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    Carlton and Granada moot sales house disposals

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Carlton and Granada have privately softened their stance on the terms of their proposed merger and have started to explore ways in which selling both sales houses could work, according to a source close to the deal, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Dimbley gears up for Harley celebration

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Dimbley Partners Ltd has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to help celebrate the centenary of the Harley-Davidson motorbike. Journalist Bel Mooney will present The Beautiful and the Bad: Harley-Davidson, an American Iconwhich will air on 12 July. Featuring interviews with British and US enthusiasts ...

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    Rushes wins CGI pitch

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Soho facility Rushes has won the pitch to do CGI work on London - A City in Time, a two-part documentary for Diverse which will air on Discovery and Channel 4. The 3D department will be recreating London over a period of 2,000 years from ...

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    Five show nicks petty criminals

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre has unveiled his first series for Five after signing an exclusive deal with the broadcaster in January, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Editing pair join Farm

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    The Farm Dublin has hired two new editors, Morten Winther and Vinny Beirne. Former Condor and Laughing Buddha sound effects editor Winther, whose credits include the MTV Europe Music Awards and a Nescafe commercial, will be responsible for operating The Farm's standard and HD online Quantel IQ and eQ systems. ...

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    Five highlights travel trauma

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Five has commissioned a one-off film from Wark Clements which promises to 'put you off travelling', writes Penny Hughes.

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    ITC sets out list of new indie rights

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Broadcasters could be forced to lend development money to producers and limit their hold on primary rights to five years under new proposals from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Jane Marlow.

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    ITC rethinks occult

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission is considering revisions to its programme code after Living TV presented two shows about the paranormal as factual rather than entertainment. The TV watchdog is proposing the changes in an attempt to address the occult and attempts to contact the dead. The move follows the screening ...

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    Ofcom could loosen ITN ownership rules

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose.

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    Lambie Nairn offshoot

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Three Lambie Nairn staff have quit the design company to form their own agency. The new company, Dunning Eley Jones, will offer advertising, web development, internal communications and identity services and aims to be an 'independent alternative to the global media giants currently dominating the marketplace'. Brian Eley and Marcus ...

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    Potter web launch

    2003-06-05T08:30:00Z

    Endemol-owned companies Initial and Victoria Real are to film a one-off event for the web to mark the launch of JK Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Hosted by actor Stephen Fry, the event at London's Royal Albert Hall will ...

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    ITN loses Purvis after 31 years

    2003-06-04T15:44:13Z

    ITN chief executive and editor-in-chief Stewart Purvis is to retire before the end of the year after 31 years at the news provider, writes Luke Satchell

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    ITV set for full ITN ownership

    2003-06-04T12:48:47Z

    ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose

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    Voice of horse racing dies

    2003-06-04T11:29:17Z

    Peter Bromley - former BBC racing correspondent and radio's voice of horse racing for 41 years, has died aged 74.

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    Fash to present Man Versus Beast

    2003-06-04T10:53:58Z

    TV tough-guy John Fashanu has landed a presenting job on a new Gladiator-style show, Man Versus Beast - in which humans compete against animals writes Sam Matthews

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    'If your mum could see this...'

    2003-06-04T10:02:21Z

    With their Channel 4 show How Clean Is Your House? Aggies MacKensie and Kim Woodburn have made housework more fashi...

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    Is Channel 4 bringing down the curtain on televised sport?

    2003-06-04T09:59:36Z

    Pulling the plug on Lord's Test may be sign of things to come, writes Paul Kelso. ...

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    This is as dumb as it gets

    2003-06-04T09:58:20Z

    The communications bill is yet another attack on the notion of public service broadcasting. ...

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    Puttnam acts to shield Channel 5

    2003-06-04T09:56:29Z

    Lord Puttnam, the chief cheerleader of Labour rebels in the Lords, last night put forward a compromise to extricate...

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    Fash lands the beast job on TV

    2003-06-04T09:53:09Z

    I'm A Celebrity star John Fashanu has signed a deal to present a new Gladiators-style show - in which humans compet...