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C4 unveils interactive love triangle
Channel 4's independent film and video department is to launch what it claims will be an antidote to the docu-soap next month, with an interactive TV documentary about a marriage break-up,
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C4 ORDERS SECOND SERIES OF COMEDY SPACED
Channel 4 comedy has been re-commissioned for a second 7 x 30-minute series Spaced (left). Ordered by deputy commissioning editor, entertainment Cheryl Taylor, it will again be written by Simon Pegg
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CHANNEL X LINES UP TRICKY CHRISTMAS FOR C4
Channel 4 has commissioned independent Channel X to make another 60-minute special featuring comedian Paul Zenon. The show, Paul Zenon's Tricky Christmas, will feature Zenon in a series of 'hit and
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C4I in drama deal with Mediatrade
Channel 4 International (C4I) has signed a $100,000 (£62,000) deal to develop and co-produce two drama series with Italian producer Mediatrade, marking C4I's first alliance with a major European broadcaster.Working with
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C4 to give E4 an interactive slant
Channel 4 is understood to be rethinking the brief for its new entertainment channel with greater emphasis on interactive and internet-related shows, writes John Plunkett.Sources told Broadcast C4 has asked producers
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Rapido scores sitcom first with C4 project
Light entertainment specialist Rapido is developing its first sitcom to go out on Channel 4, writes Katy Elliott.The independent has struck a deal with the broadcaster to develop a script with
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C4 DEFENDS DISPATCHES
Channel 4 has strongly defended Bafta and RTS award-winning documentary Dispatches: Inside the ALF, following reports that investigative journalist Graham Hall had served time for various offences and had been discredited
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ITC clears Channel 4 of Animal Passions in Hidden Love series
The Independent Television Commission has cleared Channel 4 of breaching taste and decency codes after 40 viewers complained about Hidden Love - Animal Passions, which explored sexual relations with animals, writes
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Singer hits out at 'subsidised' C4
Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer has criticised Channel 4 and the Government over the broadcaster's moves to launch new channels without the constraints imposed on the BBC or commercial
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BBC resources designers Jean Cramond and Steiner Danielsen created the tiles sequence, bumpers and end credits for Absolutely Productions' new Channel 4 series, Trigger Happy TV. Using After Effects,
BBC resources designers Jean Cramond and Steiner Danielsen created the tiles sequence, bumpers and end credits for Absolutely Productions' new Channel 4 series, Trigger Happy TV. Using After Effects, the pair
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3DD SALES MANAGER JOB GOES TO PARTON
Music distributor 3DD has promoted sales executive Charlotte Parton to sales manager, following Lara von Ahlefeldt's move from head to director of sales. Parton (right) will take over Scandinavia and Benelux
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Sky Digital has won this year's TSI Promax challenge. Sky beat off competition from On Digital and BBC Digital to win the challenge (above), which gives promo producers just 24 hours
Sky Digital has won this year's TSI Promax challenge. Sky beat off competition from On Digital and BBC Digital to win the challenge (above), which gives promo producers just 24 hours
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AUSTRALIAN INDIE DRAMA PRODUCTION SPEND DOWN£24M
Expenditure on Australian independent drama production has fallen by A$60 million (£24 million) to A$159 million (£63.5 million), according to new figures from the Australian Film Commission (AFC). The AFC's annual
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RTS's Bunce to step down in mid-2000
Michael Bunce is to step down from his role as executive director of the Royal Television Society next summer after nine years in the job, writes Tim Dams.Bunce, 64, has overseen
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Root draws up ArtZone for BBC 2 Sunday evening slot
BBC 2 controller Jane Root unveiled plans this week for a long-anticipated new arts zone, which will launch on the channel next April, writes Tim Dams.Called ArtZone, the 90-minute slot is
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Sky One designer Matt Piper created the title sequence and content graphics for new interactive show Sky Rockett. Live 16mm footage shot by lighting cameraman Tony May, was treated and composited
Sky One designer Matt Piper created the title sequence and content graphics for new interactive show Sky Rockett. Live 16mm footage shot by lighting cameraman Tony May, was treated and composited
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RADIO AD REVENUE UP 13%
Commercial radio revenue grew by 13 per cent to a record£453 million in the year to the end of September, according to figures released by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB).
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MEDIA 100 AND ICE LINK UP TO DEVELOP COMPRESSION TOOLS
Media 100 and Integrated Computing Engines (ICE) have announced a strategic tie-up to promote and develop compression tools for media streaming on the internet. The deal will integrate ICE's acceleration technology
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At the main Promax UK awards BSkyB also won six golds (one as GSB), six silvers and two bronzes. The BBC, including UKTV, walked away with 10 golds, seven silvers and
At the main Promax UK awards BSkyB also won six golds (one as GSB), six silvers and two bronzes. The BBC, including UKTV, walked away with 10 golds, seven silvers and
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SUNSET + VINE TRACKS ROCKETMAN'S RECORD BID ON BBC 1
Television Corporation subsidiary Sunset + Vine North has been commissioned to make a 60-minute documentary for BBC 1 about Richard 'Rocketman' Brown's attempt to break the world motorcycle land speed record.