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    SOMETHIN' ELSE GIVEN BBC 4 MUSIC ORDER.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC 4 to produce a 90-minute concert programme featuring Blur singer Damon Albarn and some of Mali's top musicians. Commissioned by BBC editor of music

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    BBC 4 ORDERS 1966 WORLD CUP DOCUMENTARY.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a one-off documentary about North Korea's victory over Italy in the 1966 World Cup. The 60-minute feature The Game of Our Lives is being

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    WILDFIRE TAKES OFF WITH HISTORY COMMISSION.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    New indie Wildfire Productions has received its first commission with a 7 x 60-minute series Seven Ages of Britain for Channel 4. Ordered by commissioning editor, features Ben Frow the history

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    COMBAT CARS TO BATTLE IT OUT ON CHANNEL 5.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of factual Dan Chambers, in association with Bravo and Minotaur International, has ordered a new Robot Wars-style show, Combat Cars. The 7 x 23-minute series features full-sized remote

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    UK STYLE ORDERS HOME CONVERSION SERIES.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood has commissioned Little Planet Pictures to produce a 15-part series following a family as they convert a 130-year-old Victorian stone water tower into their home.

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    Technology & Facilities - Resources revamp boosts core areas.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources chief executive Mike Southgate has unveiled details of a restructure aimed at reducing overheads and improving customer service levels.Although Southgate oversaw the loss of 35 jobs from design department

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    Technology & Facilities - VP predicts tough year for Avid in Europe.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Avid vice-president of European sales and operations Graham Sharp unveiled details of the company's European market strategy last week and warned that 2002 was going to be a 'tough year', writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Technology & Facilities - Post delivers film to C4.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    New editing facility Post Republic has just completed work on The Lost Boys, a documentary produced by October Films for Channel 4, writes Barbara Marshall. The Lost Boys is the first

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    Technology & Facilities - Kilroy to Teddington.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Teddington Studios has won back BBC 1 morning chat show Kilroy from BBC Resources in a two-year deal worth over #1m. Roger Morris, group managing director of Barnes Trust Media -

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    Technology & Facilities - Promotion at The Farm.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    The Farm group has promoted Sarah Tindall to the role of facilities manager at its Soho Square post facility The Farm. Tindall has been with the company since its launch four

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    Technology & Facilities - Discreet appointment.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Discreet has taken on Robin Adams as territory manager, Soho, reporting to recently promoted regional manager Jeremy Lutterloch (Broadcast, 8.3.02). Adams joins from Avid Technology where he was UK reseller manager,

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    Technology & Facilities - Interactive Oscars.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    The British public has been given the chance to vote for who they think should win an Oscar, thanks to return-path technology developed by Go Interact TV for the BBC. Results

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    Technology & Facilities - Creative gold for Mill.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    The Mill was awarded a gold honour for best visual effects on the Levi's 'Twist' ad at the Creative Circle Awards held last week. The commercial, which was shot on the

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    LEADER - How will the saga of BBC 3 end?

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Last week was not a good one for BBC chairman Gavyn Davies. No sooner had he learned that media secretary Tessa Jowell was again delaying a decision about BBC 3, than

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    FREE TO AIR - Scam to end all scams.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    It is, as Ron Manager would say, a compelling image. Spotty geeks poised, coiled spring-like, in front of a flickering screen. Those fascinating hacked details appearing as lines of code before

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    TRADE TALK - Funny farmer.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    It's Time Gentlemen Please for Mark Freeland at Sky, but will his role as head of comedy commissioning at the BBC be a barrel of laughs?

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    IN MY VIEW - Tony Stoller, chief executive of the Radio Authority.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    On how the world of US radio regulation compares to its counterpart in the UK.

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    ON THE BOX - Time is running out.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Company Pictures managing director George Faber thought 24 was a few minutes short of an hour but had lots of time for Dispatches.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Buck stops here?

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Does media secretary Tessa Jowell's reluctance to make a decision over whether or not to approve BBC 3 make her department look like a rabbit caught in the headlights, or is there a deeper strategy at work at the DCMS?

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    RADIO - Listening for signs of life.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Commercial radio is trailing woefully in the wake of the BBC's rejuvenated output. Is the market now so skewed that the commercial sector stands no hope of competing?