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RTS BOOKS IN BSKYB'S TONY BALL AS DINNER SPEAKER
BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball is set to speak at a Royal Television Society dinner on 27 April. Further RTS events this year include the Programme Awards on 21 March, the
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS CORRECTION
In last week's Overnight Ratings, we attributed the Thursday 3 February edition of Carlton Country at 19.30 with an average audience of four million viewers and an 18 per cent share.
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C5 buys new soap to replace Sunset
Channel 5 is to replace daytime US soap Sunset Beach with veteran US drama Days of Our Lives, under a new deal with Columbia Pictures Television.C5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford
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C4/Ideal rev up for motoring site
Channel 4 and Ideal World's new media arm e.world have formed a joint-venture motoring website called 4car.co.uk, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4 signs Morris films
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Peter Dale has ordered a 6 x 30-minute series of interviews, under the strand name First Person, from controversial US film-maker Errol Morris, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC Brum recruits Thorogood
Nick Thorogood joins as the divison's development executive from Talent Television where he was a development producer. His brief will be to liaise closely with BBC Broadcast and channel commissioning teams
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BBC Resources Birmingham designed and produced the titles for the third series of BBC 2's Goodness Gracious Me. The sequence is based on an urban poster-filled wall featuring the show's characters,
BBC Resources Birmingham designed and produced the titles for the third series of BBC 2's Goodness Gracious Me. The sequence is based on an urban poster-filled wall featuring the show's characters,
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English & Pockett created the graphics package for HSBC's sponsorship of ITV's Drama Premieres season. The campaign consists of three edits of opening and closing sequences and break bumpers. Each seq
English & Pockett created the graphics package for HSBC's sponsorship of ITV's Drama Premieres season. The campaign consists of three edits of opening and closing sequences and break bumpers. Each sequence
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BBC Resources Glasgow produced the titles for new BBC 2 children's series Hyperlinks, which offers a new way of looking at facts and figures. Graphic designer Lucy Goad created a futuristic
BBC Resources Glasgow produced the titles for new BBC 2 children's series Hyperlinks, which offers a new way of looking at facts and figures. Graphic designer Lucy Goad created a futuristic
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Discovery looks to fresh indie talent
Discovery has commissioned seven indies it has never worked with before to produce 7 x 30-minute documentaries for its Power Zone slot.The shows were ordered by Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) commissioning
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Edinburgh TV fest shifts venue
The Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival (GEITF) is decamping from the city centre for the first time in 25 years, in favour of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), writes Colin
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Available Light shines with 16-hour HTV West contract
Bristol-based indie Available Light productions has secured a deal with HTV West to produce 16 hours of regional shows, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC Choice orders slate of new entertainment shows
BBC Choice has ordered a slate of new commissions, including a music series fronted by comedian Sean Hughes, writes Tim Dams.
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RADIOSCAPE LAUNCHES DAB TRANSMISSION PRODUCTS
RadioScape has begun marketing a complete set of transmission products for digital audio broadcasting (DAB), which it developed to meet NTL's needs for the launch of the UK's commercial radio DAB
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RUSHES RECRUITS SALLY COOPER FROM AD AGENCY
Producer Sally Cooper has joined Rushes after four years at advertising agency WCRS, where she worked on a number of high profile, post-production and animation intensive projects. They included RSA's Little
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CINTEL OFFERS C-REALITY UPGRADE PATH FOR URSA USERS
Cintel is to offer an upgrade path to its top of the range C-Reality telecine technology, for its existing user base of Ursa Gold and Diamond systems. The new Ursa Callisto
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ACCOM TRIPLES REVENUE IN THE YEAR TO DECEMBER 1999
Accom has reported almost tripling its revenue in 1999, as it released its end of year results. It still posted a net loss for 1999, but at $1.7 million (£1.06 million)
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BLUE INSTALLS FLAME
Soho facility Blue Post Production has installed a Discreet Flame compositing and special effects system, supplied by Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry.Blue managing director Dave Cadle said Flame had been bought to
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NewsFive Life orders Gina Ford parenting doc
Shine North has been commissioned by Five Life to make a one-off documentary scrutinising the controversial tactics of child care guru Gina Ford.
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BLACKHAM BECOMES BFV GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
Bristol based Broadcast Film and Video has re-structured its management, with its founder Dave Blackham becoming group managing director, with overall responsibility for BFV and its subsidiary operations.Rowland Jones, who joined