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GSB Hazzards Bo and Luke 'stunt' special
Behind-the-scenes programmes on The Dukes of Hazzard, Magnum and Fame are orderd by Granada Sky Broadcasting
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UK horizons to focus on vets in Hong Kong
Attaboy TV has been commissioned by UK Horizons to produce 13 x 30-minute docusoap Hong Kong Vets.To be transmitted later this year, it will follow the work of ex-pat vets in
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Somethin Else wins MTV radio orders
Indie Somethin Else has been commissioned by MTV Radio to produce 5 x 54-minute and 1 x 120-minute radio programmes to coincide with MTV's summer coverage of Ibiza's music scene.Presented
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Nickelodeon announces autumn slate
Line-up includes home-grown interactive music show and three pilots
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Extreme Sports Channel Debuts With Surfing
The Extreme Sports Channel (ESC) has commissioned its first UK production with a one-off documentary on the UK's biggest surf event, the Rip Curl Newquay Boardmasters Festival.ESC head of production
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NewsOn the box - Walks on the wild side
Nick Curwin was impressed by the good intentions of the youngsters going on Mission Africabut found Ray Mears' Wild Foodrather harder to swallow.
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C4 to look at designer vaginas
A Glasgow-based indie is producing two films on extreme plastic surgery for the broadcaster.
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Flashing image review
The Independent Television Commission is hoping to make TV safer for epileptics by revising the guidelines on flashing TV images.
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ITV2 starts movie run
ITV2 has secured a 21 film deal to bolster its weeknight output with a weekly film season that launches next week.The deal has been struck with major US studios MGM, Columbia
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NewsProfile - Elisabeth's time to Shine: Elisabeth Murdoch
Profile of Shine chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch
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CNN highlight the horrors of Sierra Leone
CNN has commissioned Insight News TV to produce a third episode in a trilogy of Sorious Samura documentaries, the first two of which were commissioned and broadcastby Channel 4.Filming of Playground to Battlefield
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Nixon out as Lygo arrives at Channel 5
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon is to leave the broadcaster at the end of August, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Lords to press for Ofcom to cover BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell will come under pressure from the House of Lords to ensure the BBC is regulated by Ofcom when the bill to create the regulator gains a second
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Worldwide to seek new partners
The BBC finally announced the results of a much delayed review of its Worldwide subsidiary on Tuesday (17 July), calling for more private sector partnerships to raise further revenues, although it failed to specify which areas of business would be opened
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Oftel chief calls for competitive reform
Oftel director general David Edmonds this week expanded his vision for Ofcom, suggesting broadcasters should be allowed greater competitive freedom, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Insurer refuses to pay TV claims
The world's largest insurer, American International Group (AIG), is refusing to pay out on a series of TV production claims, writes Dominic Prince.
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Granada seeks new controllers
Granada content director of programmes, south Grant Mansfield is to create two new controller positions as a result of the broadcaster's recent restructure across daytime, factual, arts and drama programme making, writes Steve Aston.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Barbara Gibbon
The head of Sky Travel mostly gets pitched travelogue ideas - even though the channel doesn't run travelogues. What she does want is observational docs to match the success of the Airline brand.
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BBC shows faith in religion
Grandiose dramas with a religious streak such as BBC classic Shadowlands (above) could make a com eback after the BBC's new head of religion and ethics said he favoured a return of the genre, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC asset management system gets underway
The BBC will launch its first digital asset management system next month - an online BBC trails service that will enable the corporation to distribute promotional material online around its networks, writes David Wood.