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MEDIAARC GOES RACING.
BBC MediaArc has unveiled a series of idents for what it claimed is the world's first fully computer-generated TV channel, I-Race, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC 1 RECOMMISSIONS OPEN MIKE SERIES.
Open Mike Productions has received two recommissions from BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey. Friday Night with Jonathan Ross has been extended to 20 x 40-minutes with eight shows set to air
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OCTOPUS TO MAKE DELICIOUS SHOW FOR UK FOOD.
Octopus Television has been commissioned by UK Food commissioning editor Gareth Williams to produce 15 x 30-minute series following chef James Martin as he travels around the south-east of England. Delicious
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FRANK BUTCHER TO GET EASTENDERS SPIN-OFF.
Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid is to film a broadcast pilot for the BBC, featuring the trials and tribulations of his character Frank Butcher as he sets up home in Manchester.
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RADIO 1 TO THROW OPEN DOORS TO UNKNOWNS.
BBC Radio 1 is to dedicate a whole day of output to supporting unsigned UK acts from all sorts of music genres. OneMusic Day will take place on 6 May to
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LITTLE BIRD DRAMAS SET FOR BBC AND ITV.
Little Bird Productions is poised to garner two drama commissions from the BBC and ITV 1. Little Bird co-chairman Jonathan Cavendish said that talks were underway with the BBC's independent drama
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Flextech orders 20 new shows.
Flextech television has unveiled its biggest slate of new orders yet with a number of series greenlit across its own channels.The commissions, which represent a 30 per cent rise in original
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ITV banks on Stars specials.
ITV is looking to reinvigorate its long-running Stars in their Eyes brand with a number of new spin-offs, writes Steve Aston.
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More football extras for C4.
Channel 4 has increased the next run of its Football Stories strand from six to 10 outings and has also commissioned a two-part series on football hooliganism, writes Penny Hughes.
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C5 to make drama with Southern Star.
Channel 5 has signed a #3m co-production deal with Australian producer Southern Star for a new children's drama series, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Fast Studio kit gets rebrand.
Californian video equipment manufacturer Pinnacle Systems is to change the name of the Fast Studio colour line of editing products next week at NAB, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Maya prices cut in bid for volume sales.
Canadian 3D graphics specialist Alias Wavefront shocked the industry this week by announcing it was cutting the price of its leading software Maya by up to 73 per cent.The 3D animation
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Liberate sets up interactive lab.
Interactive television software developer Liberate Technologies has launched a development lab to help boost the development of interactive TV applications, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC HEADS BAFTA LIST.
BBC 1's The Way We Live Now has led the field in this year's nominations for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (Bafta) Craft awards to be held in
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NEW BT BROADCAST HEAD.
BT Broadcast Services has promoted North America general manager Jon Romm to the role of head of global broadcast sales. Romm's new role sees him take responsibility for the broadcast sales
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PEPPER HIRES HIT MAN.
Pepper has appointed Iain Cameron to the new role of head of quality control (QC) as part of a push to expand the QC service for producers. Cameron joins from Hit
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RUSHES ADDS TO FX TEAM.
Rushes has added to its visual effects team with the appointment of Inferno artist Emir Hasham who joins from VTR. Recent credits include daytime idents for Channel 4 and Planet Funk
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PROMAX COURSE STARTS.
Promax UK kicks off its third annual foundation course next Wednesday (10 April) with a new module called Easy As ABC. The nine-week course includes modules on scriptwriting, the psychology of
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CLARIFICATION.
We would like to point out that the name of the new company in last week's story, New Soho audio venture, is Marmalade.
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Leader - Mail gets knives out for auntie.
The Royals are in the news again, and once again the BBC is under fire. The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph, in particular, judged the BBC's coverage of the Queen Mother's