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DAVIES TO GIVE THOUGHTS ON BBC'S FUTURE.
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies is to outline his thoughts on the future of the corporation at a special event organised by the Royal Television Society. The former Goldman Sachs economist, who
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FOX KIDS ROLLS OUT TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE.
Fox Kids Europe is using the UK as the first test base for the pan-European roll-out of a text messaging service. The UK service, launched in conjunction with mobile firm m-Wise,
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SPECIAL: RAJARS - Radios 2, 4 and 5 hit record share.
The BBC trounced its commercial radio rivals in the latest set of Rajars, with BBC Radios 2, 4 and 5 Live all achieving record reach and share figures.The figures, released last
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ITN News Direct share shoots up.
News was a key driver for local radio stations over the last quarter, with ITN News Direct pulling in a huge 71 per cent share increase over the past year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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RDF wins #6.5m order from C4.
RDF Media has started work on its biggest ever programme commission - a #6.5m project for Channel 4 and TLC billed as 'Scrapheap Challenge meets Robots Wars in hell'.UMC: Ultimate Machine
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Disney plans kids Popstars.
The Disney Channel is to launch its own kids version of ITV 1's Popstars talent search in an attempt to cash in on the genre, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC 2 unveils factual series.
A hard-hitting series charting the stories of three notorious crimes committed by young people is one of the highlights of BBC 2's new year current affairs output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BLUEYONDER AIMS TO THRILL.
Telewest has unveiled its latest broadband drama commission, which will run on high-speed internet service Blueyonder, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITV LINES UP SECOND RUN OF FAT FRIENDS.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a second series of Fat Friends (right). The series, which focuses on the lives of people who meet through a slimming club, will
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BBC FOCUSES ON BRITISH EUROVISION SINGERS.
The countdown to this year's Eurovision Song Contest will see the four British finalists performing on a special Song For Europe 2002 programme on BBC 1 on 3 March. In the
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LWT ASKS INDIES FOR LONDON PROGRAMMES.
LWT managing director Lindsay Charlton is to commission half of the 12 x 60-minute programmes for the next series of the London Programme from independents. He claimed the decision to look
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SKY ONE REORDERS KIRSTY'S HOME VIDEOS.
Sky One has ordered a second run of Kirsty's Home Videos (right). Deputy director of broadcasting and production Kate Marsh has commissioned a 13 x 60-minute run of the series in
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BURSARY WINNER GAINS RADIO 4 COMMISSION.
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a five-part drama from the winner of BBC Northern Ireland's first Tony Doyle bursary, which encourages writing for television and radio. The thriller, Fraction of Zero,
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CORRECTION.
A headline in last week's issue (1.2.02) referred to UK Horizons making an 'illegal' boxing documentary series. The channel is in fact making a series about licensed and unlicensed boxing, both
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CONSULTANT FOR ARRI.
Arri has taken on Mick Mason BSC as consultant to the group's rental activities. Working across the camera, lighting and grip operations of Arri Lighting Rental and Arri Media, Mason will
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GOLDEN SQ ADDS TO FX.
Golden Square Post Production has added to its effects department with the appointment of Inferno artist Yourick Van Impe who joins from Condor Post Production. Van Impe, who has worked regularly
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NEW SERVICE FROM SAM.
TV and film graphics technology support firm Sufficiently Advanced Magic (SAM) has introduced a new hire service aimed at post houses. Based on the need for increased processing and storage capacity
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CLEAR ADDS PRODUCER.
Clear has added a fourth producer to its team by taking on senior producer Fleur Hollis. Hollis joined after five years at Soho 601 and has also worked at FrameStore (now
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SALES AGENT FOR CINTEL.
Cintel has strengthened its sales function with the appointment of reseller Sprockets as exclusive agent for the London region. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Cintel's next generation film
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Gamble on HD kit begins to pay off.
European companies are beginning to benefit from the demand for high definition production equipment, writes Barbara Marshall.