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    Grass Valley gains£25m investment

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Grass Valley Group (GVG) has raised $36m (£25m) in an equity finance deal led by investment bank Lazard.The money will enable the group to maintain its 'high level' of investment in

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    Static 2358 unable to find interactive shows

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV outfit Static 2358 has failed to commission any interactive programming from the indie sector for its digital channel PlayJam despite putting up a£5m fund for new projects nine

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    ITV 2 to air globetrotting quiz

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has commissioned First Circle films to produce a travel gameshow, writes Steve Aston.The Race, a 15 x 60-minute series, will follow four two-strong teams as

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    Nigella II fails to come to the boil with 2 million

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The increasingly sportified BBC 1 enjoyed a good week thanks to a better than usual Uefa final. Liverpool completed its cup-winning treble with an audience of 10.25 million (BBC 1, Wednesday

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    New boss for Heart 106.2

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Radio is understood to have appointed former Emap Performance director of music Francis Currie as the new Heart 106.2 programme director, according to sources, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Ratings - BBC 1 overwhelmed by ITV's Soap Awards

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 suffered its worst peaktime audience last Wednesday since September 1999, writes Jon Rogers.

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    LIQUID NEWS ON BBC 1

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Choice flagship daily entertainment news show Liquid News is to air weekly on BBC 1. The show will be scheduled on BBC 1 in a slot around midnight from the

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    Pitching post

    2001-06-07T16:01:00Z

    Howard Webster delves into the uncertain world of Soho post-production to find out how some of the main players go about selling themselves

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    Microsoft goes live with TV Cabo Interactiva

    2001-06-07T15:08:00Z

    Ceo Ballmer claims Portuguese roll-out is 'significant step forward for the interactive TV industry worldwide'

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    BBC strikes second PVR agreement

    2001-06-07T13:46:00Z

    Deal with German technology group comes in addition to existing deal with TiVo for BBC highlights package

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    SMG kicks off Nardini thriller for ITV

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    SMG has gone into production on its two-part thriller, Sirens, for ITV.The 2 x 90-minute episodes, which feature This Lifestar Danielle Nardini as a police

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    Rapture has it live in Ibiza

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Clubbing channel Rapture Television is gearing up to broadcast what it claims is the UK's first live broadcast from nightlife hotspot Ibiza as part of its third season from the Balearic

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    Carry On team to get one-hour documentary

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Glasgow-based indie Black Watch has completed a film about the legacy of the Carry On team for Channel 4.The 60-minute documentary, Can We Carry On Girls?, ordered by C4 head

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    Choice offers fans Glastonbury alternative

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    BBC Choice is creating a 'virtual Glastonbury Festival' to run at the end of the month following the cancellation of this year's event in Somerset.Using archive footage filmed by festival

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    twofourtwo to make Newquay doc for C5

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Indie twofourtv has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a documentary looking at life in Britain's surf capital, Newquay, writes Georgina LipscombOrdered by C5 controller of children's and religious programmes

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    C5's Attwell orders doc about porn king

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Airborne TV has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a 60-minute documentary about pornography company Private.Commissioned by C5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell, Private - The Reluctant King of Porn

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    Twenty Twenty lands double doc order from C4

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, multicultural Pat Younge has ordered two 50-minute documentaries from indie Twenty Twenty, writes Penny HughesSecrets of Shepton Market (working title) looks at the treatment of black American

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    C4 orders morality stories for children

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools and programmes John Richmond has ordered five-part series The Beaconsfrom Cardiff-based indie Wild Dream Films.The 15-minute morality tales, which aim to further

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    Radio 4 gives Catherine Bailey drama orders

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Radio indie Catherine Bailey productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to produce a 2 x 60-minute drama piece, Mother and Son.Based on the novel by Ivy

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    ITV2 orders travel gameshow

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has commissioned First Circle films to produce a travel gameshow, writes Steve AstonThe Race , a 15 x 60-minute series, will follow four two-strong teams as