' switch to digital
Fears are growing that too little is being done to tackle the estimated 10 million households that are expected to resist the switch from analogue to digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Parties split over C4 privatisation
Channel 4 is safe from privatisation under the current Labour administration but will almost certainly be privatised if the Conservatives win the next general election.Sources said the communications white paper -
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TWG to make sports docs for TV
The Wireless Group (TWG) is making a move into television, joining forces with indie 3BM TV to produce sports documentaries, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The expansion sees a return to television production for
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BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux is seeking two new formats for primetime pilot shows for Ross to present on BBC 1. The pilots will be for a Saturday night
The BBC has signed its first exclusive deal with television presenter Jonathan Ross, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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HEWLAND SEES OFF FIVE TO NET FOOTBALL LANGUAGE SHOW
Hewland International has beaten five production outfits, including BBC in-house departments, to its first commission from BBC Worldwide. Hewland International, which produces Sky One long-running football teen drama Dream Team (left),
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ACTION TIME COOKS UP DOCUMENTARIES ON THE CATERERS
Action Time has gone into production on The Caterers, a new 16 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary series for the Carlton regions in May 2001. The series focuses on the planning and
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BAYNES HANDS TWO SIDES TV THIRD BUG ALERT! ORDER
Channel 4 commissioning editor children and young people's programmes Sarah Baynes has asked Two Sides TV to make a third 26 x 23-minute series of Bug Alert!, the children's puppet comedy
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A RAFT OF COMMISSIONS FOR INDIE GOLDHAWK MEDIA
Buckinghamshire-based factual indie Goldhawk Media is in production with projects for UK broadcasters Carlton Television and Telewest content arm Flextech, as well as US-based Discovery Health Channel. Discovery has commissioned a
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'Unsuitable' Ricki finds home on C5
Channel 5 has snapped up American talkshow Ricki Lake after Channel 4 decided to axe it, claiming that too much of its content was unsuitable for daytime audiences.C4 has been running