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NTL in second raid on ad world
NTL HAS raided the advertising world for the second time to bolster its senior management team, poaching J Walter Thompson internet boss Jeremy Davies, writes Simon Ellery.
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SKY AND C5 CO-PRO
Sky News is collaborating with Channel 5 for the second time in producing a 60-minute documentary, Body Brokers, uncovering the trade in human body parts in the US. The one-off is
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C5 to focus on UK surf scene
Indie twofourtv has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a documentary looking at life in Britain's surf capital, Newquay, writes Georgina Lipscomb. Ordered by C5 controller of children's and religious
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C4's Younge poached for key BBC sports role
BBC sport staff were this week reeling from the news that one of the department's most senior programming jobs has been handed to someone with hardly any sports TV experience -
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C4 multicultural orders WWII doc
Channel 4 commissioning editor, multicultural Pat Younge has ordered two 50-minute documentaries from indie Twenty Twenty, writes Penny Hughes.
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DAD'S ARMY EPISODES FOUND AFTER 30 YEARS
Two episodes of BBC comedy Dad's Army that have been missing for 30 years were discovered in a rusting film can at the BBC last week. The black and white episodes
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Grass Valley gains£25m investment
Grass Valley Group (GVG) has raised $36m (£25m) in an equity finance deal led by investment bank Lazard.The money will enable the group to maintain its 'high level' of investment in
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Static 2358 unable to find interactive shows
Interactive TV outfit Static 2358 has failed to commission any interactive programming from the indie sector for its digital channel PlayJam despite putting up a£5m fund for new projects nine
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ITV 2 to air globetrotting quiz
ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has commissioned First Circle films to produce a travel gameshow, writes Steve Aston.The Race, a 15 x 60-minute series, will follow four two-strong teams as
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Nigella II fails to come to the boil with 2 million
The increasingly sportified BBC 1 enjoyed a good week thanks to a better than usual Uefa final. Liverpool completed its cup-winning treble with an audience of 10.25 million (BBC 1, Wednesday
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New boss for Heart 106.2
Chrysalis Radio is understood to have appointed former Emap Performance director of music Francis Currie as the new Heart 106.2 programme director, according to sources, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Ratings - BBC 1 overwhelmed by ITV's Soap Awards
BBC 1 suffered its worst peaktime audience last Wednesday since September 1999, writes Jon Rogers.
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LIQUID NEWS ON BBC 1
BBC Choice flagship daily entertainment news show Liquid News is to air weekly on BBC 1. The show will be scheduled on BBC 1 in a slot around midnight from the
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Pitching post
Howard Webster delves into the uncertain world of Soho post-production to find out how some of the main players go about selling themselves
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Microsoft goes live with TV Cabo Interactiva
Ceo Ballmer claims Portuguese roll-out is 'significant step forward for the interactive TV industry worldwide'
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BBC strikes second PVR agreement
Deal with German technology group comes in addition to existing deal with TiVo for BBC highlights package
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SMG kicks off Nardini thriller for ITV
SMG has gone into production on its two-part thriller, Sirens, for ITV.The 2 x 90-minute episodes, which feature This Lifestar Danielle Nardini as a police
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Rapture has it live in Ibiza
Clubbing channel Rapture Television is gearing up to broadcast what it claims is the UK's first live broadcast from nightlife hotspot Ibiza as part of its third season from the Balearic
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Carry On team to get one-hour documentary
Glasgow-based indie Black Watch has completed a film about the legacy of the Carry On team for Channel 4.The 60-minute documentary, Can We Carry On Girls?, ordered by C4 head
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Choice offers fans Glastonbury alternative
BBC Choice is creating a 'virtual Glastonbury Festival' to run at the end of the month following the cancellation of this year's event in Somerset.Using archive footage filmed by festival