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    Flextech forced into rate cut

    2002-03-07T11:32:00Z

    New five-year carriage deal with Sky sees per sunscriber rate cut by 5 per cent

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    Ruby gets full run after successful pilots

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    BBC daytime controller Fenia Vardanis has commissioned a full series of comedian Ruby Wax's BBC 1 daytime show Ruby after the initial outings of the show were judged a success.The

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    Breakdown guys to get Granada series

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    Granada Men and Motors has commissioned Granada Sport to produce a new 13 x 30-minute series on breakdown mechanics called Breakdown Buddies.Granada Sky Broadcasting head of production Lesley Johnson ordered

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    Channel 4 opera to chart death of Diana

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    Tiger Aspect Productions is behind a Channel 4 opera based on the events surrounding Princess Diana's death.Commissioned by C4 editor, music and performance Jan Younghusband, the 50-minute opera, working-titled Death

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    Nickelodeon orders spaceship talkshow

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has commissioned a Letterman-style talkshow that is expected to lead to a series.Called The Big Giraffe Spacestation Castaway Show, the 6 x 30-second run of interstitials was ordered

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    Westcountry reveals upcoming shows

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    Carlton Westcountry director of programmes Jane McCloskey has unveiled a series of commissions for the region's spring/summer schedule.Highlights include 10 x 30-minute in-house series Buried Treasures, which looks at how

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    Boot sale challenge to open nationwide

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    LNN Factuals' antiques hunt series Boot Sale Challenge is to shift from the Carlton region to a national run on ITV 1.ITV controller of daytime Liam Hamilton has commissioned 10

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    MTV's live five nights

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    MTV is to screen its annual Five Night Stand event live for the first time, when it kicks off next month, writes Simon ElleryThe concerts, which run from 8 to

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    Cold Feet star goes to Vegas for BBC Choice

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    James Nesbitt, star of ITV 1's Cold Feet, is to present a one-off documentary for BBC Choice on the glitz and glamour of US gambling capital Las Vegas, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe

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    Addicts formats for Challenge TV

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    Noel Edmonds' indie, Unique Television, is to resurrect his Telly Addicts format for two new spin-off series for Challenge TV, writes Leigh HolmwoodChallenge TV controller Jonathan Webb has ordered 28 x

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    YTTTV wins ITV 1 factual orders

    2002-03-07T11:44:00Z

    Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television (YTTTV) has staked its claim on ITV 1's factual output with a series of new commissions, including a new strand looking at various uninviting professions, writes Steve Aston

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    Radio mics could be hit by analogue switch-off

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is pressing the government to consider the impact of analogue switch-off on the use of radio microphones, writes Barbara MarshallAt a seminar held on Wednesday

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    Regulators approve GVG sale to Thomson

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    Thomson Multimedia has this week confirmed its purchase of the Grass Valley Group (GVG) and, through its Technicolor subsidiary, has added two more companies to its list of acquisitions, writes Barabara Marshall

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    422 boosts animation

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    422 has taken on Gary Noden who is heading north from London's Eye Animation to become senior 3D animator at 422's Manchester site. Noden's credits include idents for Cartoon Network, Fox

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    Turner awards major facility contract

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    Snell & Wilcox has won a multimillion pound deal to equip the world's largest broadcast centre at Turner Entertainment Group's new Atlanta headquarters , writes Barbara MarshallThe 193,000 square foot facility, due

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    World Wide covers satellite launch

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    The launch of Envisat - Europe's largest satellite - last Friday (1 March) was the climax of a year's work by indie World Wide Pictures for the European Space Agency (ESA)

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    Blue hires three

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    Blue has made three appointments this month. Andy Brown joins from Soho 601 to head the Flame department, Lucy Cotter has left Rushes to take a senior bookings role and Tracey

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    Discreet staff moves

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    Jeremy Lutterloch has been promoted to Discreet UK regional manager, replacing Patrick Jocelyn who became director of Europe, Middle East and Africa last month (Broadcast, 8.2.02).

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    4mc in£2.5m hd push

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    4MC has just taken delivery of the Sony HD Cam and Panasonic HD D5 VTRs as part of a£2.5m investment in high- definition equipment across the Liberty Livewire group.In

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    McMillan expands

    2002-03-07T12:00:00Z

    Broadcast equipment supplier McMillan is expanding its London operation with a move to a new Soho site. As part of the move, the firm is recruiting four extra staff and has