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    C4's Durrance follows boss' exit.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, night-time Zizi Durrance is moving to another role within the channel, a week after her boss, Darren Bender, admitted similar plans, writes Ashley Davies.

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    BBC events boss opens new indie.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC head of millennium events Avril MacRory has set up a multimedia production company following her departure from the corporation last October (Broadcast, 15.9.00), writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Squires hotly tipped for GMTV post.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Central managing director Ian Squires has emerged as the frontrunner for the soon-to-be-vacant GMTV managing director job, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Smash Hits TV goes live.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Emap Performance Network (EPN) is ramping up its television activities with the launch of a Smash Hits-branded TV channel this summer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Edmonds backs BBC Ofcom link.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Oftel director general David Edmonds this week added his weight to mounting calls for the BBC board of governors to report to Ofcom, claiming the corporation was missing a trick by

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    Talent hunt starts at BBC.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is launching its second Talent initiative next week with the help of an animated promotional campaign, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    BBC COURTS WRIGLEY.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is understood to have been offered the post of BBC controller of light entertainment to replace David Young who is leaving at the

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    BBC SETS UP THIRD CO.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has been given the go-ahead by secretary of state for culture, media and sport Chris Smith to set up its third wholly owned subsidiary, BBC Technology Ltd. The corporation

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    NEW ITC CODE.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission has called for greater sensitivity on the content of daytime programmes during school holidays in its revised programme code published on Wednesday (21 February). The guidelines also

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    WEB LIFE GUIDE AT BBC.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC Online is stepping up its support for the creation of online communities, with the addition of h2g2.com, the website developed by The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy creator Douglas Adams.

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    ENDEMOL GOES WEST.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK is moving its London operation from Bloomsbury to Shepherd's Bush in July. The company, which employs around 350 people, said it had run out of space at its

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    BSkyB and Fox link to create teen soap.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB and its sister Fox companies in the US and Australia are banding together to create a multimillion pound teen soap to run on Sky One as part of the channel's

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    20 20 TV carries on delivering.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Twenty Twenty Television has confirmed a raft of commissions, despite the recent loss of director Paul Woolwich (Broadcast, 26.01.00), writes Ashley Davies.

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    THUNDERBIRDS SUMMER RUN.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Cartoon Network's wholly owned offshoot Boomerang has secured exclusive cable, satellite and DTT rights to the entire 32-hour Gerry Anderson Thunderbirds series over the summer, writes Jon Rogers. The series is

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    BBC staff vote over expenses.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC staff are set to go ahead with the first corporation-wide resistance to director general Greg Dyke's planned overhaul, following a vote last week by BBC Bectu members for industrial action over proposals to change expenses allowances, writes Georgina

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    RATINGS - BBC 1's In Deep fails to drown out Millionaire.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1's new drama In Deep made a splash but failed to sink ITV's ratings tug Who Want to be a Millionaire?, writes Jon Rogers.

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    CME WINS LAWSUIT.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Central European Media Enter-prises (CME), which set up Czech commercial channel Nova TV, has been awarded $27m (£19m) in a dispute with former partner Vladimir Zelezny over the ownership of the

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    MUTV TELEWEST DEAL.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Manchester United television channel MUTV, owned by Granada, BSkyB and Manchester United Football Club, has signed a two-year distribution deal with Telewest's Active Digital network. The service will be available from

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    TOTP TV CENTRE MOVE.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has confirmed that chart show Top of the Pops is to move to BBC Television Centre as a permanent setting this autumn. Advanced talks are taking place to transform

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    NEW ASIAN SERVICES.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Two new Asian movie services are being launched with movie outfit u>direct launching a pay-per-view service and Zee TV joining the fray with its third channel. Zee Cinema will show six