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VENTURE REAPS REWARDS
Discovery Communications has invested around $58 million (£36 million) in programming from BBC Production, roughly 10 to 15 per cent more than planned, in the first 12 months of the two
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MR AND MRS GETS NEW SLOT
ITV network director of programmes David Liddiment has rescheduled Mr and Mrs with Julian Clary, dropped after just two episodes from its 22.00 Friday night slot at the end of March
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BECTU AND YORKSHIRE TALK
Broadcasting union Bectu has held talks, supervised by Acas, with Yorkshire Television over the current Granada Media-wide pay dispute that has led to union members taking their statutory 12-hour breaks between
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DNE'S BIRTHDAY DEAL
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) celebrated its tenth anniversary this week by unveiling its first digital cable carriage deal, with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC). The agreement covers all seven of Discovery's
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BSkyB to increase PPV stations to 72
BSkyB is set to increase its digital pay-per-view (PPV) offering from 48 to 72 channels from the autumn in an effort to increase customer choice.The expansion, which is set to coincide
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NewsC4 denies Big Brother faces axe
Channel 4 has said that reports of Big Brothernot returning next summer are 'a flight of fancy'. [ALL]
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Hit records 20% rise in profits
Producer/distributor Hit Entertainment has posted a 20 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to£1.4 million in the six months to 31 January 1999.Hit, whose new model animation series Bob the
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The Lab gets orders for four shows
LWT's low-cost production unit, The Lab, has received a further four regional series commissions, bringing its total production slate to six, writes Nicola Methven.The Borough is a 6 x 30-minute series
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Chameleon wins C5 orders
Channel 5 has commissioned three new one-off crime documentaries, including two from independent Chameleon Television, writes John Plunkett.The Leeds-based independent will produce a 60-minute special on Dr Harold Shipman, the Manchester
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BBC and C4 share RTS spoils
The BBC and Channel 4 shared the honours at the Royal Television Society's annual Educational Television Awards last Thursday (15 April), writes John Plunkett.The BBC picked up seven awards and C4
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FLEXTECH MULLS OVER LIVE TV ACQUISITION
Flextech Television has confirmed reports that it has been in talks to buy Live TV from the Mirror Group. It is thought the pay-TV operator is considering folding the cable channel
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DUO MOVE POSTS IN MINI GMTV SHAKE-UP
GMTV Ireland correspondent Sara Holden has been promoted to the post of political editor, while stand-in newsreader Donna Bernard has been made New York correspondent. Holden (right) joined GMTV in 1995
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NewsVirgin Media begins search for new chief
Virgin Media has appointed US headhunting firm Spencer Stuart to aid its search for a new chief executive, following the sudden departure of Steve Burch. [ALL]
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BSKYB IN TALKS WITH CABLE OUTFITS OVER SKY ONE FEES
BSkyB has confirmed it is in preliminary talks with cable operators about increasing the amount it charges them for its general entertainment channel, Sky One. At present, BSkyB charges cable operators
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DIGITAL ONE COMMENCES CLASSIC FM SIMULCAST
Commercial digital radio consortium Digital One began a digital simulcast of its Classic FM analogue service in the London area on Monday (19 April), as predicted in Broadcast (19.3.99). The test
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WRIGHT LEAVES PACT FOR NICKELODEON
Charlotte Wright, policy adviser at producers' alliance Pact, is leaving after two years to join Nickelodeon as head of press and public affairs. Wright, who has spearheaded Pact's on-going Courage to
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MOSEY SPEAKS OUT ON CHANGES TO NEWS PROGRAMMING
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Roger Mosey will talk about the changing face of news programming at an international symposium organised by the Institute of Public Relations next month. Mosey, who
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C4 TOPS EURO MEDIA PROFITABILITY PER EMPLOYEE LIST
Channel 4 generates the highest operating profit per employee of all the top European media owners, according to a new Zenith Media report. The broadcaster made $315,000 (£195,360) operating profit per
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FORUM PUTS NEWS IN FOCUS
How broadcasters prioritise news stories and whether the public gets the news bulletins it wants will be debated at the first joint forum between Bafta and the Rory Peck Trust. The
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SKY TARGETS PUB BUSINESS
Sky Business, a new service dedicated to BSkyB's subscribers in the commercial marketplace, was launched last week with a special package for subscribers. The 30,000 pubs and clubs in Britain that