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    CARLTON'S MR BOGUS AND WIDGET GO TO SPAIN.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Carlton International has sold two programmes from its animation slate to the Spanish market. The two children's programmes Mr Bogus and Widget have been sold to LUK Entertainment in Spain and

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    BBC PRIME SIGNS SWEDISH BROADBAND DEAL.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's international entertainment channel BBC Prime has finalised an output arrangement with Swedish broadband operator B2 Bredband. The deal will see BBC programmes such as EastEnders, Parkinson, Top of the

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    ON DEMAND APPOINTS TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Video-on-demand specialist On Demand Group has appointed Simon McGrath from content management company Lysis as director of technology. McGrath, an expert in intellectual property rights, has worked on content management services

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    Teamtalk lines up launch shows.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Teamtalk 252, the new long wave radio station formed from the defunct Atlantic 252, has unveiled its schedule line-up ahead of its 11 March launch.The service, which will broadcast sports news

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    C4 loses another executive to C5.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 entertainment has lost yet another executive, with the departure of E4 editor Anjela Jain to Channel 5, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Cartoon to push Sky's buttons.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    BskyB has launched an animated character from the creators of Roger Rabbit to help drive viewers to its interactive services, writes Simon Ellery.

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    PPV is normal for the young.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Younger Digital TV viewers are so schooled in the ways of digital TV that they now consider purchasing pay-per-view (PPV) events as a 'normal occurrence', according to a new study, writes Simon Ellery.

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    S4C poaches producer from Pop Factory.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    S4C has appointed producer Siwan Jobbins as commissioning editor, children's programmes, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Tigress goes to Kabul Zoo.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Afghanistan's Kabul Zoo has become the subject of a one-off documentary for BBC 1 and National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), writes Penny Hughes.

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    Portillo to front BBC Wagner doc.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Diverse has scooped a raft of commissions for the BBC, including an arts programme featuring the former government minister and Conservative leadership candidate Michael Portillo.Art that Shook the World: Portillo on

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    HATS OFF TO CAVEGIRL.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Two Hats Film & Television has been commissioned to produce Cavegirl, a comedy drama for new BBC children's channel CBBC, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    YTTTV wins Channel 4 specials.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television (YTTTV) has landed a brace of one-off specials for Channel 4, including a 60-minute biography of the late novelist Catherine Cookson, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Zenith lands third Acres.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Zenith Entertainment has clocked up a third commission from BBC Scotland for its BBC 1 drama series Two Thousand Acres of Sky, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    CHANNEL 4 DOES MULTIMILLION SIMPSONS DEAL.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 last week beat off Channel 5 to secure a reported #15m deal for animated series The Simpsons from 2006. The agreement with Twentieth Century Fox covers the UK terrestrial

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    BIG BEAR TO MAKE THIRD SERIES OF MY HERO.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Big Bear Films has been commissioned by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and former head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins to produce a third series of family comedy My Hero. The new

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    SEVENTH ART MAKES HISTORY FOR DISCOVERY.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Seventh Art has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to produce a 50-minute documentary entitled Why Did Rome Fall? exploring ideas about why the Roman Empire ended. Commissioned by Bettina Hatami,

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    MERSEY TV TO RELOCATE GRANGE HILL UP NORTH.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Mersey TV, which has secured a contract to produce long-running BBC children's drama series Grange Hill for three series from next year, has announced plans to shift the programme's location to

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    THREE BBC NI COMMISSIONS FOR BRIAN WADDELL.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland head of programmes Tim Cooke has commissioned indie Brian Waddell Productions to produce three 60-minute single documentaries.The first focuses on the impending 40th anniversary of the Shorts Skyvan

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    OMNIVISION LOOKS AT FOOD IN THE MILITARY.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Pinewood Studios-based indie Omnivision is in post-production with a new 'chefs in the forces' series for Carlton Westcountry called Only Food and Forces. Carlton Westcountry controller of features Caroline Righton commissioned

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    PALADIN TO EXPLORE NELSON'S LIFE AND LOVES.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Paladin Invision is producing a 90-minute biography on Admiral Horatio Nelson for Channel 4. The documentary, Nelson's Trafalgar, was ordered by C4 commissioning editor, history Tim Kirby and is expected to