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    PONGWIFFY FINDS STARS

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to provide the voices for the two main characters in Telemagination animation Pongwiffy which is to be shown on CITV. The 26 x

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    FESTIVAL NEWS UPDATE

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast News, the daily online news service of produxion.com, will be updated regularly with breaking news from the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival from 24-26 August. For details, log on to

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    Mersey ups drama

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Mersey Television has promoted Jo Hallows to the new post of head of drama development as the independent's long-running Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks expands from three to four episodes every week

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    Express plans radio venture

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond last week appeared to confirm ambitions to expand into radio following the appointment of former Capital Radio director of programmes Richard Park as a consultant, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Radio First soccer station to air

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Radio First is launching its first radio station dedicated to football fans this weekend to coincide with the start of the football season, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC property plan approved

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has approved the BBC's plan to hand over its central London properties to a private-sector developer in a£500m deal, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Sky puts reality in pole position

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The UK version of controversial reality show Temptation Island will form the centrepiece of Sky One's autumn schedule.The 12 x 60-minute series has been produced for the channel by Granada and

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    C4 orders doc on genital surgery

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, science Dan Chambers has commissioned RDF Media to produce a series exploring genital operations, writes Penny Hughes.

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    FOR MILLS' EARS ONLY

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Cactus is to produce a 10 x 30-minute series For Your Ears Only, presented by Radio One DJ Scott Mills, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BBC strengthens ethnic output

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    BBC multicultural commissioning executive Maxine Watson has unveiled a raft of new programmes for BBC 2 as part of her brief to develop original strands intended to reflect 'real diversity'.The programmes,

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    Mentorn wins C4 deals for ecology docs

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured two one-off commissions from Channel 4 including a film looking at the effects of climate change in the year 2050, write Colin Robertson and Jon Rogers.

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    Alias explains cancellation at Siggraph

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Alias Wavefront blamed 'severe economic restraints' for the cancellation of its user group conference at Siggraph this year following unsuccessful attempts to charge attendees a $200 (£140) fee, write Jo Scott and Barbara Marshall.

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    BBC Resources boosts training

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    BBC resources is fighting the industry's technical skills shortage with a second wave of traineeships following the success of a similar scheme introduced last year.Twenty-one young people will join in mid-September,

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    ROBBIE'S METRO TICKET

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Robbie Williams was captured in all his high-definition glory at the weekend with equipment supplied by Metro Broadcast, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Flextech team gains facelift

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Flextech has restructured its presentation and promotions department in the face of an increasing workload, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    EMMY NOMINEES LINE UP

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The Farm's top colourist Aidan Farrell and Jelly Television's Jan Golunski have been nominated for an Emmy. The recognition comes for their work on Windfall Films' The Human Body, which aired

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    SANCTUARY HIRES HEAD

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Sanctuary Studios, part of The Sanctuary Group, has appointed Julie Bateman as head of studios, recording, mobiles and mastering. She will be responsible for all the recording and mastering facilities, working

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    VTR NABS EX-RUSHES MAN

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    VTR has appointed Inferno artist Simon Hall who was one of the recent casualties at Rushes (Broadcast, 10.8.01). During his two years at Rushes, Hall's credits included Coldplay's promotional video for

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    JVC PROMOTES INSIDER

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    JVC Professional has appointed Mike Dickson as systems sales manager, reporting to sales director Don Cameron. Dickson has over 10 years of sales experience with JVC. The move comes in the

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    DIGITAL NAMES SPEAKERS

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Digital Media World has announced the programme of events and speakers for its streaming media conference. Among the speakers are Aardman Animation's head of internet Paul Deane and Granada Broadband's controller