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Hive's DVD design team buzzes over to GSP
Golden Square Post poaches Lambert, Letley, Matthews and Skews in bid to push into new markets
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The Mill launches TV arm
Commercial and film facility goes for long form television market with new Throssell-fronted Mill TV
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Former Disney chief joins Carlton
Etienne de Villllies, who quit as head of Walt Disney International Europe last April, joins Carlton board in non-executive role
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Emap and indies plan FHM TV series
Emap Elan is in talks with a number of indies to develop a TV format based on men's magazine FHM.It is thought Emap Elan - part of the publishing group
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BBC 2 plans new caroline aherne comedy
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is set to commission 6 x 30-minute family-based comedy Dossa and Joe, starring Caroline Aherne.Set in Australia and produced by Granada Productions Australia, the drama
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Carlton making Pollyanna adaptation
Carlton has begun production of its film adaptation of children's fable Pollyannafor ITV.The 120-minute film is set for broadcast on the network next year. It has been adapted for
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PKF to review options for Green Bay
Cardiff indie Green Bay has appointed business advisor PKF to consider its strategic opportunities including buying other production companies or a sale to another indie.
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Family Affairs given major recommission
Channel 5 controller of drama Corinne Hollingworth has commissioned 260 new episodes of Family Affairs from Thames TV.The recommission will run from November this year to November 2002. The series
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Discovery to revisit Falklands War
Cromwell Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to produce 120-minute special The Falklands War: a Military History.Featuring interviews with veterans from both sides, the documentary will mark the
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Open Uni orders interactive science series
Leeds-based Screenhouse Productions has secured a commission from the BBC and the Open University to produce 6 x 30-minute interactive show Science Shackfor BBC 2.Commissioned by BBC Online editor
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Tigress wins prime slot for elephant doc
Factual indie Tigress Productions has secured the first programme in the BBC strand Natural World.Fifty-minute The Lost Elephants of Timbuktutracks a herd of elephants living at the edge of
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Granada sport wins ITV basketball contract
Granada Sport has won a contract from ITV to produce a series of live basketball matches for the ITV Sport Channel.The series will run from the end of September for
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Interview?There's more to Inferno than just sparkle
Ever watched an Atomic Kitten promotion and wondered how the girls manage to leave seemingly spontaneous vapour trails in their wake? Or, perhaps more worryingly, why Tina Turner hasn't altered that
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Location Story...Capturing the decrepit grandeur of St Petersburg
Where many productions have wimped out, the BBC took the plunge and chose to spend three weeks shooting Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment in St Petersburg. 'Everybody said no, don't go
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ITN will need extra funds to cover war
ITN will ask broadcasters for more funds as part of its news contracts with ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 if war breaks out in Afghanistan, it was revealed this week.The
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BBC AND HBO TIE UP FOR CHURCHILL'S LONELY WAR
The BBC is again co-operating with US cable network HBO over an epic war drama, following the£7m Band of Brothers, writes Katy Elliott. A Lonely War dramatises Winston Churchill’s isolation in
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C4 begins to feel the slump
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has taken the next step towards refining his commissioning process, while admitting the advertising downturn has put pressure on the budget, writes Penny Hughes.In
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At It opens LA office to expand US output
London Indie At It Productions has opened an office in Los Angeles and is to name its first US head of productions within weeks, writes Simon Ellery.Called At It America, the
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Lib Dems back ITV merger
Liberal Democrats swung their support behind ITV this week and demanded the lifting of ownership rules to allow Carlton and Granada to merge, writes David Rose.'They should be allowed to come