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ITV unveils The Bill offshoot
ITV has unveiled details of its second planned spin-off from The Bill, Beech Is Back, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TWI SELLS WIMBLEDON TENNIS DOC TO BBC 2
TWI has sold a four-part documentary series on the history of Wimbledon to BBC 2. The 4 x 55-minute programmes, Wimbledon: The History of the Championships, will feature restored newsreel and
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UNITED PRODUCTIONS KICKS OFF COMEDY DRAMA
United Productions has begun production on a new comedy drama for ITV based on the novel The Last Detective. Peter Davison is to star as the book's protagonist, Dangerous Davies. The
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PORTUGAL BUYS NEW 100-PART NODDY SERIES
BBC Worldwide has licensed the whole of the new 100 x 10-minute series of Make Way for Noddy to RTP in Portugal. The agreement is the first international licensing deal for
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TWO FOUR TV FILLS BOARD
Two Four Productions' new media arm twofourtv has filled its last boardroom position with Paul Tarplee taking up the role of chief technology officer. Tarplee will oversee and co-ordinate the company's
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POCKETT HIRES STONIER
English & Pockett, part of FutureBrand Worldwide has hired Peter Stonier as head of convergent media. He will be responsible for the company's growing involvement in the media business, mainly in
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Lack of tech skills noted
A serious shortage of trained broadcast engineers is affecting both broadcasters and manufacturers, the News World Technology conference in London was told, writes Nick Radlo.
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Panasonic plans European drive
Newly appointed Panasonic Broadcast Europe chief Ted Taylor admitted last week that 'the ship is a little off course and there are gaps in the product line-up'.Taylor, who took the helm
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Snell & Wilcox in bid for firm
Snell & Wilcox has confirmed it is in talks to buy Newbury-based hardware manufacturer Post Impressions whose managing director has quit for Avid, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Liberty firms gain mds
Rushes and Soho 601, both part of Liberty Livewire, have gained new managing directors it has emerged this week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Encoda appoints global tech boss
Encoda Systems, formed from the merger between CJDS, Enterprise and Drake Automation/DAL, has appointed Michael Dunn as global chief technology officer, writes Barbara Marshall.
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MIDAS FIRST FOR CTV
CTV Outside Broadcast is the first to buy a broadcast console from Worcestershire-based Midas. The Broadcast 2000 console was part of a re-fit of one of their three OB trucks which
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ITV's reversal of fortune
There is only one story in town at the moment and I don't mean the imminent lynching of the creative team behind the Big Brother BT Cellnet sponsorship credits. It is
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Listen to the public, not critics
While press attention harks back to the days of yore when British television was truly funny, ITV's stance on nurturing the much-maligned sitcom seems to be in stark contrast to that
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TRADE TALK - Changing tack
Carole Peters, whose credits include Changing Rooms and Time Team, is to lead September Films' new push in serious documentary making.
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IN MY VIEW - Steve Barnett
On why the public's indifference to digital television has been seriously underestimated.
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ON THE BOX - Jazzing up late night
For BBC Scotland head of comedy and entertainment Mike Bolland, Jazz is music to the ears, but Big Brother numbs the brain.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Digital difficulties
Besides confusion and apathy among the potential consumers of digital television there are a number of technical complexities that have made the government's proposed analogue switch-off seem an elusive goal.
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BUYING A DIGITAL TV - Are you being served?
The predicted date for analogue switch-off in the UK is creeping up. Broadcast goes undercover in London to gauge whether sales staff in high street stores on the front line of the digital revolution are armed with enough information to interpret jargon f
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INTERVIEW - Comedy not errors
Over the past few years TV critics have viewed ITV's sitcom output the way a pack of hyenas views a three-legged zebra. From the outside, the woman brought in to make