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    OCTAGON TO PRODUCE SUPERBIKES SERIES FOR SKY AND BBC

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    International sports marketing agency Octagon CSI has been appointed by British Motorsports Promoters (BMP) to produce the British Superbikes series. The production will include live coverage as well as one-hour highlights

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    VERA WINS C4 RECOMMISSIONS FOR BREMNER AND THOMAS

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Vera Productions has bagged a number of recommissions from Channel 4 head of entertainment and music Kevin Lygo. A ninth 6 x 60-minute series of Bremner, Bird and Fortune has been

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    BRIGHTER CLOCKS UP FIFTH SERIES OF FLAVA

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Brighter Pictures has won an order for a fifth series of black music show Flava (left). The new 8 x 30-minute run, Flava V, was ordered by Channel 4 deputy commissioning

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    BAZAL NAMES BIG BROTHER PRODUCTION TEAM FOR UK

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Bazal, the production arm of GMG Endemol Entertainment, has announced the senior members of the production team for the UK version of Big Brother for Channel 4. Executive producer of the

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    DISNEY TO FILM STORIES OF 17 COMPETITION WINNERS

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Seventeen young writers will see their stories made into live-action dramas or animated tales after taking part in Disney Channel's£1 million Incredible Story Studio project to identify young talent. Almost

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    RADIO 1 FOLLOWS IN BERLIN LOVE PARADE'S FOOTSTEPS

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 is staging its own UK version of the Berlin Love Parade in July. The event, which is one of the world's biggest street music festivals, will be held

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    Anderson to front BBC 1 news show

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is working on plans for a new topical news show fronted by Clive Anderson, expected to be ready for autumn's schedule.Hat Trick Productions is developing the new show, which

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    C4 drops Harry Hill Show

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of entertainment and music Kevin Lygo will not recommission The Harry Hill Show in its current format, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Bravo plans fan's view of Euro 2000

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Flextech channel Bravo has commissioned Chrysalis TV to produce a 13 x 30-minute series that takes an alternative view of the year's premier football event, Euro 2000, writes Simon Ellery.

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Cops and Queen Bess boost C4's Thursday

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    The return of NYPD Blue and the debut of four-part series Elizabeth gave Channel 4 a strong night on Thursday (4 May), writes Simon Ellery.According to unofficial overnights, Elizabeth, fronted by

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    HTV West to investigate Victorian sex

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor for history, arts and religion Janice Hadlow has commissioned a three-part documentary series on Victorian sexuality from HTV West's news history department, writes Colin Robertson.

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    HTV West's Payne leads HTV Wales

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    HTV West managing director Jeremy Payne has been confirmed as the new chief of sister outfit HTV Wales, filling the role left vacant by Menna Richards when she moved to run BBC Wales, writes Colin Robertson.

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    BBC web deals to net talent

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is poised to step up its attempts to hold onto top talent with an ambitious plan to offer a number of its key faces commercial deals with the corporation's own websites, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Jackson reaffirms C4 remit promises

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson last night reaffirmed the broadcaster's commitment to its remit and outlined his arguments against the threat of privatisation.Delivering this year's Fleming Lecture to the Royal

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    BBC plans seven-day breakfast news show

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC News' new three-hour breakfast programme will be a seven-day-a-week operation when it launches this autumn, airing every morning on digital channel News 24, writes Tara Conlan.

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    Cintel to bar ITK telecine production

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2000-05-12T00:00:00Z

    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