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OFF THE RECORD - No laughs down at the the farm.
Foot and mouth disease could end up having a deeper impact on broadcasting than one would assume, and vice versa. The National Farmers Union chief was heard last week pleading with
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ITV lobbies ITC to promote On Digital.
ITV is lobbying the Independent Television Commission to remove a rule that bars it from cross-promoting On Digital, writes Simon Ellery.
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Deane quits Lucky Dog to set up indie.
Lucky dog chief executive Geoff Deane has severed links with Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) and is setting up a new production company after disagreeing with the company's strategy of consolidating its
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SKY IN MOBILES DEAL.
Sky News has struck a deal to provide telecommunications outfit YAC's 300,000 customers with news via mobile phones. YAC, which provides a range of telecommunications services including audio conferencing, has signed
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MTV AND TWO WAY TV SIGN INTERACTIVE DEAL.
Interactive games specialist Two Way TV has signed a deal with MTV to supply the music broadcaster with enhanced content. The deal involves the two companies collaborating to develop interactive quizzes
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Sale date for Rapture.
United Business Media (UBM) will sell its loss-making clubbing channel, Rapture, within the next six months, according to chief executive Clive Hollick. The news comes in the week that Hollick confirmed the
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UK TV ORDERS CRIME SHOWS FROM JUST TV.
UK TV's editor factual channels Andrew Lowrey has commissioned Just TV to produce three new crime series for UK Horizons. Bodies of Evidence is a 6 x 30-minute series looking at
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ITV UNVEILS SOAPSTARS CONCEPT.
ITV is extending its successful Popstars format with a new series documenting the nationwide hunt for a new TV family to star in an ITV soap, tipped to be Emmerdale or
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Further suppliers face closure.
Further evidence that facility and technology providers are facing increased financial hardship surfaced this week, following the planned closure of one outfit and the announcement of significant losses at another, write Barbara Marshall and Dominic Timms
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Kirch challenges UK sports 'crown jewels'.
German media group Kirch has lodged a legal appeal with the European Court challenging the law that guarantees a list of protected sports free-to-air coverage in the UK, writes Simon Ellery. The
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TX - The sail of the century.
Even before Ellen MacArthur entered the Vendee Globe race and became the fastest woman to sail around the world single-handed without touching land, her achievements meant she was perfect for the
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LOONLAND'S CBBC LINK.
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has bought two long-running series from German-based animation group TV-Loonland, writes Colin Robertson. The deal, TV-Loonland's first with the BBC, includes 26 x 30-minute episodes
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MONEY IS CASH RICH.
The Money Channel is exploring 'strategic alliances and corporate transactions' with other broadcasters and internet service providers, after revealing that it has£2.6m cash in the bank. Directors of the channel
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Carnival open to offers for stake.
Drama producer Carnival Films is understood to be on the lookout for buyers for the 60 per cent of the company owned by managing director Brian Eastman, writes Ashley Davies.
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Carlton invests in south-west.
Carlton is thrashing out plans for further collaboration between its HTV and Westcountry franchises as part of a long-term strategy to turn its south-west ITV stronghold into a major supplier of
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OFF THE RECORD - Say cheese for the camera.
We are offering a valuable prize (a month's supply of mint waxed dental floss) to the first reader to spot the owner of these teeth, which actually belong to the same
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Ulster TV buys radio group.
Ulster Television (UTV) received the go-ahead on Wednesday (28 February) to buy 60 per cent of Republic of Ireland radio group County Media, after a partial U-turn by the Republic's regulator,
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Buck fills United/ LWT drama team.
LWT and United Productions controller of drama Michele Buck has put the finishing touches to the recently merged LWT/United drama department appointing executive producer Damien Timmer as head of drama, writes Colin Robertson.
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CAUSE-RELATED MARKETING - Lend a hand, build a brand.
The broadcast industry arguably has more to offer charities than any other - and never has the need for corporate brand building been greater. So isn't it about time broadcasters took a leaf from the book of the global marketers who are using good causes
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ON THE BOX - Brief encounters.
Lion Television company director Richard Bradley liked the story of M&S undies but wouldn't wear celebrities' frocks at any price.