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    LNN SEEKING HEAD OF NEWS

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    London News Network is believed to be in talks with former BBC news executive editor, TV bulletins Malcolm Balen to become its new head of news. The role has been vacant

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    TARGET TO HANDLE LMNO INTERNATIONAL SALES

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Target Distribution has signed a distribution deal with LMNO Productions, the US light entertainment producer whose programmes include Krypton Factor, Guinness World Records, Prime Time and Kids Say the Darndest Things.

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    ULSTER TELEVISION SHOWS STRONG PROFITS GROWTH

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Ulster Television's group operating profit rose 24 per cent to£6.7m in the six months to June. Interim results released on Monday (18 September) revealed its television operating profit was up

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    WIRELESS GROUP RESULTS SHOW TURNOVER UP

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    The Wireless Group (TWG) has announced its interim results for the six months ending June 2000, the first set of results to be released since the company floated in May. Turnover

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    Gardam reorders top staff structure

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has restructured his commissioning team, creating three department heads and reworking many of the channel's reporting lines.The moves follow a change to deputy director

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    GRANADA MEDIA GAMESHOW WINS THE GOLD IN TURKEY

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media gameshow format Win Your Weight In Gold has become a ratings success in Turkey, where it began broadcasting on ATV last week. On Saturday 9 September it achieved a

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    OFF THE RECORD - No fuel like an old fuel

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Panorama is on the ball, speedily grasping the news baton with a firm, confident grip. The team has decided to rush out an analysis of the fuel crisis. It will go

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    Frostrup to front Panorama

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's current affairs department has confirmed TV presenter Mariella Frostrup as the host for a one-off report on reality television for the new series of Panorama, writes Tara Conlan.

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    FUNDING FOR NEW TFI FRIDAY

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo is understood to have given Avalon development funding for a potential replacement for TFI Friday.The show is believed to be based on the Friday

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    The future is niche for entertainment

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment is a declining genre with fragmenting audiences, but now is a good time to create new entertainment channels, according to a new study from strategic research company Human Capital.The report,

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    Granada names drama head

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Granada Television has confirmed that controller of comedy Andy Harries is taking the newly created role of controller of drama and comedy, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Wall third to turn down top ITV role

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    United Broadcasting & Entertainment chief executive Malcolm Wall will not become chief executive of ITV after ruling himself out of the running.He told Broadcast the£500,000 a year ITV role -

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    DONNENFELD JOINS NICKELODEON AS RESEARCH HEAD

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Fox Kids Europe has bolstered its strategic team by poaching Nickelodeon UK planning and research head Shari Donnenfeld to take the new role of director of research and planning. Donnenfeld joins

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    SALMON ORDERS TOP OF THE POPS DOCUMENTARY

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Outgoing BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned a one-off 60-minute documentary covering the history of Top of the Pops to air on Christmas Day. The documentary made by BBC music

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    DNE opens US to UK indies

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) is planning to host a workshop for independent producers looking to break into its range of US channels, writes Simon Ellery.

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    YTV HIRES SHERGOLD TO DIRECT NEW SULLIVAN DRAMA

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire TV (YTV) has signed-up Adrian Shergold to direct new John Sullivan drama Micawber. Shergold, whose credits include Births, Marriages and Deaths, Buried Treasure, Eureka Street (left) and Holding On, will

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    And delivers mobile TV

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    NTL is to build the multiplex and transmission system for the world's first mobile digital television network, which is due to launch in Singapore in February 2001.The deal, worth S$9m (£3.7m),

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    WARNERS IN VOD DEAL

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Video-on-demand service Videonet has signed a three- year, 600-hour content deal with Warner Brothers International Television, giving it on-demand rights to shows including ER, Friends and The Sopranos. Videonet has also

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    Emap woos Trevor Dann for top job

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC head of music entertainment Trevor Dann is in negotiations over a job with Emap Performance Network (EPN), writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES SIGN UP FOR WILDSCREEN

    2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

    The upcoming Wildscreen Festival has attracted delegates from 43 countries to this year's event, a record number of nations. More than 800 attendees are booked in for the week-long festival, which