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    Granada International programme chief joins Nickelodeon

    2001-08-20T14:33:00Z

    Jules Borkent re-joins kids' broadcaster in new role as senior director programming

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    BBC eyes January for Broadcast and Presentation spin-off

    2001-08-20T10:48:00Z

    Corporation's creative arm to be incorporated as stand- alone business unit as Dyke looks for ways to raise further cash

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    Premiership struggles to score

    2001-08-20T09:02:00Z

    ITV's new primetime football highlights show beaten by 'reality' Weakest Link

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    Twiggy and Coleen Nolan join This Morning

    2001-08-17T11:18:00Z

    Ex-pop-star and former supermodel to join Fern Britten and John Leslie as new presenters of cult daytime show

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    London News Network to shed jobs

    2001-08-17T10:59:00Z

    Producers of the Alistair Stewart-fronted London Tonight to cut 11 per cent of workforce after news restructure

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    Soap Specials

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is planning to screen a number of one-off EastEnders specials, just weeks after the popular soap went four days a week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    TALENT SIGNS SOAP STAR

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Talent Television has signed actor Craig Fairbrass, who plays EastEnders villain Dan Sullivan, to star in three new drama series. The actor has already completed one non-broadcast pilot for ITV -

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    STAKEHOLDER REVIEW

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    United Business Media and the Daily Mail & General Trust are believed to want to offload their shares in ITN. The move would allow the three remaining shareholders, Carlton, Reuters and

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    Sky puts reality in pole position

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The UK version of controversial reality show Temptation Island will form the centrepiece of Sky One's autumn schedule.The 12 x 60-minute series has been produced for the channel by Granada and

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    ROBBIE'S METRO TICKET

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Robbie Williams was captured in all his high-definition glory at the weekend with equipment supplied by Metro Broadcast, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    RICH LIST

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    While the combined wealth of this year's 100 TV and radio multimillionaires has been dented by the dotcom crash and advertising downturn, most content providers are enjoying a year of watching their figures grow.

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    VOD supplier wins Premier League rights

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Video on demand supplier Video Networks has signed a groundbreaking three-year deal with the Premier League for exclusive rights to 106 Premier League games a season - the first time the league has broken out video on demand (VOD) rights separately, write

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    ITV Network on the music trail

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The ITV Network has commissioned a series of 6 x 60-minute music specials for transmission from mid-October based on live sets from this month's V2001 festival, writes David Wood. Acts include Texas, Coldplay, David Gray, The Charlatans and Toploader.

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    Kirch invited to talk by ITV

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    ITV has challenged Germany's Kirch Group to quit complaining and start talking after Kirch accused ITV and the BBC of acting as a cartel in negotiations over next year's World Cup, writes David Rose.

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    JVC PROMOTES INSIDER

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    JVC Professional has appointed Mike Dickson as systems sales manager, reporting to sales director Don Cameron. Dickson has over 10 years of sales experience with JVC. The move comes in the

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    SANCTUARY HIRES HEAD

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Sanctuary Studios, part of The Sanctuary Group, has appointed Julie Bateman as head of studios, recording, mobiles and mastering. She will be responsible for all the recording and mastering facilities, working

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    NME and IPC join forces for radio station

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Virgin Radio has teamed up with IPC ignite! to develop the publisher's NME music brand by creating radio station NME Radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    UKTV pushes on for food TV

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    UKTV IS to press ahead with the launch of its dedicated food channel UK Food despite the collapse of Carlton and Sainsbury's joint-venture Taste channel last week, writes Steve Aston.

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    PONGWIFFY FINDS STARS

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to provide the voices for the two main characters in Telemagination animation Pongwiffy which is to be shown on CITV. The 26 x

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    FOUR FESTIVAL FILMS

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's Mesh scheme has shortlisted four out of nine digital animation films to premier at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival next Thursday (23 August). They are The Tourist Trap