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The Clinic created the new sequence to brand the Sci-Fi Channel's Altered States strand. Featuring an androgenous presenter whose features morph from male to female, it was produced by Mark Sherwood
The Clinic created the new sequence to brand the Sci-Fi Channel's Altered States strand. Featuring an androgenous presenter whose features morph from male to female, it was produced by Mark Sherwood.
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EBU LAUNCHES LATE NIGHT BROADCAST ALLIANCE
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has set up the Night Trade Alliance to encourage European broadcasters to air more of each other's original programmes in regular late slots. So far Germany's
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Air show moves to ITV
The BBC has lost the rights to the Farnborough International Air Show for the first time since 1953, writes Tara Conlan.Meridian Broadcasting has poached the rights to this year's event, after
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ITV AGREES SECOND SERIES OF MERIDIAN'S THAT'S ESTHER
ITV social-action programme That's Esther, produced by Meridian, is returning for a second series in the spring on Sundays at 12.00. The show, recommissioned by ITV controller of news, current affairs,
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CFN and Cinema add hours
Carlton has announced expanded carriage deals for its two remaining pay-TV channels, Carlton Cinema and Carlton Food Network (CFN), in the aftermath of the closure of Carlton Select, writes John Plunkett.CFN
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ACTION TIME'S CANTER MOVES TO TALENT PRODUCTION JOB
Talent TV has appointed Hana Canter to head production at the indie. Canter, 30, who was series producer on Atlantic Production's Channel 5 series The Real LAPD joins Talent from Action
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CLT-UFA ABANDONS SPLIT MANAGEMENT FOR BELLENS
CLT-Ufa is ditching its split management structure with the appointment of Didier Bellens as chief executive, replacing Remy Sautter and Rolf Schmidt Holtz who have shared the role since the 1997
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D9 TO DRIVE MONEY CHANNEL
The new Money Channel is basing its production on JVC's D9 format (formerly known as Digital-S) and cites value for money as the main reason. 'It was the advent of digital
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Quality writing is Wiliam's (left) holy grail. 'I'm looking for a different kind of comedy, not outdated 70s-style sitcom - although there was some great stuff in the 70s,' she says
Quality writing is Wiliam's (left) holy grail. 'I'm looking for a different kind of comedy, not outdated 70s-style sitcom - although there was some great stuff in the 70s,' she says.
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NE indies land£50k business boost
The Research Centre for Television and Interactive Media (RCTIM) has raised£50,000 for two north-east indies to train and employ development researchers and to hone other key areas of their businesses,
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C5 lines up late-night slate
Channel 5 controller of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw has commissioned four new late-night programmes for transmission later this year, writes Tara Conlan.HTV Wales is producing a 6 x
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C5 buys biking Grand Prix
Channel 5 has signed a three-year deal for the exclusive UK rights to the motorcycling Grand Prix - the 500cc MotoGP World Champsionships, writes Tim Dams.The broadcaster will air live coverage
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BAZAL MAKES FLATMATES DOCU-SOAP FOR CHANNEL 4
Bazal has been employed by Channel 4 outgoing commissioning editor, daytime Julia LeStage to make an 8 x 30-minute docu-soap about choosing and living with a new flatmate. Set in seven
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BSC UPHOLDS C4 DECISION
The Broadcasting Standards Commission has cleared controversial Channel 4 series Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation, after 17 viewers complained about sexually explicit material in the series. In its February monthly
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MAVERICK TV PREPARES 30-MINUTE DRAMA SINGLE
Indie Maverick Television has been commissioned for a 30-minute short film by Scottish Screen in association with Scottish TV. The film, Long Haul, tells the story of a long-distance lorry driver
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Liquid Television Graphics has designed the branding for Disney Channel's Kids Zone programme One Saturday Morning, capturing its content of animation and sitcom in a 3D landscape, dotted with circles
Liquid Television Graphics has designed the branding for Disney Channel's Kids Zone programme One Saturday Morning, capturing its content of animation and sitcom in a 3D landscape, dotted with circles out
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3i backs Grade to buy Pinewood
Venture capital company 3i has backed the purchase of Pinewood Studios from the Rank Group, making a£67 million investment and taking an 80 per cent stake, writes Nick Radlo.Michael Grade
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Cable switch off looms in 2002
Analogue cable services could be switched off by the end of 2002, according to Telewest chief executive Tony Illsley, writes Colin Roberston.Speaking at a Women In Cable event on Tuesday (22
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BBC 2 GIVES UNDERWORLD CHARACTER A SOLO PILOT
BBC Production's comedy entertainment department, under Jon Plowman, is working on a broadcast pilot for a new BBC 2 comedy show Buller. The 30-minute pilot is based on Ricky Grover's underworld
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC 2 Body Chemistry queers the ratings
Audiences were keener to hear hard facts about how hormones determine gender than to see their effect on fictional gay Mancunians on Tuesday (15 February) night, writes Ashley Davies.According to unofficial