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    ANOTHER TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF SKY.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Zenith Entertainment has been commissioned by BBC Scotland to make a second series of Two Thousand Acres of Sky (left) for BBC 1. The original cast will return for the series

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    I2I PICKS UP FIVE DISCOVERY H&L PROJECTS.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Home & Leisure has handed five new commissions totalling more than 37 hours to independent production outfit i2i. Top of the list is 15 x 30-minute gardening series Veg Out

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    BBC SCIENCE ORDERS LANDSCAPE SERIES.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Science has commissioned a new series fronted by Earth Story presenter Aubrey Manning, called Talking Landscapes. BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned science specialist TV6 to make the 6

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    PERFORMANCE IN THREE-YEAR EUROARTS DEAL.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Arts channel Performance has struck a three-year output deal with German producer and distributor EuroArts for at least 100 hours of programming. Fifty hours have already been selected for 2001 and

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    YTTTP TO MAKE HISTORY OF SEX SHOW FOR C4.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor for entertainment Sue Murphy has ordered a 3 x 60-minute series from Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions charting the history of sex on TV. The series, which

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    GWYNHELEK TO PUT BISHOP BILL IN THE FRAME.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Penzance-based indie Gwynhelek is producing a 4 x 25-minute profile of a high-profile local bishop for Carlton Westcountry, with a 60-minute version being cut for the ITV controller of news, current

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    Reality key part of Wellbeing Network.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Granada/Boots joint-venture The Wellbeing Network, which launched this week, is broadcasting a reality TV strand as a key component of its launch line-up.Wellbeing 100, produced by Yorkshire Television, follows the lives

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    Anglia wins ITV double.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has commissioned Anglia Television to produce two sports-based documentaries for the network, writes Steve Aston.

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    BLOBHEADS ON NICK UK.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has struck a deal with Toronto-based children's specialist Decode Entertainment for a new live action/ animated series, The Blobheads, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Seventh Art to make Hidden History series.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Brighton-based indie Seventh Art has clocked up a number of new commissions including a Hidden History series to air on Discovery Channels International (DCI) and the BBC, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    ROLE FOR OMNIBUS MD.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    OmniBus Systems group managing director Brian Paisley has been appointed an executive director of the board of Management Data AG, following the merger of the two companies last year (Broadcast, 12.5.00).

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    BOARD APPOINTMENT.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    FrontierPost facility manager Beth Jefferyes has joined the board after seven years with the company. 'Having been with the company throughout its formative years, I'm looking forward to participating more in

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    AVID RESELLER TO SOHO.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Avid reseller Altered Images has opened in Soho although it retains its head office in Isleworth. The new operation, in D'Arblay Street, will be fronted by sales manager David Dowling and

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    HEAVEN GROWS DRY-HIRE.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Edit Heaven is expanding into the dry-hire business with the addition of three Avid systems to its X site. Founder Bryan Comley said he chose Avid in response to clients' requests.

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    Philips to sell Marantz brand.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Dutch electronics giant Philips is to sell the Marantz trademark plus the US and European sales arms of the audio equipment manufacturer to Marantz Japan Inc (MJI).Philips currently owns 51.5 per

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    Convergence top of the DVB agenda.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Convergence between TV and the internet and interactive television will be the technologies that dominate the next agenda of the Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB), it was announced last week at the DVB World 2001 conference in Dublin, writes Nick R

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    Aldis MD to go freelance.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Kim Aldis has quit the computer graphics and effects company he founded four years ago to pursue a freelance and consultancy career, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    RED NOSE NIGHT.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Jump Design & Direction is behind the programme identity for the BBC's Red Nose Night 2001 for Comic Relief. The graphics will appear throughout the evening's events, from appeal films to

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    DCMS should not be scrapped.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    While ministers have been eager to paper over tensions that have existed between the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Trade & Industry (DTI), MPs reporting

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    FREE TO AIR - Unhappy bedfellows.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Tempted as I am to write lyrically and lengthily about the utter joyful brilliance of Celebrity Big Brother and Vanessa's live breakdown, I fear the job has been done better elsewhere.