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BBC DOC SET TO TRACK JORDAN
BBC Choice has commissioned a one-off observational documentary on surgically enhanced model Jordan, writes Georgina Lipscomb. The 60-minute film will be produced in-house by Richard Macer, who has been granted exclusive
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BBC LAUNCHES IN CANADA
The BBC this week launched its North American entertainment channel BBC Canada with a slate of programmes including EastEnders, The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family. The channel will be
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BBC PRIME SECURES GERMAN CARRIAGE DEAL
The BBC's international entertainment channel BBC Prime has secured carriage on the PrimaCom network in Germany. The deal will allow the channel to be seen by over 1 million new subscribers
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BBC signs Johnny Vegas
Comedian Johnny Vegas, the face of ITV Digital's ongoing ad campaign, has been signed up by the BBC to front a new gameshow as part of a raft of new shows for BBC Choice, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC Tech fills top post
BBC Technology is stepping up its market presence with the appointment of Sun Microsystems global sales director for entertainment and media Stephen McKenna to the newly created post of sales director, writes Barbara Marshall.
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AND FINALLY ... Ben Hall, managing partner, The Chatterbox Partnership, on Bono and tennis
Who do you most admire in broadcasting?Mr Shakey Hand Man on BanzaiWhich TV or radio programme would you resuscitate?The off the tiny ladder, high-diving bit on World of SportWho would you
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Davies slams biased ITV brand strategy
THE ONGOING dispute over the use of the ITV brand turned into a war of words this week as Channel TV chief executive Huw Davies accused Carlton and Granada of riding roughshod over the smaller ITV franchises, writes Steve Aston.
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TIVO GAINS SKY BOOST
BSkyB has teamed up with NBC and Discovery to take a£36m stake in personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturer Tivo. Sky, which this week launched its own PVR service, Sky +,
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CARRIAGES DEALS BOOST EUROSPORTNEWS
Eurosport has closed two UK carriage deals for its new pan-European 24-hour sports news channel Eurosportnews. The channel launched this week on Sky Digital and will also launch on Telewest Active
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NHS to boost health TV firm
Channel Health is to launch the government's third digital TV health proposition next month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Ex-BBC boss joins Zenith
Zenith Entertainment has appointed former BBC finance director Rodney Baker-Bates as its new chairman, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TOP CNN BOSS LEAVES
CNN News Group president and chief operating officer Philip Kent has resigned. His departure comes two months after Time Inc editorial director Walter Isaacson was named CNN chairman and chief executive.
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Gullane poaches Disney boss
Gullane Entertainment has poached Walt Disney International senior vice-president of programming and creative development David Snyder to oversee the company's global production, distribution and development activity, writes Penny Hughes.
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Lion braces for new pastures
Lion TV is planning to diversify its portfolio with a move into entertainment programmes and is searching to fill a new head of entertainment role, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV BRANDED 'RISK'
Investment bank Gold-man Sachs has branded ITV Digital as 'high risk' for Carlton and Granada and suggested scrapping the DTT operation. The move would improve both firms' financial outlook, according to
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Report calls for IT skills training
Broadcasters need to open up their teaching facilities to third parties to prepare workers for the changing demands of the information age, according to the industry's leading training body, writes Katy Elliott.
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Living caters to chefs and stars
Flextech women's channel Living TV has commissioned three new series including a 20-part cookery show described as 'The Odd Couple meets Can't Cook, Won't Cook'.Ordered by Living commissioning editor Jane Millichip,
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Leader - Should channels release rights?
In a sophisticated, garrulous industry such as broadcasting, debate ebbs and flows between landmark speeches and events throughout the year.The industry is about to face another such landmark, as the RTS
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CHINESE CORONATION STREET SET FOR FACELIFT
Granada is to refresh the format of Joy Luck Street, the Chinese version of its soap Coronation Street. The programme is to be made less 'aspirational' to appeal to a broader
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Staff at White City vote for Tesco Metro
BBC staff have inadvertently boosted the fortunes of one of the UK's biggest retailers by voting overwhelmingly for a Tesco supermarket to be the sole retail concern at the corporation's new£300m media village, writes Simon Ellery.