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EastEnders to up production
The BBC is understood to be in talks to introduce a fifth episode of its flagship soap EastEnders, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Discussions over running five episodes of the soap a week are
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Videonet plans VOD showcase
Video-on-demand (VOD) company Videonet's executive director of programming and customer products Hugh Williams has confirmed he is in talks with major UK broadcasters to launch a 'best of British' service, writes
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WILLIS SHAKES UP UNITED
United and LWT Productions managing director John Willis has handed day-to-day running of United Wildlife to United Productions director of network programming at Bristol Tom Archer. Archer will take over from
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PEARSON GOES INTO GAMES
Pearson Television Enterprises is to launch a 'major initiative' next year looking into setting up an interactive games channel. The as-yet-unnamed channel will be available across all digital distribution platforms -
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RACING RIGHTS DEALS FOLD
The multimillion pound sale of UK horse racing rights has descended into farce with proposals from Go Racing, a consortium led by Channel 4 and BSkyB, and Carlton Communications expiring. The
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SCOTTISH RADIO PROFITS UP
Scottish Radio Holdings has announced its annual results for the year ending 30 September which see turnover up 30 per cent to£71.7m, with turnover for analogue radio up from£32.7m
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BBC CONFIRMS OSMAN JOB
BBC controller of press and publicity Sally Osman has been confirmed as the corporation's new head of communications. She will report to the director of marketing and communications, a post held
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BYERS CLEARS MICROSOFT
Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers has cleared Microsoft's purchase of a 23.6 per cent stake in Telewest Communications.
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TELEWEST IN BID-UP TV DEAL
Auction channel bid-up.tv, the first offering from the sit-up.tv stable, has struck a carriage deal with Telewest. The channel launched last week on Sky Digital (Broadcast, 10.11.00).
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Alli quits Carlton amid restructure
Carlton Productions managing director Lord Alli is to leave as Carlton Communications is restructured, with the TV business split between broadcasting and production under new chief executive Gerry Murphy.Murphy's attempt to
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Thompson: new ITV news must stay
BBC director of television Mark Thompson has urged the Independent Television Commission (ITC) not to move the ITV Nightly News back to 22.00, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Speaking at a Royal Television Society
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Endemol Entertainment UK rejigs for growth
Endemol Entertainment UK has announced a reshuffle in a bid to bolster the group's growth, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Production arm Initial managing director Malcolm Gerrie steps up to become chief executive, with
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Tiger and Princess sign deals with start-up EC1 Media
Indies Tiger Aspect Productions and Princess Productions have both signed strategic alliance deals with EC1 Media, a start-up company which plans to commission content from them on behalf of its clients,
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FOX KIDS RESTRUCTURES MANAGEMENT TEAM
Fox Kids UK has restructured its management team into commercial and content divisions and named former BSkyB head of research Tim Patterson (right) as channel editor. Fox Kids UK's commercial director
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PREMIER LEAGUE ISSUES DO NOT AFFECT NTL/BSKYB DEAL
NTL has said that its content deal with BSkyB remains unaffected by the cable giant's failure to finalise terms with the Premier League over pay-per-view football matches. An NTL statement released
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BLAKEWAY ASSOCIATES STARTS NEWBURY OPERATION
London-based indie Blakeway Associates is opening a new office in Newbury and has appointed Hamish Mykura to the company's board of directors. The new regional office will be headed by associate
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START-UP OUTFIT TO RAISE£1M FOR LOCAL RADIO BUYOUTS
A new company has been formed which is attempting to raise over£1m to buy at least six local TV stations. Your-TV and Radio, which includes Oxford Channel co-founder Thomas Harding,
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ON NET TIES WITH BLUE SQUARE FOR ONLINE BETTING
On Digital internet service On Net is to run online betting alongside TV sports programmes under a deal with interactive betting outfit Blue Square. A 'picture in picture' facility will allow
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SKILLSET SPOTLIGHTS FREELANCERS' WORK PATTERNS
Broadcast industry training body Skillset is conducting an industry-wide survey of freelancers in an attempt to identify work patterns and skill gaps. The project updates a previous survey conducted in 1993/94
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TWO WAY TV AND DOMINO'S IN PIZZA AND GAMES INITIATIVE
Two Way TV has signed a deal with Domino's Pizza allowing game players to order pizzas via the TV. Under the deal, Two Way TV receives a revenue share for pizza