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MTV staff consult lawyers over new terms
Broadcast services division unhappy with new contracts
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Morrell leaves BAFTA
Bafta executive director John Morrell is to leave in November to concentrate on his media consultancy business. Morrell joined Bafta in July 1999. Deputy executive director Amanda Berry will take over
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Pearson poaches Jones
Pearson TV has poached LWT controller of business affairs Simon Jones to become Pearson TV UK productions commercial director, reporting to UK productions chief executive Alan Boyd. Jones, 35, takes up
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Exits begin at United
The first major departures from United Broadcasting & Entertainment since its takeover by Granada Media earlier this month will be head of personnel Peter Meier and finance director Grant Murray. Meier
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The Sales Company appoints Wright
BBC films head of business development Jane Wright has been named acting chief executive of BBC Worldwide co-owned film sales outfit The Sales Company, replacing Alison Thompson who is to leave
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Bid-ip launches late
UK interactive auction channel bid-up.tv is to launch on Sky Digital on 2 November - two months later than planned following technical difficulties testing the channel. Bid-up.tv will broadcast 14 hours
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Bid-up launches late
UK interactive auction channel bid-up.tv is to launch on Sky Digital on 2 November - two months later than planned following technical difficulties testing the channel. Bid-up.tv will broadcast 14 hours
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Granada Sky picks Dale
Granada Sky Broadcasting has appointed US Broadband Studios head Gary Dale as its new chief executive officer. Dale replaces Jeff Henry who left in June. Dale starts in November.
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News chiefs agree safety standards
International news organisations establish draft code to protect front-line reporters
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BBC 'just' met OFT indie quota for '99
The BBC only just made its 25 per cent independent production quota last year, according to the latest figures from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which throw the corporation's ability
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NTL loses Premiership pay-per-view rights
Cable giant NTL has lost its strategic pay-per-view (PPV) rights to screen live Premiership football after talks to thrash out details of the£328m deal broke down this week, writes Simon Ellery.
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CHANNEL 4 TO AIR ANIMATED TALES OF THE WORLD ..
Channel 4 will air 3 x 15-minute educational animations from Taiwan, Wales and France in January. Greenlit by commissioning editor, schools John Richmond, they form a 13 x 15-minute unit called
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... AND STRIKES DEAL WITH NICKELODEON FOR BLUE'S CLUES
Nickelodeon UK has struck a deal handing Channel 4 terrestrial rights to broadcast its pre-school show Blue's Clues (left) next year. As part of a two-year deal C4 will show 30
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STARS TO READ FAVOURITE STORIES ON CLASSIC FM
Classic FM head Roger Lewis has commissioned a 6 x 60-minute weekend series Classic Winter Tales to be narrated by Ross Kemp, Helen Baxendale and Classic FM regular Stephen Fry. The
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UK HORIZONS ORDERS DOUBLE DECKER DOCUMENTARY
Ticket to Ride, a documentary following the exploits of five travellers on a red double decker bus travelling around the world, has been ordered by UK Horizons channel editor Andrew Lowrey.
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LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN WILL NOT BOW OUT OF THIRD SERIES
The BBC has quashed speculation that BBC 2's League of Gentlemen comedy team have declined to make a third series of their cult show. The move follows suggestions that, after a
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BENDER TO SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY NEWCOMERS ON C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, night-time Darren Bender has earmarked 5 x 30-minute slots for strand The Other Side for documentaries made by people attending the newcomers session at the Sheffield International
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RAPTURE TV GREENLIGHTS GLOBAL CLUBBING SERIES
Rapture TV has greenlit a global clubbing series trailing leading DJs around the world as its first indie commission. Called Club Class, the series has already gone into production and comes
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ACTION TIME FACTUAL ARM GETS DISCOVERY CHANNEL DUO
Action Time's fledgling factual department has lined up two new commissions including a six-part series for the Discovery Channel and a one-off documentary for Channel 5 and the Sci-Fi Channel. Where