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Worldpop wins ITV Ibiza Night commission
Worldpop has been commissioned by ITV controller of night-time Carol Grove to produce 3 x 60-minute programmes to be broadcast as part of ITV Ibiza Night 2001 next month.Blissed Out
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Smash Hits launches singles chart
Emap Performance managing director of pop Trevor Dann has unveiled the launch of a new national singles music chart to run on the Big City Radio network and on the Smash
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Channel X to make adult toon for Comedy Lab
Channel X has unveiled a raft of commissions including its first foray into adult animation, writes Simon ElleryChannel 4 commissioning editor entertainment Robert Popper has ordered 15-minute adult animation Origen's Wake
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Radio 2 to air Mayo-fronted album chart
BBC Radio 2 is to air a new official album chart on Monday nights to be fronted by Simon Mayo. Kicking off on 1 October at 19.00, the chart will be
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EastEnders favourite to win soap's historic head-to-head
Bookmakers give Albert Square the nod to beat Coronation Street in the ratings when the fourth episode of EastEnders goes up against ITV soap for the first time
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EastEnders favourite to win soaps' historic head-to-head
Bookmakers give Albert Square the nod to beat Coronation Street in the ratings when the fourth episode of EastEnders goes up against ITV soap for the first time
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Jackson departure prompts C4 rethink
The board of Channel 4 will have to balance increasing commercialism with the channel's original public service remit if it wants to ensure C4 remains in the public sector under the
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NewsVicar of Dibley brings festive cheer for BBC
BBC1 enjoyed a heavenly Christmas as The Vicar of Dibley, the smash hit of the holiday season, helped it to an average all-hours share of 25.1%.
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MILOSEVIC ENTERS DOC
Indie Antelope has been commissioned to produce an in-depth profile of former Serbian president Milosevic for BBC 2's Storyville strand, writes Katy Elliott.
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Frost's religion series damned
The National Secular Society, which counts journalist Polly Toynbee and broadcaster Jonathan Meades among its associates, has attacked a forthcoming ITV religious series featuring Sir David Frost, claiming the show is biased towards Christianity, writes S
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Dyke defers factual cuts till September
BBC director general Greg Dyke is understood to have postponed a series of redundancies in the corporation's factual and learning department in a bid to avoid negative publicity while the Department for Culture, Media & Sport is considering whether to gre
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Kitto joins Denham
Indie Denham Productions has appointed Grace Kitto as its new head of production with immediate effect. Kitto, who had been working for Denham as a freelancer, will structure a team to develop new business, working alongside head of business development David Nottage.
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Sky revels in digital surge
BSkyB has added almost 1 million new subscribers to its Sky Digital service over the last financial year but has accrued huge losses in the process, writes Steve Aston.
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MXR plans digital bases in regions
The MXR radio consortium has unveiled the details of its services in the run-up to the launch of its new digital multiplexes in south Wales and the west and the north-east of England next week, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Diverse rejigs top posts
Diverse Production has reshuffled its senior management and changed its name to Diverse Ltd, writes Penny Hughes.
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Disney builds up UK clout
The Walt Disney Company is understood to be close to buying The Jim Henson Company in a move that would add impetus to Disney's plans to dominate the UK children's market.Sources
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Indie gains US MTV deal
Pacific Productions has bagged a rare commission from MTV in the US for new reality show Kidnapped, writes Simon Ellery.
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Ex-radio bosses start venture
Former Capital Radio group head of programmes Clive Dickens has unveiled details of his new venture a year after quitting the broadcaster, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Granada boosts daytime centre
Granada is to turn its Norwich centre into a 'centre of excellence' for daytime programming as a result of its shift to genre-led businesses, writes Steve Aston.
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Community buys
Community Channel has acquired two shows from BBC2 and indie One Planet Productions to be aired early this year.