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ITV backs Pilger documentary
Award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger is to present a special documentary on the effects of globalisation for ITV, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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September to make fourth Soap Secrets
September Films has been commissioned by ITV to create a 6 x 30-minute series of Soap Secrets, writes Steve Aston.
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DIETERS GET WARNING
Carlton has produced a one-off documentary on the dangers of the diet and slimming industry for the ITV network, writes Steve Aston. Trust Me ... I Can Make You Slim highlights
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E4 to air new talent profile series
E4 director of programmes Andrew Newman has lined up a new eight-part profile series which he hopes will become the channel's version of The South Bank Show, writes Penny Hughes.
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NATIONAL GEO MAKES PEARL HARBOUR FILM
National Geographic Channel is to broadcast a documentary across all its global channels simultaneously for the first time. In a strategy which it claims will bolster its future purchasing power, the
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EXECS LAUNCH MEDIA CO
Former Pittard Sullivan executives Brian Hurst and John Bryan, who headed the design agency's London office, have formed a new media strategy and business development company. MediaXi launches with offices in
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LUCAS GOES ALL DIGITAL
Director George Lucas has killed any doubts the industry may have held about his commitment to end-to-end digital production by declaring that he will never again shoot a movie on 35mm
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BBC 2 notches up seven gongs
BBC 2 was the big winner at this year's British Academy Television Craft Awards securing half of the 14 prizes, writes Jonathan Mills.
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Visions splashes out£2m on footie truck
Outside broadcast company Visions has revealed details of the new£2m truck it has commissioned, following the company's successful bid for the Premiership football contract.In an exclusive interview with Broadcast, Visions
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MEDIAARC GOES TO THE DOGS
BBC MediaArc has created the on-air idents for new interactive digital greyhound racing channel Go Barking Mad, writes Will Strauss.
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CELEBRITIES GO ON WEB
Three showbusiness experts have launched an online service that aims to give producers and researchers a much better chance of contacting the stars of their choice for their next production. The
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PANASONIC HOLDS DEMO
Panasonic has indicated its next major HD breakthrough will be a super high-density recorder. Describing its DVCPro HD products as the fourth generation of the DVCPro range, after DVCPro 25, 50
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Condor dumps Spirit for ITK system
Condor Europe has bought four Millennium Machines from telecine manufacturer Innovation TK (ITK) and as a result the company is expected to sell off the three Philips Spirit DataCines it already owns, writes Joanna Scott.
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New era of regulation begins
The commercial broadcasters found themselves on new ground this week as they published their first programme policy statements. They are the broadcasters' own work and look ahead to the day when
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FREE TO AIR - Looking at the white dot
It would be wrong to let 'Turn Off Your TV Week' pass without suitable comment, as this annual plea vies with 'No Smoking Day' for the 'most routinely ignored made-up event'
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TRADE TALK - TWI's big guy
Having steered TWI into factual programming with the acclaimed ... In Colour strand, there'll be no stopping larger-than-life Alastair Waddington.
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IN MY VIEW - Wayne Garvie
On how independent production companies do not flourish by royal connections alone.
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ON THE BOX - One man and his tool
Absolutely Productions md Miles Bullough finds wielding power tools so passe but toon man Johnny Bravo hits the nail on the head.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Stars in their eyes
In a increasingly ratings-driven world, how much is the UK television industry's highest mark of approval worth and how much does an award increase the standing of a production company or broadcaster?
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INTERVIEW: DAVID LIDDIMENT - Liddiment looks to the future
It's a time of change for ITV director of programmes David Liddiment, having been given - almost - carte blanche to reassess the channel's output. So what does he have on his agenda, how does he envisage life after the ITC and what are his views on regula