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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
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Panasonic ties up with Apple.
Panasonic this week unveiled details of 25 new products as well as announcing it is collaborating with Apple on two technologies for the professional video industry, writes Barbara Marshall from NAB in Las Vegas
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Sony chief says it's digital's year.
Sony President and chief operating officer Kunitake Ando has hailed 2002 as 'the year for digital'.Speaking at NAB in Las Vegas, Ando singled out the growth of digital cinematography as well
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BBC and Channel 4 win raft of gongs at Promax.
BBC Broadcast has scooped several gold and silver awards in the promo categories at the Promax and BDA Europe awards, writes Will Strauss
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Discreet adds asset server to FX family.
Discreet has used NAB this week to unveil a new non-linear digital production environment that, the Montreal-based company claims, is not a replacement for Flame or Inferno but is another complementary product, writes Will Strauss
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... as ITC unveils 12 all-time top complaints.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC), set to be replaced in a fortnight by Ofcom, signed off