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S&M AND LOLA IN BT AD
Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) has teamed with Lola on the visual effects for BT's new flagship TV commercial called Stadium. Directed by RSA Films' Jake Scott for advertising agency St Luke's,
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ARRI GB CHIEF RETIRES
Arri GB chief executive Derrick Ross has retired after 18 years with the German-owned company. Ross set up Arri's UK subsidiary in 1983 after being poached from competitor Rank Strand where
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SANCTUARY EXPANDS
Sanctuary Studios, part of media rights group Sanctuary Group, has bought Westway Studios and Southbrook Construction. Westway Studios, which is currently home to Channel 4 series As If, has four stages
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SGI FIRM GOES MENTAL
SGI-owned Alias Wavefront has formed a strategic partnership with German software company Mental Images, maker of rendering system Mental Ray. The two companies will work together to create a Mental Ray
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BBC DESIGNER IN MOVE
BBC Resources graphic designer Andrew Norris Sherborn has joined digital agency Entranet as senior technology project manager responsible for the technical output of its inter-active TV team. Sherborn joins from the
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WOMAN CHAIR WINS OBE
Independent Media Support (IMS) executive chairwoman Sylvia Sheridan was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in the Queen's birthdayn honours list. Sheridan, who founded subtitling specialist IMS in 1989, is
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Granada misses a beat or two
Concern over whether the communications bill with new or tweaked media ownership rules will be delayed is, indeed, hysterical. The industry hasn't even stopped to thank the electorate for returning a
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Allen should've kept quiet
Sitting beside the Camel - river not ship of desert - word reaches me of a bizarre happening. Apparently, and it is hard to believe, Granada has written to the prime
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TRADE TALK - The risk jockey
Go Racing consortium chief Christopher Stoddart's high-wire business style has paid off now that the racing rights deal has been agreed.
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IN MY VIEW - Rebecca Segal
On why UK-sourced shows are absent from US networks' commissioning schedule plans.
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Desert Island despair
BBC 1 channel executive Anne Gilchrist found Small Town Gardens proved more of a living-room oasis than The Desert Forges.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - American cream
With British entertainment formats having performed strongly in the US lately, confidence is growing among American broadcasters that UK indies branching out into the States can deliver hit factual and reality shows.
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THE LWT GANG - The Untouchables
The last 30 years have seen the LWT gang largely dominating British broadcasting. But as one of the most powerful partnerships in TV history comes to an end, Steve Clarke marks the twilight of an era that produced many a millionaire.
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INTERVIEW - A home from home
There are a swag - as they say in Australia - of Home & Away people in town. And while Fisher, Hayley, Irene and the guys are off shooting scenes and
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INDIE FINANCE - From Bad Girls to Footballers' Wives
A simple structure and efficient cost control have meant Shed Productions, maker of Bad Girls, was able to turn a profit in its first year. It has also found success in overseas sales and merchandising. Ed Shelton reports.
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TX - Stars rally for Beckett
The ridiculously stellar list of names involved in Channel 4 and RTE's filming of all 19 of Samuel Beckett's plays - and the fact that the project happened at all -
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ITV ratings get squeezed between C4 and BBC 1
For weeks on end, the seven-day spreadsheet showing the daily primetime share for each channel shows that ITV claims almost every evening. Not this week. BBC 1 took Tuesday, Wednesday and
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OFF THE RECORD - The occasional diary of a BBC Director General Dyke Towers
TUESDAYChannel 4 doesn't half make me laugh - what with finally announcing the chop for the crappest-rating breakfast show of all time (and I should know) to that bloody Go Racing
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OFF THE RECORD - Carlton driven by naked ambition
Industry observers are familiar with the argument that the quality of Carlton's programming really has improved in the eight years of its short life, not least since Steve Hewlett arrived to
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AND FINALLY ... Mark Story, md of Kiss 100 and Magic 105.4 - just don't ask him for Madonna tickets
What's the biggest lie you've ever told?I was arrested for running a pirate station when I was 14 but lied in court that I was 16 so I could be tried