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Clipsalesnow joins dotcom failure list
Clipsalesnow.com, the online clip sales service backed by September Films, will close next month less than 10 months after its launch after failing to secure enough funding.The venture, which offered producers
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UNITED PRODUCTIONS KICKS OFF COMEDY DRAMA
United Productions has begun production on a new comedy drama for ITV based on the novel The Last Detective. Peter Davison is to star as the book's protagonist, Dangerous Davies. The
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INTERVIEW - Comedy not errors
Over the past few years TV critics have viewed ITV's sitcom output the way a pack of hyenas views a three-legged zebra. From the outside, the woman brought in to make
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REGIONAL TV - A mouthpiece for local community
Since its purchase by Capital Radio last year, Border TV has affirmed its position as a regional broadcaster in tune with its local audience, but is ready to secure its future as part of Granada's growing empire. Jane Marlow reports.
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CONFERENCE TO LOOK AT MEDIA GLOBALISATION
The Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent Television Commission are among the organisers of the first International Media Conference. The event has been established to explore issues in the international media
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CORRECTION: THE SCOTTISH MEDIA GROUP
Last week's feature on competition stated that Scottish Media Group (SMG) was hoping to increase its 23 per cent share in Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH), which is close to breaching cross-media
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Listen to the public, not critics
While press attention harks back to the days of yore when British television was truly funny, ITV's stance on nurturing the much-maligned sitcom seems to be in stark contrast to that
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MIDAS FIRST FOR CTV
CTV Outside Broadcast is the first to buy a broadcast console from Worcestershire-based Midas. The Broadcast 2000 console was part of a re-fit of one of their three OB trucks which
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Go Racing deal takes a tumble
Horseracing consortium Go Racing's£307m TV rights deal has collapsed with Channel 4 threatening to refuse to take part in any further talks.The deal, which would have seen Go Racing launch
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Spectrum deals retuned
The BBC and Channel 4 may soon be asked to pay for the use of their analogue spectrum, but the BBC should have its fees paid by the government, according to
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Media reform set for delays
Prime Minister Tony Blair has plunged broadcasters into months of uncertainty by delaying a decision on liberalising the cross-media ownership laws.The Queen's speech on Wednesday (20 June) revealed that the government
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NEW VIEWS ON DIGITAL
A further round of consultation on the BBC's proposed digital services has been launched. The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has written to industry figures, including Nickelodeon UK and Disney,
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Panasonic plans European drive
Newly appointed Panasonic Broadcast Europe chief Ted Taylor admitted last week that 'the ship is a little off course and there are gaps in the product line-up'.Taylor, who took the helm
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Ealing Studios' future secured
The owners of Ealing Studios are hoping to relive the glory days of the west London landmark after this week getting the go ahead for a£70m development.The plans, which were
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THIS MORNING ED QUITS
This Morning editor Karen Smith is to leave the series at the end of its run next month. Smith has been with This Morning for two and a half years and
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OFF THE RECORD - The killing fields
Anyone who's ever wanted to kill his or her executive producer should take note. Exec Jack Smith was filming BBC/Discovery co-production Hidden History of Egypt in Cairo earlier this year, dressed
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PEARSON FILLS TOP ROLE
Pearson TV's newly formed International and Enterprises Division (PTIE) has announced that worldwide merchandising senior vice-president Simon Spalding has been promoted to head of worldwide licensing and will take on the
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INDIE AND NEW MEDIA FIRM TIE UP TO MAKE iTV
Birmingham-based indie Isis Media has formed a strategic alliance with new media specialist Newwave to work on broadcast-based interactive projects. The five-strong Isis Media team will be led by Isis Media
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Liberty firms gain mds
Rushes and Soho 601, both part of Liberty Livewire, have gained new managing directors it has emerged this week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ITV's reversal of fortune
There is only one story in town at the moment and I don't mean the imminent lynching of the creative team behind the Big Brother BT Cellnet sponsorship credits. It is