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This is somewhat old news, but here it is anyway. The owner of the ITC library which includes all Gerry Anderson properties from Fireball XL5 to Space 1999 has announced a merger. The current owner is Carlton in the UK and the merger is with Granada.
Both companies will merge and be known as ITV. All three companies started life as regional TV stations and have subsequently expanded.
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Antonia Ellis, Lt. Joan Harrington in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's UFO, will appear at the San Diego Comic Con International. The event takes place at the San Diego Convention Center, July 21st- 25th, 2004 San Diego, California.
Antonia will be greeting fans and signing autographs in the FAB Gear booth at designated times on Saturday and Sunday, July 24th and 25th. This will be Ellis's first convention appearance.
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We all have a favorite Thunderbirds episode - what's yours? That's the question the people over at A&E want to know. They are putting together a "Best of Thunderbirds" DVD set and have set up a page on their site for fans to vote. Update: voting has now closed.
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Apparently,Thunderbirds (Classic Thunderbirds) is still very big in Japan. This comes as no surprise to any serious collector, as we have all been rampantly consuming the incredible Konami vehicles over the past year. The following information is from Carlton and shows the level of activity currently in Japan.
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The Focus DIY (Do It Yourself - home repair) chain in the UK is starting a fund raising activity in their shops. They will be selling Thunderbirds badges and the money will be going to help the Meningitis Trust. Full text of the press release is below.
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Carlton in the UK issued a press release with information about pending merchandising with "Thunderbirds Classic". The "Classic" appendage is there to differentiate the original show from the movie. The following is the text from the section in the release about Thunderbirds.
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TriMedia Entertainment Group and Gerry Anderson Productions plc have signed a deal which allows for US distribution of the new Captain Scarlet CGI series. I suppose we ought to start calling it "Captain Scarlet - The Return of the Mysterons". Full press release below.
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The anticipated Captain Scarlet game "Retaliation" was put on hold just before the holidays. It now appears that the developer is looking for a buyer for the game which they are selling as a generic game very close to completion.
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- Captain Scarlet CGI date announced!
- First toys from the new Thunderbirds movie!
- New Thunderbirds Magazine with DVD or Video!
- Terrahawks DVDs set for US release in January
- Bob Monkhouse passed away
- New Stingray CGI movie?
- Secret Service DVD released in the US!
- Gerry's visit to the Virgin Megastore, NYC