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SISSONS WINS AWARD.
BBC News has received a fillip in its battle for supremacy over rival ITN after Peter Sissons was named newscaster of the year at the Television & Radio Industries Club awards
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AVID RESELLER TO SOHO.
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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Seventh Art to make Hidden History series.
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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BOARD APPOINTMENT.
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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LONDON LIVE ANNOUNCES NEW PRESENTERS.
BBC London Live, the much criticised replacement for BBC Greater London Radio, has announced a new presenter line-up as it reaches its first birthday in order to give it a harder
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BBC'S ANIMAL CAMERA.
BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) has unveiled its latest micro-camera natural history project - a 3 x 60-minute series in which animals become the cameramen, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Anglia wins ITV double.
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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NEWS ANALYSIS - Excess baggage?
Players in the dog-eat-dog equipment hire market are facing tough times, as the fate of Gearhouse Group illustrates, but while competitive price squeezing is playing its part, poor management could also be to blame.
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ANALYSIS - INDIE FINANCE - Big cat in the land of producer giants.
With a strong comedy portfolio, a growing reputation in drama and now a Bafta-winning film to its name, Tiger Aspect Productions looks unstoppable - especially as it is planning to make a big noise in the US. Ashley Davies reports.
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Alli applies for the last radio licence.
Applications for the third and last London digital multiplex licence - one of the most hotly contested in the country - were submitted to the Radio Authority this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Aldis MD to go freelance.
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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FREE TO AIR - Unhappy bedfellows.
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.
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Convergence top of the DVB agenda.
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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SKILLSET ADDS THREE BOARD MEMBERS.
Training organisation Skillset has appointed three new board members - managing director of Discovery Networks Europe Joyce Taylor, Channel 4 head of human resources Peter Meier and Pact chief executive John
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ANOTHER TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF SKY.
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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Rebecca Segal, senior vice-president, BBC programme acquisition, USA.
On the US networks' rush to dodge actors' and writers' strikes with reality game shows.
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MOVES AT AARDMAN.
Liz Keynes has been promoted to the position of executive producer at animation house Aardman. Formerly head of marketing and licensing at the company, she joined in 1994. She will focus
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50 PER CENT RISE FOR HIT.
Hit Entertainment, the production company behind Bob the Builder and Barney the Dinosaur, this week reported a 50 per cent rise in pre-tax profits in its first interim results since it
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4 later budgets go up but hours are cut.
Channel 4 has unveiled details of its plan to revamp its late-night programming slot 4Later, writes Steve Aston.
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NEW C4 INDIE CONTACT.
Channel 4's independent relations department is to be temporarily overseen by managing editor for commissioning Janey Walker while Jacqueline Stewart goes on maternity leave. The first point of call during Stewart's