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FILM REVENUES FROM ON-DEMAND SET TO SOAR.
Film revenues from 'on-demand' services are poised to hit $12bn (£8.4bn) by 2007 according to a new report by Informa Media Group. The group claims that 281 million homes will take
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PLANET 24'S LENTON MOVES TO CHRYSALIS.
Paul Lenton, former finance director of Carlton Productions subsidiary Planet 24, has been appointed finance director of Chrysalis TV Group. Lenton, who previously worked for Price Waterhouse, Eurostar UK and Warner
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NEW PHOTO AGENCY OFFERS BBC NATURE PICS.
The BBC's natural history unit picture library and its BBC Wild website have been incorporated into a new photo agency. The Nature Picture Library, which has taken over the representation of
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EVENT TO FOCUS ON WELSH MINORITIES.
The Black Light Media Group is planning to host an event at the Cardiff International Arena on 20 April aimed at increasing ethnic minority representation within the Welsh media industry. The
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Endemol bursts into song for C4.
Endemol UK production arm Initial has been commissioned to produce a three-part series on the singing voice for Channel 4, which will offer wannabe singers the chance to learn trade secrets
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Burton is 'new Morse'.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a new three-part crime series starring Amanda Burton that is tipped to become 'the new Inspector Morse', writes Leigh Holmwood
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TEEN SPIRITED.
Channel 4 controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole has bought a 22 x 30-minute teen comedy series from the creators of Frasier for C4
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Channel 5 orders costume drama to raise profile.
Channel 5 is attempting to distance itself further from its former downmarket image, unveiling its first high-end period drama, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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SPLINTER PRODUCES C4/QTV ROCK SHOW.
Splinter Films has been commissioned by Emap Performance managing director of rock Dave Henderson to produce a 4 x 15-minute series for QTV. New 2 Q will feature various Q magazine
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BRIAN WADDELL MAKES TRAVEL REALITY SHOW.
Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned to produce a new 'travel reality series' for National Geographic Channels International commissioning editor Bryan Smith. The 13 x 30-minute series, Chasing Time in ...,
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THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. GOES TO GRANADA.
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought 60 x 30-minute episodes of secret agent series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. from Warner Bros International Television. The series, which features Robert Vaughn and David
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RADIO 1 COMMISSIONS BOOTLEG PROGRAMME.
Somethin Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 to produce 30-minute programme Get Ur Bootleg On. The programme, to broadcast as part of Lamacq Live at 23.00 on 22 April,
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SEPTEMBER TO LOOK AT SEAMY SIDE OF VEGAS.
The Travel Channel in the US has commissioned September Films to produce a 6 x 60-minute series on the seamy side of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Confidential. Jointly funded by The
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ROOT BACKS SECOND SERIES OF MANCHILD.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second, longer series of 40-something comedy drama Manchild. The 8 x 30-minute series, to be produced in-house by Peter Thornton and executive produced
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SONGS OF PRAISE PLANS NHS TRIBUTE.
Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a special Songs of Praise edition paying tribute to NHS staff. The 30-minute special, due to air on BBC 1 in mid-June, will
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STAR WARS COLOUR FIRST.
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones has been colour graded on Snell & Wilcox's Picasso correction system. Engineers from Industrial Light & Magic used the real-time, disk-based non-linear suite
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KASENNA SCOOPS $20M.
Kasenna, the SGI spin-off that provides video-on-demand (VOD) technology, has raised $20m (#14.4m) in its latest round of funding. Backing came from Sun Micro Systems and SGI among others. According to
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OMNEON'S NEW SERVER.
Omneon Video Networks has launched a next generation media server at NAB which the company hopes will further its position of being the most cost-effective provider of shared storage solutions. The
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AVID OPENS UP ITS KIT.
In a bid to further open its technology to third parties, Avid has launched a new partner programme on the back of its MetaSync technology that allows third parties access to
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BOUJOU LAUNCHES.
2d3 has launched new Boujou products at NAB 2002, aimed at both high-end film applications and entry-level television production. Boujou2 and BoujouVE are extensions of the company's highly rated automated tracking