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Former C5 bid director joins Isaacs in arts channel venture
Former Channel 5 Broadcasting bid director John Hambley has joined former Channel 4 chief executive Jeremy Isaacs to launch a new arts channel, writes Tara Conlan.
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NewsConley returns to ITV with diet trial
Diet and fitness guru Rosemary Conley is making her TV comeback following a seven-year hiatus with a six-part primetime ITV series in which she helps overweight people shed the pounds.
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GRANADA'S TAYLOR TO STUDY
Granada Media Production commercial director Paul Taylor is leaving the company and the industry in June to return to university to study art and design. Taylor is expected to retain a
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DE VILLIERS QUITS DISNEY
President and managing director of Walt Disney International Europe Etienne de Villiers has resigned from the company after 14 years. De Villiers said he had been talking to Walt Disney International
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ORCHARD COVERS US POLL
Former BBC News controller, TV news channels Tim Orchard has accepted a new job at the corporation, overseeing coverage of the US presidential elections. The move follows the January overhaul at
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NewsITV crime drama spawns three-part follow-up
ITV Productions is making three new episodes of serial killer drama Cold Blood, which last aired on ITV1 in 2005.
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BERNSTEIN TAKES PEERAGE
Former Granada Group chairman Alexander Bernstein was named as one of the government's new Labour peers last week. Bernstein was listed as one of Labour's high-value donors in 1998, giving the
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LAUGHTON CHAIRS FESTIVAL
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival has appointed former United Broadcasting & Entertainment chief executive Roger Laughton as its new chairman. Starting in January 2001, he replaces Roger James.
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MERGER REPORT DELAYED
The Competition Commission's report into the proposed merger of Carlton Communications and United News & Media is to be delayed for a month. The commission said extra time was needed for
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Copyright body to launch in Cannes
A string of international broadcasters and production companies have pledged their support for a new TV industry alliance to combat copyright theft, which launches at Mip-TV in Cannes next week.Representatives from
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McKeown sells dotcom distributor
Internet-based television programme distributor itstv.com has been sold by its founders Allan McKeown and Nick Witkowski to US online film distributor InternetStudios.com, less than six months after its launch, writes Colin Robertson.
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Rapture TV in web tie-up
Rapture Television has begun work on what is the first fully convergent, 24-hour travelling-based show, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Big Breakfast and MTV presenter Donna Air and fellow MTV frontman Paul Tomkinson are co-presenting a new late-night pop show
Big Breakfast and MTV presenter Donna Air and fellow MTV frontman Paul Tomkinson are co-presenting a new late-night pop show for Channel 4, writes Ashley Davies.At It Productions' Pop Gun is
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Football chiefs back new tenders
The Premier League's 20 club chairmen have voted for a radical tender document that increases the number of live games on offer to 106, introduces pay-per-view (ppv) matches and keeps rights for clubs' own television channels and websites, writes Tara Con
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DEDICATED KIDS CHANNEL FOR HANNA-BARBERA CLASSICS
Cartoon Network UK is to launch a new animation channel called Boomerang to feature classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Targeting babyboomers and their children, Boomerang will launch on 27 May, showcasing classic animations
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PEARSON TO RAID DORLING KINDERSLEY TRAVEL LIBRARY
Pearson Television plans to exploit Dorling Kindersley's travel catalogue for television content, following the group's acquisition of the publishing company for£311 million. Pearson makes travel show Wish You Were Here
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PPV SERVICE FRONT ROW STEALS MARCH ON SKY AT CWC
Cable & Wireless Communications has this week dropped Sky Box Office as its on-demand pay-per-view (ppv) movie service for analogue customers, in favour of rival cable service Front Row. The cable
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CARLTON INTERNATIONAL SECURES THREE NEW DEALS
Carlton International has struck three new deals with new UK entertainment channel Hallmark Entertainment Network, Channel 5 and Flextech lifestyle channel Living. Hallmark, which is set to launch on Sky Digital
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HENLEY MOVES UP TO MANAGING EDITOR AT CLASSIC
Classic FM has named news editor and programme manager Darren Henley as managing editor. The move forms part of a series of internal changes and sees Henley taking responsibility for day-to-day
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TV CORP CHIEF TO HEAD MENTORN AS S+V'S FOULSER STEPS UP
The Television Corporation chief executive Chris Rowlands revealed that he has taken over as chief executive of Mentorn Group from Tom Gutteridge, as TV Corp revealed a fall in pre-tax profits