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    C5 TO AIR WISE AND WONDERFUL ANIMAL STORIES.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Pilgrim Productions Canterbury, co-producer of ITV series Ultimate Questions, has bagged a 13 x 10-minute children's animation series for Channel 5. Ordered by commissioner for daytime, arts and religion Kim Peat,

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    PESKY WINS ONLINE CHILDREN'S COMMISSION.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Indie Pesky has been commissioned by CBBC controller Nigel Pickard to produce a 10 x 2.5-minute children's animation for the forthcoming digital channel CBBC and online. The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers, which

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    ENDEMOL'S INITIAL TO FILM TENOR WATSON.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Endemol UK production arm Initial is to film the open-air concert performed by British tenor Russell Watson on 6 February in New Zealand for PBS in the US and TVNZ in

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    C5 GIVES SPORTS ORDER TO SUNSET & VINE.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Sunset & Vine has signed a three-year deal with Channel 5 to produce the broadcaster's late-night sport. Following the deal, which runs until the end of 2004, the company will produce

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    WHAT NOT TO WEAR RETURNS TO BBC 2.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 controller Jane Root has ordered a second 10 x 30-minute series of fashion show What not to Wear. The new series, which will again feature writers Susannah Constantine and

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    C5 FOLLOWS SOAP STARS UP KILIMANJARO.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of factual Dan Chambers has unveiled his first commission for the broadcaster with a 60-minute documentary, following a group of soap stars as they attempt to climb Mount

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    SKY NEWS TO MAKE QUEEN'S JUBILEE SPECIAL.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Sky News is to screen a special 30-minute documentary featuring rare access to the Queen as part of its Golden Jubilee coverage which starts on 5 February. Commissioned by head of

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BBC Broadcast division aims for #100m.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Pam Masters, managing director of the BBC's latest commercial division BBC Broadcast, has unveiled plans for the venture's new broadcast centre which could deliver around #100m to the BBC, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MPC to expand films.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Moving Picture Company is to double the size of its feature film department with the creation of 50 new jobs, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - OmniBus in deal with Time Warner.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    UK automation expert OmniBus Systems has launched the first phase of a $6m deal with Time Warner but admitted market difficulties have prompted the sale of part of the company to

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MYCREATIVE MERGER.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Creative consultancy MyCreative, formerly known as Myriad, has merged with marketing consultancy the Big Group, writes Barbara Marshall. The team of seven has joined the Big Group's Holland Park office, while

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Exposure acquires 8811 assets.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Editing outfit Exposure has paid #250,000 for the assets of duplication facility 8811 which went into liquidation last November (Broadcast, 23.11.01), writes Barbara Marshall.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BT WINS GAMES DEAL.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has awarded BT Broadcast Services the #1m transmission contract for the XVII Commonwealth Games, to be held in Manchester this summer. As the host broadcaster, the BBC is responsible

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - PINNACLE POSTS LOSS.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Pinnacle Systems has reported a quarterly increase in net sales, gross margins, net income and cashflow compared with the previous quarter. However, despite a 26 per cent rise in sales to

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - NDS SUBSCRIBERS UP.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The number of set-top boxes using NDS technology reached 27.3 million, up 1.6 million in the quarter ended 31 December 2001, according to NDS Group's latest results. Revenues for the period

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - SOUNDMAN TO CFS.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    CFS has taken on Ian Marriot-Smith as senior sound engineer to head the Soho sound department. He joined from Canongate Studios in Edinburgh where he was post-production sound engineer and studio

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - CREATIVE REJOINS 422.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Designer Graham Watts has rejoined 422 as creative director after four years, most recently spent with Skaramoosh. Based in Bristol, Watts will lead 422's work on major UK factual TV and

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - SKARAMOOSH HIRING.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Skaramoosh has taken on senior compositor Zave Jackson from Tyrell, as well as former Refinery/Aldis Animation DS artist Aries Brooker.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - CORRECTION.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Tim Smith was incorrectly reported as joining Blue Post Production to head the Editbox department (Broadcast, 25.1.02). Smith joined the team which is managed by company director Jason Farrow.

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    LEADER - Fair trading must rule the roost.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    One fact of life in the world of regulation is that industry responses to government proposals always seem to be more about the immediate competitive pressures that face individual organisations, rather