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BRITNEY OPENS DISNEY PARK.
Unique Television, the indie set up by Noel Edmonds, has secured a multimillion dollar deal with Disney to produce a pan-European 'entertainment spectacular' marking the 16 March opening of the new
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JOHN BROMLEY DIES.
Former ITV Sport head John Bromley has died of cancer. He was 68. His last role at ITV was as head of sport at LWT. In his 25-year television career he
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LEADER - Radio success bucks the trend.
Amidst all the doom and gloom of a media recession, the broadcasting industry received some fantastic news last week - radio listening is at an all-time high.The latest set of Rajar
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Call for regional ITV to go digital.
ITV should forget trying to fulfil its regional commitments on its main network and should instead launch a separate digital channel to serve the regions, according to Campaign for Quality Television
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ITV's quest for ratings caused peaktime rejig.
ITV has admitted that its range of programming in peaktime suffered last year with documentaries and current affairs being pushed out of weekday slots in favour of news, writes Steve Aston.
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THREE NEW OUTLETS FOR THE DATING CHANNEL.
The TV Group, which runs The Dating Channel, is to launch three new free-to-air channels by the third quarter of this year. TV Group chief executive Peter Nellemann has announced plans
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RADIO SPEAKERS CHOSEN.
Emap Performance managing director dance Mark Story will give the keynote speech at the Music Radio 2002 conference. EMI group chairman Eric Nicoli will give the record industry keynote. The event
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ITC REVISES CODE ON SPORT AND MAJOR EVENTS.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has revised its code on sport and other listed events following the public consultation it launched in October. Alterations include a provision that free-to-air broadcasters should
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CORRECTION.
A headline in last week's issue (1.2.02) referred to UK Horizons making an 'illegal' boxing documentary series. The channel is in fact making a series about licensed and unlicensed boxing, both
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TRADE TALK - Football crazy.
Channel 5's Robert Charles has wrongfooted Sky to win rights to under 21 European football, but can he sustain this success with C5's limited budget?
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MERCURY/SAMURA DEAL.
Mercury Media International has struck a deal to represent the award-winning documentaries produced by Insight News TV and Sorious Samura. The trilogy of films, examining the recent civil war in Sierra
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ITN News Direct share shoots up.
News was a key driver for local radio stations over the last quarter, with ITN News Direct pulling in a huge 71 per cent share increase over the past year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TX - Dirty rotten scoundrel.
When tackling Tony Marchant's adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, producer David Snodin wanted to avoid 'being anal' about making a period drama. 'They can be overly reverential,' he
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Discreet promotes UK head.
Discreet UK manager Patrick Jocelyn has been promoted to the role of director of Europe, Middle East and Africa, replacing Eric Lemarechal, writes Will Strauss.
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Disney plans kids Popstars.
The Disney Channel is to launch its own kids version of ITV 1's Popstars talent search in an attempt to cash in on the genre, writes Simon Ellery.
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INTERVIEW - The doctor's orders.
Under Dr Abe Peled, technology company NDS has equipped millions of homes with pay-TV technology and is a leading player in the advance of interactive TV, with Banzai among its successes.
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RATINGS - Quentin drama is hot-blooded winner for ITV.
ITV 1's Caroline Quentin-fronted drama, Blood Strangers pulled in a solid crowd this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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SAYER GETS EDITOR POST.
Granada has promoted David Sayer to be the new editor of LWT's current affairs programme Jonathan Dimbleby. Sayer was previously the show's deputy editor. He has also produced The Trial of
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EINSTEIN.TV UPS HOURS.
Science and technology service Einstein.tv extended its transmission hours from six a day to 24 this week after ramping up its original production slate. Einstein.tv editor Toby Murcott said the move
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ESPN SPORT NAMES MD.
New European channel ESPN Classic Sport has appointed Roch Pellerin as the network's managing director. Most recently, Pellerin served as chief financial officer of leading French pay-television operators Canal+ Distribution and