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    TV bosses snub Cilla's big tribute

    2003-05-08T09:20:29Z

    Cilla Black's plans for a TV special to mark her 40th year in showbiz have been snubbed by ITV bosses. ...

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    TV watchdog checks claims of bias on Murdoch channel

    2003-05-08T09:18:06Z

    The Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel, whose determinedly patriotic stance during the Iraq conflict bought it critical...

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    Muppets go for a song

    2003-05-08T09:14:42Z

    The Muppets are going home. After four years under German ownership, Kermit, Miss piggy and the rest are returning ...

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    C4 urges inquiry into Miller shooting

    2003-05-08T09:13:39Z

    Channel 4 has made an unprecedented call for a full and open inquiry into the death of award-winning cameraman James Miller, who was shot while filming in the Gaza strip last Friday night (2 May), writes Penny Hughes

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    Coming up after the bad news

    2003-05-08T09:12:25Z

    Earlier this week Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield sat down in his office overlooking London's Leicest...

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    They were both traitors and idealists

    2003-05-08T09:07:41Z

    It's not surprising that the onslaught against the BBC over tomorrow's television programme, Cambridge Spies, was l...

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    TV's Trading Places student is expelled after vodka binge

    2003-05-08T09:04:00Z

    The Trading Places teenager who swapped his inner city home for a leading public school has been expelled after a d...

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    BBC website will reunite WWII veterans

    2003-05-08T08:55:31Z

    The BBC is to launch a Friends Reunited-style website where war veterans can get in touch with each other and share their stories as part of mammoth plans to commemorate next year's 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Post industry panel calls for trade body

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    The UK's post-production sector needs a trade association fighting on its behalf if it is to survive as part of the television-making process, writes Will Strauss.

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    Free training offer at production expo

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Editing equipment manufacturers Quantel and Apple will be hoping to entice editors away from their Avid roots at The Production Show this month by offering them free training on competitor products, writes Sam Espensen.

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    ADI aims to widen field of work with new truck

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Outside Broadcast company ADI has built itself a£700,000 truck in an effort to win a wider variety of broadcast work, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Kidd gets T-shirty in cancer ad

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Supermodel Jodie Kidd is the face of a new campaign to promote the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirt for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The ad, posted by Rushes and directed by Brave's Lucy Blakstad, shows Kidd facing the dilemma of what to wear on a big night out before finally finding ...

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    S&G digidesign buy

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    London audio facility Saunders & Gordon (S&G) has bought two Digidesign Pro Tools HD audio systems. Facility director Tim Lofts said the kit was bought to cope with an influx of new work, adding that he believes that Pro Tools is an 'excellent all-round post-production tool, particularly for long-form TV ...

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    Beetan joins Flare

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Flare DVD has a new head of department after Katy Beetan joined the outfit from Universal International Pictures. She left her role as production manager for international product, saying that after 'a number of structural changes at Universal, this was the right time for me to go'. She joins as ...

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    First birthday at KPM

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Music library company KPM's Internet site is a year old, and the company has been making improvements to the site as a result of customer feedback. Closer compatibility and faster integration are two requests from users, so music can now be downloaded as WAV and/or AIFF files, at either 44.1 ...

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    Mersey server deal

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Mersey TV is continuing its 'shoot to disk' philosophy with the acquisition of six Dual Channel Geevs video servers from Gee Broadcast. The servers, which sell for about£25,000 each, will be used for the production of Hollyoaks. Technical director for Mersey TV Graham Deaves says ...

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    C4 to scrutinise multinationals

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    The first-time director behind The Luckiest Nut In The World- the Channel 4 film presented by a singing peanut that was feted in the broadcaster's 2002 annual report - has secured a four-part series for C4, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC uses 'dung cam' to spy on elephants

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    Wildlife documentary-maker John Downer is to camouflage a tiny camera as a piece of animal faeces for a new BBC1 special about a herd of elephants, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    CBBC gives pre-schoolers own cookery show

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to launch a cookery show for pre-school children as part of a slate of new kids shows, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC plans second Fame Academy

    2003-05-08T08:30:00Z

    BBC talent show Fame Academyis to return, although this time the corporation will put more emphasis on its public service merits. BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has put an end to speculation over the show's future by ordering a second run from Endemol-subsidiary Initial, despite criticism ...