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STARS PAST LIVES TO BE REVEALED IN NEW CARLTON SHOW
The past lives of some of the entertainment world's biggest stars will be brought to life via a new 8 x 30-minute Carlton regional programme, Legends. The show, which is set
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TROUBLE TIES UP WITH TOPSHOP FOR LIVE PROGRAMMES
Flextech teen channel Trouble has signed a deal with Topshop to produce a series of live 1 x 30-minute magazine shows this summer at the retail giant's flagship store in Oxford
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GAVAN DUFFY TO BRING OUT THE BEAST AGAIN FOR BBC 1
Margot Gavan Duffy is to produce the second series of Simon Nye comedy series Beast (left) for BBC 1 later this year, after being recruited by Pearson TV to join its
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CARLTON'S BARKER GOES FOR SECOND RUN OF SECRET CITY
Carlton controller of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned a second series of Secret City from LNN Factual. The 4 x 30-minute second series will air in a 19.30 slot from
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STV AND VOYAGER TO MAKE ASSOCIATES DOCUMENTARY
Scottish Television has commissioned Voyager Television to produce a 1 x 30-minute documentary on the life of the late Scottish pop star Billy Mackenzie of the seminal 1980s band The Associates.
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DBC CALLS INDIES TO PITCH YOUTH TV CONTENT IDEAS
Pay-TV company DBC has invited pitches from indies for entertainment content for a young audience after poaching BT business development manager Alen Lang to develop its online and VOD business. The
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Bergg greenlights LWT music strand
Sky One chief David Bergg has ordered LWT to produce a major new music strand as part of his drive to turn the channel into a mass-market attraction targeted at the
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C4 Future TV line-up
Channel 4 has unveiled a number of new commissions for its Friday night Future TV strand, which aims to give programme-makers more scope for 30-minute experimental pre-watershed programmes, writes Ashley Davies.
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Pickard buys Merlin series
Outgoing ITV controller of children's and youth programming Nigel Pickard has commissioned Entertainment Rights to produce a£2 million, 16 x 10-minute stop-frame animated series called Magical Mystical Merlin, writes Ashley Davies.
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UKTV orders lifeboat show
UKTV channel UK Horizons has commissioned Face TV to produce a 13 x 30-minute series following the work of a lifeboat station in Northern Ireland with co-producer Channel 5 commissioning an hour-long, one-off special, writes Simon Ellery.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV shows rivals red card with Euro 2000
As the England squad licked its wounds after being crushed by Portugal in Monday's (12 June) Euro 2000 match, ITV was doing a lap of honour after the event made it the undisputed ratings champion of the week, writes Ashley Davies.
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Gardam enforces multiculturalism
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has warned department heads that commissioning forms which do not mention multicultural dimensions for programmes will be rejected in future, writes Ashley Davies.
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Norton plans indie outfit
United Productions controller of entertainment Graham Stuart is looking at setting up his own indie in collaboration with comedian and presenter Graham Norton.A venture could be established at the end of
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Execs buy Channel for£16 million
The country's smallest ITV franchise Channel Television (CTV) has been sold to a consortium of media figures including former HTV Wales chief executive Huw Davies, writes Colin Robertson.
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GWR ventures out onto the internet
GWR and Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) are to launch a trial internet venture in the East Midlands, following GWR's£146 million takeover of DMGT's radio assets announced on Tuesday
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Pearson, Endemol in Family Feud
In yet another example of concern over format copyright, Pearson Television is in dispute with Endemol Entertainment and Holland Media Group (HMG) over Pearson's quiz show Family Feud, writes Tara Conlan.
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Dyke plans to invest in education
BBC director general Greg Dyke has put a plan to governors to invest an extra£9.6 million in education programming, doubling that to£19.2 million in the next financial year, writes Tara Conlan.
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CLUBS REVIEW VOD RULES
Media advisors to the Premier League are to review rules that refuse clubs video-on-demand rights to their own matches and draw up rules to allocate a league video-on-demand package. The league's
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WORLDWIDE GOES TO JAPAN
BBC Worldwide is to open a new office in Japan, headed by existing agent Katsu Waza. The expansion into another territory will coincide with the unveiling of BBC Worldwide's 1999/2000 annual
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ITN FACTUAL PICKS DAMPIER
ITN has appointed Philip Dampier as executive producer of ITN Factual. He will report to head of ITN Factual Julian Ware and will be charged with overseeing development. Dampier has been