All Broadcast articles in 12 October 2001 – Page 5
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ECM wins Streetmate
UK indie ECM has struck a deal to distribute Tiger Aspect Channel 4 dating show Streetmate to the US and eastern Europe.ECM has also landed the central and eastern Europe
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Day moves to At It
At It Productions has poached the former Brighter Pictures head of productions Paul Day as its new head of production.Day will oversee a team of 10 working on ongoing productions,
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Czechs to get Tubbies
BBC Worldwide has licensed 250 episodes of Teletubbies to leading Czech commercial channel Nova, to air from March.Meanwhile 156 episodes of the pre-school show have been licensed to TVP1 in
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Hit and Discovery sign co-production deal
Wildlife arm of Hit Entertainment agrees three-year partnership with Discovery Networks International to make natural history shows for broadcast on either Animal Planet or Discovery Channel
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Root creates exclusive club for producers
BBC2 controller invites producers whose programmes get three million viewers to the 'Three Million Club'
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Carlton and Granada get timely tonic at MIPCOM
Raft of deals at international programme market boosts beleagured ITV companies
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BSkyB presses on with interactive strategy
'Pay-to-play' interactive football to kick off next weekend offering cash prizes for viewer predictions
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Charles Brand chosen for TV festival role
Tiger Aspect joint managing director Brand becomes first independent producer for seven years to fill advisory chair role at Edinburgh TV festival
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Panorama gets much-needed boost
Sidelined factual strand gets best-yet ratings since move to graveyard slot
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Pepper's Ghost teams up with Beckett Entertainment
Companies to develop animation properties as first production Gene-fusion looks set to spread to other formats
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BBC confirms fourth commercial division
Launch expected in January for new department combining creative services with broadcast and presentation
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BBC and Arte join up
The BBC has agreed a two-year collaboration with French culture channel Arte to develop cultural, social, historical, political and artistic documentaries. The films will air on BBC channels including BBC 4
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BBC appoints head of imagineering
Matt Locke joins department set up to combine programme-making and 'technologist talent'
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Target sets its sights on animation arm
Distributor in discussions with indies to develop shows for new venture
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Hewitt refers Ladbrokes/BSkyB joint venture
Secretary of state for trade and industry says interactive TV betting proposal raises 'competition concerns'
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Bolton Wanderers installs in-house production facility
Bolton Wanderers is setting a precedent for other football clubs by installing an in-house production facility to provide live coverage of home games, writes Barbara MarshallRather than hiring in independent outside
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Arri suspends flotation but promotes new head
Camera and lighting specialist Arri has promoted general manager Renos Louka to group managing director of its UK companies but has put its plans for a stock market flotation on hold,
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Apple's Final Cut Pro sets Shining example
Shining Productions used Apple's desktop editing system Final Cut Pro to edit a documentary for Channel 4 music strand 4 Music, writes Barbara MarshallProduced by Monkey Maker, the documentary is about
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Sony wins APTN contract to replace analogue kit
Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe (BPE) has won a contract with Associated Press Television News (APTN) to replace its analogue production equipment writes Barbara MarshallThe deal, which APTN director of technology