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Off the Record - Twinkle, twinkle little star
On the subject of talent-finding, we'd love to be told that the latest story of scrapping over fresh faces is made up. Apparently, just over a year ago Mentorn's Star for
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Lookalikes - just like that
Marvel at the magical similarities between Carlton's chief sales conjurer Martin Bowley and the great Tommy Cooper. While one has observers rolling in the aisle while he makes a pig's ear
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UBC IN JOINT-VENTURE
UBC Media Group is making its second move as a digital radio operator by creating joint-venture company UBC Digital to provide content for digital data services. It will join radio consortium
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INTERVIEW - The leading lady
Drama doyenne Verity Lambert is one of the very few people to have two credits in the BFI's 100 greatest British television programmes. Now she is to begin one of her grandest projects so far, The Cazalet Chronicle.
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THOROGOOD REPLACES O'BRIEN AT HOME AND LEISURE
Discovery has named former BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood (right) as the new programming chief for Discovery Home & Leisure. Thorogood, currently series producer for EastEnders, joins the channel in
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Heggessey in as Salmon nets sport
The BBC is expected to announce within days that Lorraine Heggessey will become BBC 1 controller, following Peter Salmon's surprise decision to become BBC director of sport.Salmon's move ends months of
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VOTE ON GRANADA/UNITED
Granada Media and United News & Media this week confirmed that they would be holding their respective extraordinary general meetings (EGM) regarding the proposed merger of their television assets on Wednesday
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Off the Record - Game for a jolly
Olympics jolly watch, week two. Those of us who are chewing on our knuckles, anticipating the publication of the Pannell Kerr Forster report into BBC accountability, will be devastated to hear
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UDEN PREPARES SEX FIVE-PARTER FOR LIVING
TV indie Uden Associates has been commissioned by Flextech's Living Channel to produce a 5 x 60-minute series Women Talk Sex (working title). Commissioned by Flextech vice-president, channel programming Lisa Opie,
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OPINION - Olympics should face up to reality
One of the buzzwords at this year's IBC 2000 in Amsterdam was digital content management. For the uninitiated it boils down to how to squeeze every last drop of juice from
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MALLORCAN ELECTRONIC FARM TO SHIP EDITING SOFTWARE
Mallorca-based start-up The Electronic Farm is to price its new resolution independent editing software, Mule, at $23,000 (£15,000) when it ships next month. Described by chief executive Stephen Elliot as a
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Knowledge unveils drama
BBC Knowledge controller Liz Cleaver has commissioned the channel's first original drama, a 30-minute programme about poet and artist William Blake, writes Tara Conlan.
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JAILBREAK DOUBLES SHARE
Channel 5's new prison-based gameshow Jailbreak clocked up 1.04 million viewers (4.9 per cent share) on its first night (Tuesday 12 September) at 19.00. This is double the average share C5
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Two Way TV strikes interactive games deals
Two Way TV has bought the interactive and enhanced television rights for a raft of formats, including Channel 4 cult quiz show Crystal Maze, writes Simon Ellery.
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ELECTRIC SKY AND WILTON FILMS SIGN DEVELOPMENT DEAL
Electric Sky has signed a development deal with UK documentary-maker Wilton Films to produce a six-part travel series and a one-off analysis of killing. Back to La Belle Epoque on the
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SONY CONSIDERING HD-CAPABLE NON-LINEAR EDITOR
Sony is considering plans to develop its first HD-capable high-end non-linear editor, which could appear as early as NAB next April. Codenamed Product M, the system was being shown to select
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Sky commissions Princess
Princess Productions has nailed its first commission from Sky One in the shape of a 3 x 60-minute series about heart-throbs, writes Ashley Davies.
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Ronin prepares first ITV comedy show
Indie Ronin Entertainment has scored its first ITV commission in the form of a broadcast pilot for new comedy show Alter Ego, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Postcard from ... Colin Robertson in Warsaw
Ten years ago the only Big Brother format Poland had anything to do with was a much more restrictive - not to mention far less successful - enterprise. But today, now
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CREATIVE DIRECTOR WINS EMMY FOR CNN/BBC MILLENNIUM
Meanwhile, proving that there is life beyond Amsterdam at this time of year, creative director Bernard Heyes crossed the Atlantic to collect an Emmy for outstanding individual achievement in news and