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LNN SEEKING HEAD OF NEWS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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