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    Granada, Carlton discuss ventures

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Top-level talks are taking place between On Digital partners Granada and Carlton to create a series of new joint-ventures, write Tara Conlan and Katy Elliott.

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    OFF THE RECORD - And in Cannes

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    OTR was tempted to conduct a 'where are they now?' search for former 'Allo 'Allo writers after spotting what looked suspiciously like a bit of their old handywork. The website set up

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    Just Group buys Optical Image post

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Intellectual property rights holder Just Group has bought animation and post-production house Optical Image. The deal places an initial value on Optical Image of£1.5m with£650,000 paid in Just Group shares

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    BSC upholds ITN gripe

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has upheld a complaint by ITN and two of its foreign reporters about a BBC Six O'clock News item about the ITN court battle with Living

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    Wales to get Nuts and Bolts instead of Emmerdale

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    HTV Wales has opted out of the ITV network decision to air Emmerdale at 19.00, instead running RTS award-winning soap Nuts and Bolts in the slot for five weeks from Monday

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    OPINION - News war fuels case for one body

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    So the BBC has stuck to its guns and won governor approval for a move of the flagship channel's main evening news bulletin to 22.00. A decision to move the news

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    Big brother's Claire to host Worldpop Ibiza series ..

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Multimedia outfit Worldpop has landed its first TV commission with a 6 x 60-minute series Dance 2000, Images of Ibiza for ITV. Commissioned by LWT commissioning editor, night-time Carol Groves, the

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    INTERVIEW - Big game hunter

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    After a year as the driving force behind United Wildlife, managing director Paul Sowerbutts is fighting against the natural history recession and ensuring it has pole position in the internationalist Granada Media stable.

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    (.TV) SIGNS DEAL WITH CANAL DIGITAAL FOR BELGIAN LAUNCH

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB technology channel (.tv) has launched in Belgium after striking a deal with Belgian cable outfit Canal Digitaal. The channel, which covers news, shopping, knowledge, internet and games, was launched last

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    Overnight Ratings - Olympic ceremony traps Beavers' share

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 achieved more Olympic feats with the closing ceremony on Sunday (1 October) leaving Angry Beavers on ITV high and dry, writes Jon Rogers.

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    No cuts to BBC indie quotas

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC will not see the 25 per cent independent production quota cut in future, despite increasing consolidation in the indie sector and the repositioning of the main channels, writes Ed Shelton.

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    Opera is first live transmission on BBC Knowledge

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC head of classical music Peter Maniura is to sign a co-production deal with indie RM Associates for BBC Knowledge's first live transmission - a new opera - which will air

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    BBC drafts in stars to save wildlife TV

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC Natural History Unit is to draft in BBC stars such as Phillippa Forrester and Trude Mostue to front wildlife shows in a bid to halt the dramatic slide in

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    BBC Worldwide and Catalyst in modern Cinderella deal

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has signed a co-production deal with Catalyst, the Canadian-based entertainment associate of Gullane Entertainment - formerly Britt Allcroft - to make a modern-day Cinderella tale, writes Ashley Davies. Cinderella and

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    BBC crows as ITV splits local news

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has claimed victory in the battle over weekday primetime news as it confirmed plans for news at 22.00 on BBC 1 and it emerged that ITV's regional news bulletins

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    BBC consults viewers

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has begun a consultation process for its proposed changes to BBC Knowledge and Choice plus the launch of two new children's services and five new digital radio stations. The

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    BBC to vote on extra cash

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC governors will vote on plans for an extra£50m for nations and regions in December. Nations and regions director Pat Loughrey is leading a review - internally dubbed 'autumn vision'

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    BBC confirms new radio station plans

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC director of radio and music Jenny Abramsky has confirmed plans to launch three new digital radio services and enhance two existing radio services. BBC governors have awarded the department£15m a

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    OFF THE RECORD - BBC mates not given break

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Baby-faced BBC entertainment boss David Young should have taken to heart the title of Give your Mates a Break when organising the wrap party for the second series. The musical entertainment

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    Barb confirms Nick Phillips as incoming chairman

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has unanimously agreed to sign the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising's director general Nick Phillips as its new chairman. He replaces Sir Giles Shaw, who