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Emap/C4 teen portal scrapped.
Emap Digital and Channel 4's planned teen portal, Slam.com, has been shelved after the two companies admitted they had drastically rethought the project, writes Steve Aston.
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Shopping channel studios catch fire.
A fire service investigation has been launched after a blaze in the warehouse and studios of satellite shopping channel Ideal World on Tuesday night (6 March) caused serious damage and forced the channel off the air, writes Simon Ellery.
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Acquisitions head is fresh loss to Hit.
Hit Entertainment head of acquisitions Peter Curtis has joined creative director Kate Fawkes in quitting the indie, writes Steve Aston.
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ORDER FOR SCARLET.
The BBC has appointed independent producer Scarlet to produce the Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (Emmas), replacing Initial which pulled out of the project last week. Scarlet has produced the European Media
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GMTV ASKED TO REPLY.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has asked GMTV to respond to recent newspaper allegations that presenter Fiona Phillips breached its broadcasting guidelines by mentioning on air charities she had worked with.
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BBC SEEKS ROVING EDS.
BBC head of TV news Roger Mosey has invited BBC news assistant editors to apply for newly created 'roving brief' editor posts to work across all TV news services. Mosey is
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WORLD CUP DEAL.
German media outfit Kirch Group has struck a deal with the two German terrestrial broadcasters ARD and ZDF for rights to screen the World Cup tournament on terrestrial TV. The deal
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NEW DEAL FOR C5.
Channel 5 is to take an 11.5 per cent stake in internet pets product company Petspyjamas.com after agreeing to give the firm£2m worth of on-screen advertising in its latest equity
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BBC leads field at RTS awards.
The BBC is leading the field in ahead of this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) programme awards with a total of 31 nominations, writes Steve Aston.ITV picked up 17 nominations, while
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Oftel may act if ITV/BSkyB fail to settle.
The government may call on the telecoms regulator, Oftel, to force BSkyB to take ITV onto its digital platform if a 'just result' between the two companies is not reached, writes John Lewis.
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Strike may hit ITV's top shows.
Union members at Carlton Central will vote next week on whether to strike over new pay conditions - a move that could put production of a number of key ITV programmes
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BBC kids' services face OFT investigation.
An Office of Fair Trading (OFT) probe into the BBC's proposed new digital services has sparked calls for an independent investigation into the economic impact of the corporation's new children's services, writes Simon Ellery.
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E4 TO PREMIERE EMINEM SHOW.
Channel 4 and E4 have picked up exclusive rights to Eminem: Live in Concert from producer and international distributor Portman Television.The two channels have rights to a 90-minute version of the
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RATINGS - ITV's returning soap takes too few bookings.
The much-anticipated return of ITV's soap Crossroads made a respectable but unspectacular start, writes Jon Rogers.
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MERIDIAN TONIGHT ED.
Nick Myers has been appointed regional editor for the south-east edition of ITV regional news programme Meridian Tonight. Replacing Lloyd Bracey, Myers, a former GMTV night editor, joins from ITN where
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CTIT PROMOTES CHILDS.
Columbia TriStar International Television(CTIT) has promoted Darren Childs to the newly created post of senior vice-president, international networks. Working from the company's London office, he will now be responsible for management
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FILMFOUR/ORANGE PRIZE.
FilmFour is teaming up with mobile phone operator Orange to launch a new prize for would-be film-makers. The Orange FilmFour Prize for Short Film will be open to writer and director
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RTL ATLANTIC SELL-OFF?
Media group RTL is expected to sell its 80 per cent stake in long-wave radio station Atlantic 252 in the next few months and is talking to at least two major
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STRANKS JOINS DRG.
Children's radio campaigner Susan Stranks has joined the Digital Radio Group (DRG), the consortium bidding for the London digital licence. Stranks, who runs the Children 2000 pressure group, will develop a
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SPORTSWORLD PROFITS.
Sportsworld Media Group has returned profits of£5.8m for the six months to 31 December 2000, a 12-fold increase year on year. The increase, up from£469,000 for the same period