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ITS hunts down new chief
The UK branch of the International Teleproduction Society (ITS) has appointed a team of headhunters to find a new CEO to spearhead the organisation's transformation into I2A (Image Industry Alliance).This follows
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MPs query education channel
MPs have questioned whether the Government should pay£100 million to launch an interactive digital TV channel for GCSEs when the BBC is already covering much of the same ground, writes John Lewis.
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NBC pips CBS in US ratings war
NBC narrowly beat CBS to become the top-rating US network in the four-week February sweeps, helped by strong showings of drama mini-series The 60s and Alice in Wonderland, writes Liz Shackleton.
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ITV cautious in face of schedule success
ITV has played down the stellar expectations for its post-News at Ten schedule raised by a first week in which the commercial broadcaster hammered BBC 1 in peaktime.The network raked in
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OPINION - Carlton needs the connection
For all his quixotic qualities and love of low profile, Michael Green remains unquestionably one of the industry's shrewdest players.So why has he forked out£15 million on Planet 24, a
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Digital start-up leads to Canal+ losses
Canal+ has unveiled preliminary net losses of FFr185 million (£19 million) for 1998, claiming they were caused by investment in digital TV and the integration of pay-TV outfit Nethold.The losses, which
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UNI-LOC LAUNCHES DUOPOD MOBILE CAMERA IN THE UK
A new, highly mobile camera mount is being introduced to the UK market by Uni-loc. Originally developed in Sweden, the DuoPod is specifically tailored for ENG shoots and awkward OB locations
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ITN buys in Panasonic VTR set-up
ITN has bought nine Panasonic DVCPro50 VTRs for its digital operations in a deal described as 'a significant milestone' in TV news technology.The installation is the latest part of the broadcaster's
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Darling Buds team to drive Reed vehicle
The team behind ITV's top-rating drama, The Darling Buds of May, is to make another HE Bates adaptation for the network, this time starring Oliver Reed, writes Nicola Methven.
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Root seeks to break the mould
BBC 2 controller Jane Root called on producers to break the mould of traditional programme-making and 'switch off their default settings', writes John Plunkett.
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Wearing takes on 'epic' Nature Boy
Catherine Wearing, producer of Our Mutual Friend and Common as Muck, is working on a high-profile, four-part drama for BBC 2.The original script for Nature Boy has been written by Brian
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Distributor NBD TV has sold its gameshow, Families at War, as both a finished series and a format to the US, Scandinavia and New Zealand
Distributor NBD TV has sold its gameshow, Families at War, as both a finished series and a format to the US, Scandinavia and New Zealand.The UK version of the show is
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GWR POSTS NEW BOSSES
The GWR Group has announced the first management changes at Orchard Media since it assumed full control of the south-west radio group last month. Orchard Media chief executive David Rodgers has
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Digital rivals put the boot in
Sports rights were Sky's decisive weapon in the fight for satellite viewers. Now, as the digital landscape unfolds, they will prove just as crucial. Peter Keighron reports.
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BOCHCO LINES UP SECOND SHOW FOR CBS
UK buyers will be eyeing CBS' latest project with producer Stephen Bochco, rumoured to be an urban medical drama. Bochco signed a three-series deal with CBS in 1997, but has so
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Red Nose briefly turned blue by quiz show
ITV tried to scupper BBC 1's Comic Relief party on Friday (12 March) by scheduling an hour-long Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? special in the middle of the fund-raising effort, writes Tim Dams.
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Teletubbies big in Japan
BBC Worldwide has scored a double whammy with Teletubbies in Japan, with a twice-weekly broadcast and a multi-layered licensing deal.The pre-school show makes its debut on TV Tokyo on 5 April.
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BBC mulls revamp of commissioning
BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt is considering a radical overhaul of the TV commissioning system, which could introduce a layer of genre commissioning editors below the BBC 1 and 2
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BBC BUYS INTO BKN'S ROSWELL CONSPIRACIES
The BBC has acquired a children's animation series, Roswell Conspiracies, from New York-based children's programming network BKN. The series is scheduled to launch on BKN affiliates in the US this autumn.