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    CITV/Flextech set to work on Twins

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    CITV is collaborating with Flextech Television on a programme for the first time by commissioning a new 26 x 10-minute children's animation series, Twins, writes Tim Dams.

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    A DATE WITH CHRIS SMITH

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Media Secretary Chris Smith's broadcasting summit with digital broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers will take place in mid-November. Smith wrote to key digital players at the end of September calling for a meeting to tackle

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    SGRiN CHOOSES HUGHES

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Sgrin, the media agency for Wales, has appointed Gwawr Hughes to become co-ordinator of Media Antenna Cymru Wales. Media Antenna works to provide a direct link between the European Union's media programme and Wales.Hughes

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    New shows for Choice

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Choice has just commissioned two new entertainment shows, writes Tim Dams.

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    Off the Record - Kilroy's cabs

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Ever wondered how BBC 1's daytime talk show Kilroy finds so many saddos willing to vent their spleen on every subject under the sun? Why, it simply electronically mail-drops London cabbies,

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    Quantel considers buyout from Carlton

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Senior management at Carlton Communications subsidiary Quantel are understood to be considering plans for a management buyout of the company.While no formal proposals are thought to have been put forward, insiders

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    MILLENNIUM COMPLIANCE - How we fought the bug

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Although it is unlikely that we will face broadcasting Armageddon at midnight on 31 December, the industry has had to guard against complacency and put together New Year contingency plans, as Ed Shelton discovers.

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    Brighter goes undercover to land debut commission for Sky One

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Independent Brighter Pictures has won its first commission from Sky One, a 7 x 30-minute look at the undercover world of amateur espionage, writes John Plunkett.

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    BRAVO TAKES THIRD RUN OF THEROUX'S WEIRD WEEKENDS

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC Sales Company, the BBC/Discovery joint-venture that sells the corporation's programmes into the US and Canada, has licensed the third series of BBC 2 show Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends to

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    INTEL TO BRAND NEXT-GENERATION CHIPS ITANIUM

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Intel has chosen the name Itanium for its next generation 64-bit chip set expected to be launched early next year. Previously code-named Merced, the new chip is expected to form the

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    Off the Record - On Digital botch

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Oh dear, trouble at mill at On Digital last week when a download of its ground-breaking digital text services was called off at the last minute, presumably because of technical problems.

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    Off the Record - Mind blowing

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    In the clearest example yet of what ITV big kahuna Richard Eyre meant by 'public interest TV', those purveyors of quality television at LWT bring us Demolition, an explosive look behind

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    BKSTS TO FOCUS ON DIGITAL CINEMA AT DIGITAL WEEKEND

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The BKSTS' forthcoming Digital Weekend will include a look at the latest developments in digital cinema and projection when it opens on 27 November.THX Lucas Film pioneers Kurt Schwenk and Dave

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    Jana Bennett

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    On Mipcom, misunderstandings and how the Yanks are already way ahead when it comes to convergence.

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    Tagholm to head new BDP low-cost division

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    BDP Media Solutions is setting up a new broadcast programming division that will target low-cost, high-volume programming. The new unit will join the three established divisions at BDP, which include promotions

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    Partially sighted gain from BBC/DTI web deal

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has given the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) web technology to enhance internet access for the partially sighted free of charge, enabling it to meet requirements set out

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    BBC keeps a grip on indies' rights

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    New figures from the BBC reveal that since the corporation's latest terms of trade for independent producers were introduced in April 1997, just 4 per cent of deals have resulted in indies retaining

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    Clarkson in exclusive three-year deal at BBC

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has signed an exclusive three-year deal with the BBC, writes Tim Dams.

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    SIMONS RETURNS TO BBC

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Former London News Radio (LNR) programming director John Simons has joined BBC Radio 2 as a consultant.Simons, who last worked for the BBC when he was a senior producer at BBC Radio Nottingham

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    Bannister drafts in Production fixer

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production has expanded its senior management team, drafting in Michele Romaine to the new position of director of production.Romaine, currently BBC News head of production, continuous news, will report directly to BBC