All News articles – Page 4901

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    Green Inc Productions bags trio

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment

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    BBC to take another look at Tourette's

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC is to revisit the subject of its 1989 QED documentary on Tourette's syndrome to discover how the condition is now perceived, as part of a slate of factual commissions,

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    C4 orders pop-star show from Chrysalis

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star, writes Steve AstonHow to Have a Number One

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    BBC bids to stem regional brain drain

    2001-11-30T09:54:00Z

    Corporation to put£160,000 into new scheme designed to keep creative talent in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast

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    Prime Ent sells Portman Entertainment for£1.2m

    2001-11-30T09:54:00Z

    TV and media company offloads subsidiary following management buyout

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    OFF THE RECORD -

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Talking of thumbs up arses, it will probably come as no surprise to those in indie-land to hear Channel 4 drama darling Tessa Ross admit she doesn't do very much. Speaking

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    Prebble pledges regional spend targets

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has offered an olive branch to critics who claim the network's commissioning process is too 'metro-centric' by pledging to spend almost half of ITV's production budget outside London, writes Steve Aston.

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    New slots for Open Uni

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has appointed a new creative director with responsibility for its Open University (OU) output in order to push more programming into peaktime, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    MTV STILL IN TALKS

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Telewest was still in discussions with MTV over carriage costs as Broadcast went to press. The two companies are struggling to agree on a pay structure for MTV's channels, for which

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    Rolling review set for media owners

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The Government wants to make it easier for broadcasters to adapt to changing market conditions by reviewing media ownership rules every two years, but has ruled out allowing non-EU companies to

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    Portman sold to MBO team

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    TV and media company PrimeEnt has offloaded its wholly owned subsidiary Portman Entertainment for£1.2m following a management buyout, writes Simon Ellery.

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    IN MY VIEW - Mark Rowland

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    On how entertainment value and educational potential now make interactivity irresistible.

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    OPS MANAGER TO MOKEY

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    IS Distribution, which distributes software tool Mokey, has appointed Sarah Porter as operations manager. Porter has held the same role at distributor/ reseller Red Lorry Yellow Lorry since it was formed

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    TRADE TALK - Plugging losses

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Mark Brandon's appointment as head of the loss-making Channel 4 interactive signals a seachange in favour of a more commercial approach.

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    Soap viewer ratings reach record levels

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The Resurrection of Crossroads, the launch of ITV's new early evening soap Night and Day and an additional weekly episode of EastEnders have pushed up soap viewing to record levels in 2001, writes David Wood.

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    ITV SHIFTS SHAFTED

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    ITV has pulled new Robert Kilroy-Silk gameshow Shafted from its 20.30 slot after only three episodes. The move has been attributed to strategic scheduling at the network in order to provide

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    INTERVIEW - Growing new wings

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive Mick Pilsworth presided over a difficult restructuring at Chrysalis TV Group. Now he hopes Richard & Judy will continue to drive group profits.

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    Green Inc nets three orders

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment

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    PAINTBOX GOES HD

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Quantel has released details of a high definition version of its graphics package Paintbox. Paintbox HR, which will ship in the first quarter of next year, is based on the firm's

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    GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The advertising market is down across Europe, but smaller TV markets with less developed commercial television are feeling less of a pinch, writes Kate Bulkley.