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SCOTTISH INDIES CASH.
Five Scottish indies have scooped European funding through the new Media Plus scheme: Taylored Productions, Monogram Wark Clements, Pelicula Films, Gabriel Films and an unnamed indie run by Amy Hardie.
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CARLTON MAKES SALE TO NEW OZ KIDS CHANNEL.
Carlton International has struck a content deal with new Australian kids digital channel ABC Kids. The deal includes 52 x 10-minute award-winning animation Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and two live-action
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Video Networks to take on cable.
Video-on-demand outfit Video Networks is set to go into direct competition with NTL and Telewest this summer as it revamps its on-demand entertainment offering HomeChoice to include broadcast TV.The development, which
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BSkyB digital prices criticised.
BSKYB has come under fire for more than doubling the amount consumers have to pay to receive only free-to-air digital services, writes Simon Ellery.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Bruce Dunlop takes over Drum.
Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA) has taken over Soho-based 3D and effects com-pany Drum, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Brook Lapping to make Thatcher doc.
ITV has commissioned a major three-part profile series on former prime minister Margaret Thatcher from the company that produced Diana: Story of a Princess, writes Penny Hughes.
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BROADLY ZACK.
A special episode of Channel 4's children's drama series The Zack Files is set to be offered exclusively to broadband users later this year, writes Penny Hughes. The version, produced by
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Broadcast conference changes.
BBC director of public affairs Caroline Thompson is to address the Broadcast conference on the future of public service broadcasting in place of former BBC director of television Mark Thompson.
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MTV TO BROADCAST NEW THREE-DAY FESTIVAL.
MTV is to produce more than three and a half hours of programming for its new three-day music festival MTV Winterjam 2002 which takes place in Austria. Overseen by MTV Europe
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TRADE TALK - Bristol's finest.
After a productive spell at Granada's United Productions, can Tom Archer work the same magic as the BBC's new head of general factual?
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NEW BRIEF FOR TBS HEAD.
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) head of business development Pete Flamman has been handed a wider strategic brief that includes identifying business opportunities with regional managers and channel heads. He will work
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CREATIVE - News in brief.
Emap Performance TV created the graphics for the Brit Awards 2002 promotion on its Smash Hits and Box music channels. The sequences, which preview the 'You choose' campaign, encourage viewers to
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ON THE BOX - Learning to fly.
Johnny Vaughan ain't no Superman says Carlton international sales executive Noel Hedges, but Smallville's the real McCoy.
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Digital radio body chiefs are replaced.
The body set up to co-ordinate the marketing and development of digital radio in the UK is facing a management overhaul less than one year after it was set up, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NEW BFI/ITC LIBRARY.
The British Film Institute National Library is to merge with the Independent Television Commission library in a move that creates what is claimed will be the largest and most comprehensive libraries
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BBC unveils plans for Format Factory.
The growing pressure on the UK TV industry to come up with hit formats has reached the BBC, which this week unveiled plans for a new dedicated format shop, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Yeo has 'open mind' on BBC privatisation.
The conservative party may look to privatise other areas of the BBC besides Radios 1 and 2, according to Tory media secretary Tim Yeo, writes David Rose.
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BBC digital radio launches hit by delays.
The launch of the BBC's new digital radio services has suffered a number of setbacks, with albums and archives channel Network Y running two months behind schedule, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC may yet be in Ofcom remit.
The government has given the clearest signal yet that it could be prepared to review its stance on the BBC's relationship with Ofcom as it considers new communications legislation.Broadcasting minister Kim
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BOOST TO BBC REGIONS.
The BBC is appointing a social affairs correspondent in Leeds. Richard Bilton will cover national issues such as health, the environment, education and social policy from a regional standpoint. He starts