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PROGRAMMING - ITV to hunt for sexiest Britons.
Carlton controller of entertainment Mark Wells has picked up a scoop of new orders from ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, including a Popstars-style hunt for Britain's sexiest man and woman.Britain's
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PROGRAMMING - Play UK looks at music biz.
Play UK channel editor Matthew Littleford has commissioned a brace of new series examining aspects of the music business, writes Jon Rogers.
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PROGRAMMING - C4 probes Queen's finances.
Channel 4 has ordered a clutch of factual commissions focusing on Queen Elizabeth II's financial affairs, beauty queens in India and school reunions, writes Penny Hughes.
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PROGRAMMING - LOUIS ON THE HORIZON.
UK Horizons is to dedicate an entire weekend to Louis Theroux, writes Jon Rogers.
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PROGRAMMING - ITV SENDS JOHN McCARTHY GLOBETROTTING.
ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned CTVC to produce a show for ITV 1 exploring the relationship between politics and religion. The 6 x
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PROGRAMMING - FOX KIDS UK WINS OLSEN TWINS SERIES RIGHTS.
Fox Kids UK has secured exclusive cable and satellite rights to the live-action series So Little Time produced by Dualstar Productions, the outfit owned by 15-year-old twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
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PROGRAMMING - BBC ORDERS CLASSIC ENTERTAINERS SHOW.
The BBC has commissioned an eight-part observational documentary series featuring quintessential British entertainers from the 1970s and 1980s that may include Tony Blackburn, Bernard Manning (right) and Leo Sayer. The Entertainers
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PROGRAMMING - SMG LOOKS BACK AT CHARGE OF LIGHT BRIGADE.
SMG TV Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 commissioning editor, history Hamish Mykura, to produce a 60-minute documentary recreating the events of the Charge of the Light Brigade. The Charge
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PROGRAMMING - ITN FACTUAL TO MAKE SUZY LAMPLUGH FILM.
ITV controller of news, current affairs, art and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned ITN Factual to produce a documentary for its Real Crime strand, based on the disappearance of estate agent
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Quantel launches generationQ range.
Quantel has unveiled a completely redesigned 'generationQ' range of production, post, broadcast graphics and news systems, all based around Windows 2000.At its heart is a new generation of scaleable Quantel software
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Open and Liberate in court battle.
Rival US interactive TV companies Liberate and OpenTV are embroiled in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Californian courts, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ENTRY-LEVEL HOUDINI APPEARS.
Side Effects, whose 3D software Houdini has been used on films such as Lord of the Rings and The Time Machine, has launched an entry-level version called Houdini Select, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - The Mill goes to Manhattan.
The Mill plans to set up a New York base to work on commercials visual effects projects, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BRYANT JOINS BBC.
BBC Broadcast, the corporation's newest commercial subsidiary, has appointed Andy Bryant as its first director of creative services. Bryant joins from creative communications company Circus where he was a partner overseeing
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - 4CREATIVE EXPANDS.
Channel 4 creative agency 4creative has expanded with the appointment of two new account directors. BBC MediaArc business development manager Wendy Bleazard will look after external clients, while workthing.com head of
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - NEW SOHO AUDIO VENTURE.
Former M2 Television duo director Richard Lambert and senior dubbing mixer Chris Phinikas have set up a new audio facility in London's Wardour Street. Backed by the Soho Studios group, the
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - SOHO 601 DUO ON EDGE.
Former Soho 601 directors Bill Keehner and Bruce Hancock have completed work on their first major project since setting up the UK branch of New York post-production facility Edgeworx. Based in
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LEADER - Confusion over digital must end.
The complex world of digital TV is about to get more complicated. By the end of this year, according to some estimates, around six different set-top boxes will be marketed directly
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FREE TO AIR - They think it's all over ...
Just as one thought that the NDS pirated cards scandal would carry off the top gong for TV drama of the year, it was barged unceremoniously aside by ITV Digital. Always
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TRADE TALK - Teenage kicks.
Will Channel 5's Sham Sandhu ensure that 16 to 24-year-olds can't get the channel out of their heads with the Kylie special he ordered last week?