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    The priory to keep its mid-week slot

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Instead of using Planet 24's The Priory as a replacement for TFI Friday, Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo is understood to have opted to keep the Zoe Ball and

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    OFF THE RECORD - Insider and outsider

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    As anticipated, the queues to get into the Lowell 'The Insider' Bergman address at the Sheffield Documentary Festival were longer than the backlog of proposal responses from documentary departments across the

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    Redmond warns indies not to sell

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Mersey TV chief Phil Redmond has warned independent producers they could be 'selling their birthrights' if they sold their companies now because it is too early to put a value on

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    OFF THE RECORD - Holme truths

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Pity Broadcasting Standards Commission (now ex-) overlord Lord Holme.Not only were the spicy details of his personal life smeared all over the papers at the weekend, but the revelations about his

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    Three up for health pilot

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has shortlisted three broadcasters for its£5m digital TV pilot fund. In the running are broadcast giants Granada Media, Telewest content arm Flextech and fledgling service Channel

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    OFF THE RECORD - Harmony and understanding

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Post house Aldis Animation recently played host to an unnamed hackette who was naturally delighted to be given a tour of its facilities. She was particularly excited at the prospect of

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    INTERVIEW - The great observer

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Eager to embrace the future but still passionate about the plight of documentary makers, Roger Graef, new fellow of the International Visual Communications Association, is again making 'something that's strong, difficult and changes things'.

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    Granada fund to help local writing talent

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media is set to launch a six-figure drama fund aimed at developing writing talent in the north west, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Haywood leaves just TV for freelance role

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Just TV director Steve Haywood has left the company to go freelance but will retain his directorship and shareholding. Haywood, who said he had always planned to make the move after

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    FILMFOUR INTERNATIONAL FINDS GOLD FOR FILM SALES

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    FilmFour International has created the new role of head of film sales and signed up Janine Gold to take on the job. Formerly sales and acquisitions executive at Paris-based sales company

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    Twenty Twenty TV establishes Oxford outpost

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    London indie Twenty Twenty Television has set up an Oxford office to make use of the city's specialist TV labour and gun for more commissions from Channel 4 and Central Television, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Gem loses in Endemol rejig

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK is considering restructuring its operations and is likely to rename its commercial exploitation arm, Gem, as part of a move by Dutch parent Endemol to rebrand its sales

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    GOLDBERG NAMED ENDEMOL PRESIDENT OF US OPERATIONS

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment has appointed Telepictures vice-president David Goldberg as president of its US operations.Reporting to Endemol chairman John de Mol, Goldberg will oversee all facets of Endemol USA including new commissions

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    Granada to make race drama for ITV

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    New Granada Media controller of drama and comedy Andy Harries is putting together a production team to work on 6 x 60-minute courtroom thriller The Jury for ITV.The commission is the

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    DLT POACHES MITCHELL FOR NEW LONDON SALES OUTLET

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    DLT Entertainment, producer of BBC 1 comedies As Time Goes By and My Family, has set up a new sales outlet in London and has poached Portman Entertainment Group director of

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    THE MILL PICKS UP SIX MORE DISCREET FLAME MACHINES

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Soho facility The Mill has bought six additional Flame machines from Discreet, taking its total to 26. The deal makes The Mill the biggest user of Discreet Flame technology in the

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    DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD TO HOST STREAMING MEDIA PAVILION

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Digital Media World, which takes place at Olympia in London from 14 to 16 November, will feature a streaming-media pavilion plus a media asset management space. The event, organised by US

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    Worldwide review delayed

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke's review of BBC Worldwide has been delayed and the results are now unlikely to be announced until at least mid-December, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    VLV to hold emergency education debate

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The Voice of the Listener and Viewer is holding a seminar at the National Liberal Club on Monday (30 October), on the BBC's radical plans for education programming. BBC factual and

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    Jazz FM cuts losses

    2000-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Jazz FM has unveiled unaudited results for the year ended 30 June 2000.With pre-tax losses down to£489,000, compared to a£2m loss in the previous nine months.