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September wins C4 project
September Films has won a commission to make a Channel 4 documentary series about ambitious young British expats working in New York who spend their summers networking in the Hamptons, writes Ashley Davies.
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BSC's Holme calls for TV 'lessons' in schools
Schools should teach children how to plan their TV viewing in the multichannel age, according to Broadcasting Standards Commission chairman Lord Holme, writes John Lewis.
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CARLTON BACKS MIDLANDS MEDIA ARCHIVE
Carlton Television is backing a project to create a moving image collection for the Midlands - the Media Archive of Central England Trust (MACE). Former keeper of documentary film at the
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GRANADA GRAPHICS MAN TO HEAD UP THE LAB
LWT's The Lab has appointed Ken Higgins as head of design. He was previously graphics manager at Granada Media, where he designed multimedia presentations and worked on corporate identity projects. Higgins
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STAFF SHAKE-OUT AT ENGLISH & POCKETT
Brand consultancy English & Pockett has made several staff changes, including bringing Tim Stebbing in as senior graphic designer. Stebbing previously worked at Californian outfits Frog Design and Montgomery Pfeifer where
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BBC Resources has won the rushes work for HBO's new 11 hour mini series Band of Brothers, a story based on Stephen Ambrose's non fiction best seller about a World war
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ITC digital plans criticised by RSLs
The ITC's report on enhancing the UK's digital TV frequencies following analogue switch-off, the Genesis Project, has stirred up controversy with the organisation that represents local TV stations.The Local Independent TV
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NewsTwoFour opens Gardens again for BBC
BBC daytime controller Jay Hunt has commissioned a second series of Open Gardensfrom indie TwoFour.
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5D unveils post-production suite
5D, best known for its creative plug-ins for a variety of software including Discreet's Flame and Quantel's range of digital products, has announced a new suite of tools to improve workflow
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BBC is Bafta front runner
BBC costume dramas are the front runners for this year's Bafta TV craft awards, after they received more nominations per programme than any of the other genres in the running.BBC 2's
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International News - Network Ten boosts UK acquisitions with Tucker
Australian's free-to-air Network Ten is poised to step up its UK acquisitions with the appointment of Prompt Media Consultancy founder Antoinette Tucker as its UK and European representative. Tucker - who
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International News - Cinar brings legal action over unauthorised money
Canadian-based producer Cinar Corporation has started legal proceedings against Bahamas investment manager Norshield International, after the animation specialists' auditors discovered Norshield had received $122 million (£76.5 million) of Cinar's funds not
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International News - Sky goes to investors to pay for Kirch stake
BSkyB last week confirmed that in order to raise money to buy a 24 per cent stake in German KirchPayTV it would go to investors for a£340 million share placing.
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International News - Kumahor leaves Capricorn for target sales role
UK-based Target Distribution has hired a new sales executive to look after Asia, central and eastern Europe, eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Clare Kumahor joins from Capricorn Programmes where she
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International News - C4I hires Fleisher to head business affairs
Channel 4 International has hired a director of business affairs to handle its commercial and legal operations. Michael Fleisher reports to managing director Bernard Macleod. Previously, Fleisher was a consultant to
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International News - Fireworks signs deal with Holland Media Group
Fireworks International, the international distribution arm of CanWest Entertainment, has signed an output deal with Holland Media Group giving the Dutch broadcasting group the TV rights in Holland to all Fireworks'
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International News - Studio Eight links with Peace Arch for immortal series
The UK's Studio Eight Productions has joined forces with Canada's Peace Arch Entertainment Group to co-produce a 22 x 60-minute action adventure series The Immortal, starring Lorenzo Lamas (Renegade). Hilltop Entertainment
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International News - Distributor threat to production funding
British-based distributors are planning top-level talks with UK broadcasters to resolve growing conflict over the funding of TV productions.With many sales houses suffering hangovers from bad investment decisions in the 1990s,
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International News - New slates unveiled for Mip-TV
Hit Wildlife is teaming up with multi-millionaire adventure-writer Clive Cussler for a 19-hour factual project called Sea Hunters that will be presented at next week's Mip-TV, writes Andy Fry.
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International News - Granada US wins orders
Granada Entertainment USA (GEUSA) has secured an order for a second series of Beggars and Choosers from Showtime and is producing two new pilots for TNT and Warner Brothers, writes Colin Robertson.