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SCARLET RETURNS.
The BBC has bought back the rights to Gerry Anderson's puppet animation classic Captain Scarlet from Carlton International, writes Penny Hughes.
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OCEAN NETS SADLER.
Capital-owned Ocean Radio Group, which runs Ocean FM, Power FM and Capital Gold in Hampshire, has appointed programme controller Mark Sadler to its board as an executive director.
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ITV local news threatened.
Regional ITV franchises will be forced to dilute their local news output for millions of viewers once they begin broadcasting via digital satellite, writes Steve Aston.
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ITC SLAMS ITV'S LUCY.
ITV has been slammed by the ITC for shifting late night Carnival Films comedy drama Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married to an early evening slot earlier this year. The regulator upheld
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XS Hire rescues TVE.
Walton-on-Thames based XS Hire has rescued failed hire outfit TVE Group and has bought some of the HD assets from the BFV Group in two separate deals, it emerged last week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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RAY WINSTONE TO PLAY HENRY VIII ON ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a major new series from Granada based on the life of Henry VIII. Ray Winstone is to star as the licentious monarch and
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HUGE GULLANE PROFITS.
Animation company Gullane has posted record six-monthly figures through merchandising and the growth of its Thomas the Tank Engine brand in the US and Europe. Revenue rose 173 per cent to
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Ross wary of football PPV.
Pay-per-view rights for Scottish Premier League (SPL) football games will undermine the value of terrestrial highlights, according to Scottish TV managing director Sandy Ross, writes Simon Ellery.
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Fewer indies make radio shortlist.
Nominations for independent producers in this year's Sony Radio Awards have nosedived from last year's tally, with only a meagre 11 making the grade, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Eyre rules out return to ITV.
RTL GROUP director of strategy and content Richard Eyre, who resigned from the company this week, has ruled out a return to his previous role at ITV, despite confirming that he had been approached about a return, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TV EXPORTS HEALTHY.
The British Television Distributors Association is to release findings from a survey into UK TV exports later this week, which are expected to show an overall increase in exports across the
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iTV enthusiasm is misplaced.
The industry is in danger of overdosing on interactivity, which is surprising at the very moment that the scale of the economic downturn in many internet properties is becoming apparent.Nevertheless, the
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INTERVIEW - The live entertainer.
With a solid portfolio of ratings winners past and present and the 'For Sale' sign dismantled for the time being, Zenith Entertainment managing director of production Ivan Rendall is keen to build on the indie's strengths of producing live shows and comed
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UK Gold loses second editor in two months.
UK Gold channel editor Catherine Mackin has resigned from the BBC/Flextech joint-venture with no job to go to, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Somethin' Else wins jazz docs.
Independent producer Somethin' Else has beefed up its production slate after securing two further television commissions from cable channel Artsworld, as well as a raft of orders from BBC Radio.Artsworld channel
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More than a road digger?
How far will NTL be able to fulfil its ambitions of becoming a major broadcaster and rights holder, after a period of rapid expansion which burdened it with£10bn of debt and losses of£2bn last year?
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TIGER DENIES DEAL.
Tiger Aspect has played down reports that it is in talks about a possible merger with another company while admitting the group is 'always looking at ways to move forward'. A
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Ofcom vagueness criticised by MPs.
The influential all-party media group of MPs and peers has written to media secretary Chris Smith and trade secretary Stephen Byers to complain that the communications white paper is too vague about how Ofcom will operate, writes John Lewis.
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TX - Cracking tough shells.
When Einstein director of productions Jim Manson met Kate Kray after reading her book, Hard Bastards, he realised he had a rare opportunity before him. Kate had been married to the
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ITC cuts cost of ITV franchise licences.
ITV will be on the receiving end of a major cash injection after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) this week slashed the cost of licence fees for some of its key