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LADBROKES IN JOINT ENTERPRISE WITH SKY
BSkyB has signed a joint-venture agreement with betting company Ladbrokes to develop a fixed-odds and pool betting service linked to Sky Digital channels. Ladbrokes will appoint a chief executive of the
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OFF THE RECORD - Fantasy Format
Fantasy Format ideas continue to flood into OTR's offices, thanks to our creative readers. The best so far is Political Paintball. The audience votes each week for the politician most in
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MENTORN INTERNATIONAL FILLS MANAGER JOBS
Mentorn International has named Atom Films account manager for Europe Anna Fuge as international sales manager and former Channel 4 International programme servicing co-ordinator Julie Quirke as technical manager.
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ITC spells out future
Seventy-five per cent of UK households could access interactive services via digital TV by 2010 compared with just 5 per cent today, according to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) and consultancy McKinsey, writes Katy Elliott.
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KEMISTRY GAINS PIPER
Design and brand agency Kemistry has taken on senior designer and director Matt Piper from BSkyB where he worked on a number of projects for Sky One including channel identities, title
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Light touch might hurt
It seems a trifle tasteless to hover over the still-twitching corpse of On Digital - sorry - ITV Digital. But the demise of this platform, which is, let's face it, as
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INTERVIEW - Transition man
Broadcasting Standards Commission chairman Lord Dubs is watching over the regulator's last breaths as it tries to secure its legacy within Ofcom. So is it time to mourn or celebrate?
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UNIONS UNITE IN ITV
A new pan-union body has been created to fight for the interests of members of the three main TV unions within ITV. Called ITV Unions, the organisation brings together the National
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Top TV targets kids
Two former Granada employees have set up Top TV Productions, a new children's indie based in Bristol.Tracey Mulcrone was formerly head of production for United News & Media's children's department in
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Worldwide to seek new partners
The BBC finally announced the results of a much delayed review of its Worldwide subsidiary on Tuesday (17 July), calling for more private sector partnerships to raise further revenues, although it failed to specify which areas of business would be opened
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SOUNDS OF THE PAST REVIVED
The Farm Group's Nigel Edwards is behind the sound design of BBC science's four-part series Ancient Apocalypse for BBC 2, writes Barbara Marshall. Executive produced by Alan Bookbinder, the series uses
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Tabloids in TV romp
The tabloids' insatiable thirst for providing 'exclusive' coverage of TV shows such as Big Brother, Survivor and Popstars has resulted in a cross-media relationship that sees the red-tops coming out on top.
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ITV2 starts movie run
ITV2 has secured a 21 film deal to bolster its weeknight output with a weekly film season that launches next week.The deal has been struck with major US studios MGM, Columbia
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C4 to look at designer vaginas
A Glasgow-based indie is producing two films on extreme plastic surgery for the broadcaster.
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Nickelodeon announces autumn slate
Line-up includes home-grown interactive music show and three pilots
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BBC plans raid on This Morning
The beeb seizes Richard and Judy's departure as an opportunity to increase its ratings share
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GSB Hazzards Bo and Luke 'stunt' special
Behind-the-scenes programmes on The Dukes of Hazzard, Magnum and Fame are orderd by Granada Sky Broadcasting
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Extreme Sports Channel Debuts With Surfing
The Extreme Sports Channel (ESC) has commissioned its first UK production with a one-off documentary on the UK's biggest surf event, the Rip Curl Newquay Boardmasters Festival.ESC head of production
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CNN highlight the horrors of Sierra Leone
CNN has commissioned Insight News TV to produce a third episode in a trilogy of Sorious Samura documentaries, the first two of which were commissioned and broadcastby Channel 4.Filming of Playground to Battlefield
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Somethin Else wins MTV radio orders
Indie Somethin Else has been commissioned by MTV Radio to produce 5 x 54-minute and 1 x 120-minute radio programmes to coincide with MTV's summer coverage of Ibiza's music scene.Presented