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ITV TO FOLLOW UP POPSTARS WITH POP IDOL.
ITV is hoping to capitalise on the success of Popstars by launching a national search for a solo artist. Pop Idol, to be made by Pearson Television in collaboration with 19
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INDIE FINANCE - Mersey TV shows its staying power.
Phil Redmond's company is the largest employer in the independent sector and one of the UK's longest running indie production outfits. It's busily diversifying into education, broadband and enhanced television.
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY....
Heather Jones, channel editor at Trouble, has a familiar fantasy about chanteuse Celine Dion...What is your proudest achievement?Appearing on Richard and Judy - twiceWho do you most admire in broadcasting?Miles Ross
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Fast TV offers remote programming PVR.
Fast TV Server is about to launch a personal video recorder (PVR) that can be programmed remotely from any computer using an online interactive programme guide (iPG), writes Barbara Marshall.
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INTERVIEW - Fantasy woman.
One year on from inciting derision as she founded the BBC Imagineering department, Fiona McKenzie is revelling in her freedom to pursue fantastical ideas, take risks - and make mistakes.
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LAST EVER PERFORMANCE REVIEWS: REGIONAL ITV AT A GLANCE.
Anglia - First-run regional material was higher than ever before at 10 hours 15 minutes a week. Supplied 300 hours of programming to the network, including Trisha - its second highest
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TX - Elephants never forget.
The problem with so many wildlife documentaries is that humans get in the way. Unsurprisingly, animals act less naturally in the company of a film crew. But Animal Planet's Ele Vision
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Dyke slams Fifa on rights
BBC Director General Greg Dyke has joined the argument over the price demanded for World Cup 2002 TV rights, singling out football's governing body Fifa as the 'real villain' in the debacle, writes Nick Radlo.
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ITV starts TV drive.
ITV will next week start a TV campaign to raise awareness of digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Overseas TV sales threaten drama.
British drama is under threat because of an alarming decrease in sales of television shows abroad, according to Carlton International managing director Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Lion rules out a share disposal.
Lion TV, producer of the award-winning Castaway 2000, has shelved plans to sell a minority stake in the company.Directors Jeremy Mills, Nick Catliff, Richard Bradley and Shahana Meer this week claimed
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DISNEY FREE-TO-AIR DEAL.
Walt Disney Television International is in talks with UK broadcasters over a deal to sell a wholesale package of its key titles for the first time to free-to-air UK broadcasters. Called
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Premier League deal falls short of expectation.
The Premier League will receive at least£150m less than expected for its pay-per-view (PPV) football rights package, after agreeing a block deal with BSkyB, On Digital, Telewest and NTL, writes Simon Ellery.
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OFF THE RECORD - Saving up for a rainy day.
Off the Record's busy schedule is normally too frantic to allow for watching daytime tittle-tattle, but its attention was arrested this week by a fascinating item during BBC 1's Housecall, the
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DISNEY CUTS IN UK.
Walt Disney's 100-strong UK TV operation faces job cuts as part of a global plan to slash 4,000 jobs. Details were scant as Broadcast went to press but a Walt Disney
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Digital radio must lower costs.
Media Secretary Chris Smith this week conceded that digital radio has yet to capture the imagination of customers, and called for more to be done to bring down the cost of receivers, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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VFG closes Scots office.
The beleaguered hire market suffered another blow last week as VFG Group pulled out of the Scottish market, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Wark Clements to set up kids division.
Glasgow-based independent Wark Clements is launching a children's and youth division and has hired BBC drama executive producer Richard Langridge to head it, writes Penny Hughes.
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MTV to launch dance channel.
MTV Networks UK is to launch its seventh music channel - MTV Dance, writes Simon Ellery.
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FrameStore picks Spearman as chair.
Classic FM founding chief executive John Spearman has joined FrameStore Group as chairman.The appointment follows FrameStore's recent management buyout from AIM-listed Megalomedia at the end of last year and signifies the