All Broadcast articles in 25 October 2002 – Page 4
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Fremantle pushes for indie status
Fremantle Media, the production company owned by Channel 5 majority owner RTL, has launched a campaign to regain its independent status in spite of criticism from producers' alliance Pact, writes Jane Marlow
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Wright to spy on public for laughs
BBC 1 has commissioned a brand new hidden camera show from Endemol UK Productions which will feature former footballer Ian Wright as an agent provocateur, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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C4 charts top-selling singles
Channel 4 is to mark next month's 50th anniversary of the singles charts with a three-hour special from Chrysalis Television featuring the biggest selling singles of the past 50 years , writes David Wood
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Amber gets going with food and DIY formats
New indie Amber TV has snared four 15 x 30-minute commissions less than six months after setting up shop, writes Colin Robertson
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ITV joins sex survey orgy
ITV has jumped on the bedroom bandwagon with plans for its own sex survey, write Colin Robertson and Steve Aston
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Elmo's world gets UK premiere on Channel 5
Channel 5 has secured exclusive UK rights for Sesame Workshop's Elmo's World. Controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has asked for 39 x 15-minute episodes of the show, which follows the 'educational adventures' of the furry red former Sesame Street puppet. The show, which features puppets mixed with live action, ...
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Fireworks brings Australian drama to BBC
Distributor Fireworks Entertainment has presold a new 13-part children's drama series from Australia to the BBC. Ocean Star - the Quest, made by Australian broadcaster BBHTV, is set in the Australian outback. It is expected to air on one of the channels from January
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Green berets steal a march on discovery
The Discovery Channel has bought HTV West's 6 x 30-minute series Royal Marines - the Green Berets. The series, which featured members of Taunton-based 40 Commandos and ran in Carlton regions earlier this year, will go out on Discovery later this year. Following 52 raw ...
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Broadband outing for BBC interactive soap
The BBC is set to launch an interactive soap opera which will initially only be available to broadband users. Thunder Road, set in a local social club and featuring both established and local actors, will launch on Kingston Interactive Television's (KIT) broadband network in the ...
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Kielty back live on BBC 1 for two more runs
Irish comedian and Fame Academyhost Patrick Kielty has been signed up to present two more series of his late night chat show for BBC 1. The first 10 x 30-minute series of Patrick Kielty Almost Livewill air in January followed ...
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Thames TV to build furniture for Discovery
Thames TV has been commissioned by Discovery Home & Leisure to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on furniture-making. Smith and Sweetman Workshop, commissioned by DH&L channel director Paul Welling, features 30-year-old carpenter James Sweetman teaming up with 72-year-old former tutor Dennis Smith to design ...
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Discreet rejig sees 37 jobs go
Discreet is to centralise its European systems business in London with the loss of around 37 jobs, writes Barbara Marshall
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XTV joins forces with 601
Broadcast design firm XTV is joining Soho 601 and will be known as XTV at 601, writes Barbara Marshall
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MPC shakes and stirs bond film
Moving Picture Company (MPC) is behind the visual effects for some key sequences in the latest Bond film from Eon Productions, Die Another Day. The plot begins in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea and continues via Hong Kong to Cuba, London and ...
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Pinewood-Shepperton set to broadcast over IP
Pinewood-Shepperton's networking subsidiary Studiolink claims it is now ready to start real-time broadcasting over its IP fibre network, writes Barbara Marshall
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Clear effects boost latest Boyle project
Clear Post-Production is expanding its 3D department and has completed the visual effects for its second feature film, 28 Days Later, writes Barbara Marshall
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Free plug-in for Maya clients
Alias Wavefront has surprised the industry again by giving away the Mental Ray for Maya plug-in for free, writes Barbara Marshall
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Hauppage adaptor
Consumer electronics group Hauppage is launching a digital terrestrial television adapter that plugs into either the TV or the PC. Priced at£129, the adapter will compete with Pace's box but will also plug into a PC's USB port to enable viewers to watch and record DTT channels via the PC
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Pace DVTA download
Pace has successfully downloaded its digital television adapter (DTVA) timer function, marking the first DTT download since the BBC changed to the 16QAM broadcast system. The timer is the latest in an ongoing programme of updates for Pace free-to-view customers and was downloaded over the air for existing DTVA customers ...
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NDS' broadband gong
NDS has won a technical innovation award at the Broadband Communications Europe (BCE) awards for its XTV personal video recording technology. The technology forms the backbone of BskyB's Sky+ service, allowing viewers to record and watch programmes via the set-top box hard disk