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Go Racing in TV head hunt
Go racing, the consortium comprising Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure, is looking for a chief executive for its planned racing channel in the likely event of the Racecourse Association (RCA)
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Spice girls in raw
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has commissioned a 60-minute 'explosive' documentary from Yorkshire TV and Dai Films, featuring footage of the Spice Girls before they were famous, writes Colin Robertson.
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New vehicle for Ricky Gervais on UKTV
UKTV channel Play UK channel editor Myfanwy Moore has ordered a new 6 x 30-minute series featuring former 11 O'Clock Show contributor Ricky Gervais. The 6 x 30-minute series is to
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The People Versus to get new format
Celador Productions is this week filming a one-off non-broadcast pilot of a reformatted version of its gameshow The People Versus. The show, again presented by Kirsty Young, will be shown to
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OFF THE RECORD - Whiteley's Wales joke falls flat
The fun just don't stop at last week's nations and regions conference in Salford. Man, it was like being in a bloomin' Pringles ad. After delegates were nearly moved to tears
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Front row PPV to expand film service
Telewest Communications and NTL's pay-per-view movie service, Front Row, is almost doubling the number of films it shows each day to 20 as part of a wider repackaging of the channel.
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OFF THE RECORD - Irish TV gets even greener
OTR is almost nauseous with delight to learn that Irish broadcaster RTE has been awarded the Golden Pedal prize - no, really - by the Dublin Cycling Campaign. RTE picked up
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Losses for EMTV
EMTV, owner of the Jim Henson Company, has announced a loss for the first nine months of the year and a 90 per cent cut in its profit target for the
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Somethin' Else gets two orders for Jazz Indie
Somethin' Else has won two commissions from new digital satellite channel Artsworld TV. A Kind of Blue (working title) is a 6 x 60-minute live jazz series to transmit from January
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TV directive faces three reviews
The Television Without Frontiers directive is to be reviewed three times as part of the process towards implementing a new directive in 2002, according to European commissioner for education and culture Viviane Reding, write Penny Hughes and Tara Conlan.
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In at the deep end
Grandstand will provide unusual shots of the British Winter National Swimming Championships this weekend (9-10 December) with the help of BBC Resources' latest camera - the swimmingcam.Developed by the special facilities
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Reuters in hostile environment course
Reuters Foundation is launching an intensive week-long, hostile-environment training programme for journalists, photographers and camera operators from the developing world. Twelve journalists will be selected to attend the course, which begins
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Trade talk - Company man
Logical, rational ITV beast Paul Corley now has a non-executive role at Channel TV and will hopefully fatten the company up as he did Border.
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Closer regional ties vital
Closer co-operation between broadcasters and other media companies operating outside London is vital if the industry is to thrive, according to delegates at the Television from the Nations & Regions conference
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John McVay chosen to head Pact
Producers' Alliance Pact has chosen a new chief executive to replace Shaun Williams who leaves in February, writes Ashley Davies.
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On Digital nets interactivity chief
Digital TV platform On Digital has promoted director of sales and business development Matthew Seaman to the newly created post of director of interactivity.Seaman will report to chief operating officer Rob
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Chello/Excite deal off
Cable company UPC's plans for broadband internet in Europe have suffered a setback following the collapse of Chello's proposed joint-venture with AT&T-controlled Excite@Home. After five months of discussions over how to
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Greene leaves Carlton Food Network
Carlton Food Network magazine show Food Network Daily presenter Sarah Greene has decided to leave the outfit. She has been working for CFN, which is to be re-branded Taste Network and
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Carlton profits rise
Carlton Communications has lifted pre-tax profits by 8 per cent to£342m, following an increase in turnover of 7 per cent to£2.1bn from£1.9bn, for the year ending 30 September
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OFF THE RECORD - Carlton TV in last minute cover-up
Carlton staff got terribly flustered when organising a comedy night for its homelessness campaign. One of the acts lined up was Puppetry of the Penis. Call us old-fashioned, but surely there