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    RED POST BUYS FIRE.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Red Post in Soho has upped its high-end film editing capabilities with the purchase of Discreet Fire. Along with the upgrade to its Flame, Flint and Inferno suites, the purchase means

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    Brit news wins in New York.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    British broadcasting outfits won a cluster of prizes at the New York Awards on Friday (19 January), writes Ashley Davies.

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    ON THE BOX - Popstars who don't sing.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Two Four Productions' Rukhsana Mosam regrets the constant intervention of Nigel in Popstars but was moved by The Last Days.

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    Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Television is making a major 120-minute film charting the high-profile case of Sheila Bowler, who was jailed for a crime she did not commit, writes Colin Robertson.

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    PLAYERS TO TAKE A BOW.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect Productions' head of drama, Greg Brenman, has confirmed the fifth series of BBC 1's Playing the Field will be its last, writes Ashley Davies. He said the women's football

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    BLOOMBERG SIGNS DEAL TO SUPPLY UNIQUE.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    UBC Media Group has signed a deal with Bloomberg in which the business channel will be the exclusive supplier to UBC production arm Unique Broadcasting of business bulletins and market reports

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    Big Brother heads indie prize triumph.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK arm Bazal's reality TV hit Big Brother scooped two awards - including best new programme - at the Broadcast 2001 Awards.In a change from last year, indies scooped

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    TX - The best possible taste.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    If a film sub-titled In search of the Kama Sutra evokes images of acres of naked flesh and soft-focus sex scenes then Position Impossible is going to disappoint. Executive producer Narinder

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    SKY REVIEWS ITV BENEFIT.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB is re-evaluating the benefit of having ITV on its Sky Digital platform. The company argued that because of ITV's weakened audience share since Sky Digital launched in 1998, it is

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    BBC's output rejig may hit in-house producers.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC commissioning will work on a rolling basis, rather than via quarterly commissioning rounds, and put 25 per cent of production in each genre up for competition between independents and in-house

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    MPs support BBC children's digital channel plans.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    MPs from all political parties are backing BBC proposals to introduce children's digital channels as part of the planned BBC 3 and 4 channels, writes John Lewis.

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    Disney joins fight to curb BBC services.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Disney Channel UK has become the latest commercial voice to join the chorus of concern over the BBC's proposed new digital services, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BBC WINS LEWIS FIGHT.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to broadcast the fight to defend his world heavyweight title in April. This is the first time one of Lewis' fights will

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    Whish to review BBC fair trading.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced the terms of reference for the independent review of the BBC's fair trading policies, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC COMMISSIONS POP PROGRAMME DUO.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC music entertainment has been commissioned to produce BBC 2 Sunday lunchtime show Top of the Pops Plus (left) for a spring and summer run. Another 22 episodes have been ordered

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    GREG DYKE AT THE BBC - One year of Dyke's rule.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Programme-makers cheered in a director general who promised to demolish Birtist bureaucracy and put the BBC's money back into production. But dissenting voices in the corporation remain unconvinced that Dyke will deliver the golden age they were hoping fo

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    OFF THE RECORD - Lythgoe watch: a bad hair day.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    We love you too much to expect you to manage without your weekly Lythgoe fix, so here's a snippet from The Look (Sunday Mirror) in which our Popstars hero talks readers

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    Avid chief Davies quits for new media venture.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Avid technologies international product marketing director Simon Davies has quit the company to set up a 'facilities house for new media', writes Will Strauss.

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    Just TV starts Bristol arm for local orders.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Investigative specialist indie Just TV is setting up a new Bristol-based company to expand its range and pull in regional commissions, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Pukka Web speeds up approvals.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Pukka group managing director John Gordon-Saker has outlined how the launch of his new strand - Pukka Web - could improve the lives of UK TV producers, writes Will Strauss.