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    Pinewood finds Silver Lining.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Pinewood Studios has made its first move into production and rights ownership by taking a majority share in children's specialist Silver Lining, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Brit news wins in New York.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    British broadcasting outfits won a cluster of prizes at the New York Awards on Friday (19 January), writes Ashley Davies.

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    CHANNEL 5 CHARTS RISE AND RISE OF IKEA.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has commissioned a new arts show, as the channel continues its drive towards more mainstream programming. Ikea Mania is a 4 x 30-minute series

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    BBC COMMISSIONS POP PROGRAMME DUO.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC music entertainment has been commissioned to produce BBC 2 Sunday lunchtime show Top of the Pops Plus (left) for a spring and summer run. Another 22 episodes have been ordered

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    THE STUDIO REVEALS IN-HOUSE PRODUCTIONS.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    New movie channel The Studio has unveiled plans to produce 20 per cent of its programming in-house. Productions on the slate from the nine-strong production team include a regular, weekly 15-minute

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    USA NETWORK SNAPS UP DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Target Distribution has sold the format of Hewland International drama Daylight Robbery (left) to USA Network. The US broadcaster is expected to make an 8 x 60-minute version of the drama,

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    ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS' CUBEEZ GOES GLOBAL.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment Rights has sold the 26 x 11-minute and 13 x 30-minute children's property Cubeez to a number of international broadcasters, including Discovery Kids Latin America, Fox Kids Australia, TVP Poland,

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    BBC 1 orders new Simon Nye comedy.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux have signed off a new post-watershed sitcom from Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.The 6 x 30-minute comedy, called

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    Commissions queue up for YTTTP

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has bagged a number of orders, including three more instalments of her 100 Greatest ... strand for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson.

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    MODELS IN THE FRAME.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Sportsworld Media Group is billing a new reality TV show called Search for a Supermodel as the successor to current ITV hit Popstars, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Television is making a major 120-minute film charting the high-profile case of Sheila Bowler, who was jailed for a crime she did not commit, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Red Fig enhances its TV voting system.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV specialist Red Fig is set to introduce a return path to its real-time TV voting system to enable programme makers to send personalised information to viewers via mobile phones, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Avid chief Davies quits for new media venture.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Avid technologies international product marketing director Simon Davies has quit the company to set up a 'facilities house for new media', writes Will Strauss.

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    Impossible TV uses PCs for Channel 4 animation.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Impossible television has used super-charged PCs to complete a satirical animation pilot, Pen Monkeys, for Channel 4 in just five days, writes Will Strauss.

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    Pukka Web speeds up approvals.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Pukka group managing director John Gordon-Saker has outlined how the launch of his new strand - Pukka Web - could improve the lives of UK TV producers, writes Will Strauss.

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    FREE XSI COURSES.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Softimage is offering free XSI training courses to current users of the software. Tyrell will host the single-day courses on the following days: 6 February for new users; 7 February for

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    KEN MORSE MOVES.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Ken Morse Rostrum Cameras has moved to TSI Post Production house in Covent Garden. Previously located on Soho's Dean Street, Ken Morse has a varied client base ranging from the smallest

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    SHEIK LEAVES MTV.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    MTV senior editbox editor Tariq Sheik has left the music video channel to take up the same role at London Post. He said: 'London Post has handed me an opportunity to

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    RED POST BUYS FIRE.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Red Post in Soho has upped its high-end film editing capabilities with the purchase of Discreet Fire. Along with the upgrade to its Flame, Flint and Inferno suites, the purchase means

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    CLIMER TO ON DIGITAL.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC News controller of technology Naomi Climer has joined On Digital in the new post of director of technical operations. Reporting to chief technical officer Simon Dore, Climer will take responsibility