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ITV2 to reveal Ultimate Auction bidders
Digital broadcaster wins UK rights to 'most adventurous auction ever'
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The PeopleVersus to get new format
Celador Productions is this week filming a one-off non-broadcast pilot of a reformatted version of its gameshow The People Versus.The show, again presented by Kirsty Young, will be shown to
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C4 plans late-night drama strand
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE -Channel 4 head of drama Tessa Ross is understood to be planning a new late-night drama strand as part of a move to use the genre in new
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Globix chief says broadcasters should follow radio industry's net-savvy approach
Globix senior vice president Al Binford has argued that broadcasters should follow the example of the radio industry's fast adoption of broadband wireless and look to the internet to bolster falling
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Television from The Nations & Regions Conference calls for more co-operation
Broadcasters and media companies need to work together if industry is to thrive
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Television from The Nations & Regions Conference calls for more co-operation between broacasters and indies
Two sides need to work more closely together if industry is to thrive, conference delegates are told
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Cintel to bar ITK telecine production
Cintel has applied for an injunction against Innovation TK (ITK) over its Millennium telecine and high definition (HD) upgrade, writes Barbara Marshall.The telecine manufacturer launched patent infringement proceedings at the High
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Organisers of the Montreux television festival have hit back at press reports earlier in the week suggesting that The Royle Family was disqualified from the competition, writes Ashley Davies. The show
Organisers of the Montreux television festival have hit back at press reports earlier in the week suggesting that The Royle Family was disqualified from the competition, writes Ashley Davies. The show
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BLOCKBUSTER PONDERS UK
Leading video rental retailer Blockbuster, which has just teamed up with US satellite TV company DirecTV to break into the US pay-TV market, is investigating new ways of expanding in the
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GRAMPIAN MAKES CHANGES
Bectu Scottish organiser Paul McManus welcomed the Independent Television Commission's findings on Scottish Media Group's operation of the Grampian licence this week, saying it was 'a total vindication of our complaint'.
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BSKYB DIGITAL SUBS GROW
BSkyB has seen its new digital subscriber numbers climb by 190,000 in the three months to 31 March 2000, which includes an annualised digital churn rate of 4.8 per cent, taking
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BIDE BACK AT CARLTON
Carlton controller of factual programming Polly Bide returned to work this week, following a 10-month absence due to bone marrow cancer. She returns to oversee a number of ITV and Channel
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PREMIER LEAGUE DEADLINE
The deadline for bids for the multi-million pound rights to the Premier League ended this week, with current holder BSkyB expected to have presented a strong case in the face of
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Airey to ditch 'three Fs' for the 'five Ms'
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey said this week that she wants the broadcaster to be recognised as being all about 'the five Ms' rather than 'the three Fs'.Speaking at
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Canada and London-based indie producer Cineflix has picked up re-commissions for two of its flagship properties Mayday and Psychic Investigators.
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ITC to study public attitudes
The Independent Television Commission is to launch a major consultation process on public service broadcasting in the digital age, writes Steve Clarke.
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Switch joins forces with Scots outfit
Radio consortium Switch Digital is to team up with fledgling Scottish station Beat 106 to bid for the new central Scotland regional digital multiplex licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Beat 106 will join
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Digital education race on last lap
Granada Media, Anglia and the BBC are to make their final presentations to the Department for Education & Employment (DfEE) next week in the race to win the multi-million pound contract
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Thompson in first move from TalkBack
Harry Thompson, producer of TalkBack's They Think It's All Over and Da Ali G Show, has started to develop a sitcom and comedy drama with Vera Productions, writes Joanna Scott.Thompson has