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    Music Live taxes OB skills

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC Music Live 2000 will be the most technically challenging live TV event the country has seen, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Ratings - TX - Can you live without...?

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Broadcaster: Channel 4Producer: Fulcrum ProductionsStart: 20.30, 30 MayLength: 5 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: Dorothy Byrne, Ben FrowExecutive producer: Christopher HirdSeries producer: Jonathon HolmesChannel 4's Can You Live Without...? is very much a

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    OFF THE RECORD - Leader of the pack

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    OTR's lame stunt of the month award goes to the good people of Chrysalis Radio. Following a suggestion at the group's internal suggestion box, a new job swop initiative has been

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    LANE QUITS PRINCESS

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Kelly Lane, assistant managing director of Princess Productions' recently launched talent agency Princess Talent, has left the company less than three months after joining. Lane, who joined the new start-up from

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    LA Screenings - A primetime pitch

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The Los Angeles Screenings start this week with Hollywood studios and US networks vying to secure international sales for their shows. This is no easy task, says John Hazelton, and the UK is a particularly tough market to crack.

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    KERSHAW SPINS SWANSONG

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Kershaw is to leave the station after 14 years. Kershaw's contract ended last week and he presents his final show on R1 on Thursday (25 May).

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    WAP INTERACTIVE TV PLANS

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Somethin' Else has signed a deal with Ericsson to develop a platform for use by broadcasters wanting to deliver interactive content to both WAP-enabled mobile phones and the internet.The

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    SIMPLY MONEY TO OFFER AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Invest TV will launch interactive services on its consumer finance channel Simply Money in June, in conjunction with Sony-owned technology firm Digital Interactive Broadband Services. As part of the project, viewers

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    RA PLANS TO MAKE VOICE HEARD IN WESTMINSTER

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    New Radio Authority chairman Richard Hooper has said the Authority is preparing to make a strong contribution to the government's forthcoming Communications White Paper. In the past, radio chiefs have complained

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    ZENITH HEADS TO A HOUSE IN TUSCANY FOR UKTV SERIES

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Zenith Production's ongoing series A House in ... has been recommissioned by UK Horizons and UK Style channel editor Andrew Lowrey. Zenith head of features Alan Ravenscroft will present and executive

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    Loughrey quits NI to head up regions

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland controller Pat Loughrey is to succeed Mark Thompson in the key BBC post of director of nations and regions.Loughrey has been appointed ahead of a restructure of BBC

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    Worldpop poaches Hamilton from LWT

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Multimedia music start-up Worldpop has raided the ranks of ITV by hiring LWT managing director Liam Hamilton to become its first chief operating officer.Hamilton is expected to leave LWT in the

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    TOTALROCK! RADIO GRANTED RESTRICTED LICENCE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has awarded a one-month restricted service licence (RSL) to TotalRock! Radio, a rock and heavy metal radio station that will serve London between 29 May and 25 June.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Golden handshake

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    OTR was delighted when our favourite comedy read, the Channel 4 Annual Report, slipped into our in-tray. Among this year's top nuggets was the spectacle of C4 chairman Vanni Treves eagerly

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    Studios gear up for LA sales

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    International sales chiefs from the Hollywood studios are touting 30 new network series - 16 dramas and 14 comedies - at this week's Los Angeles Screenings, writes John Hazelton.

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    Postcard from ... Isabelle Repiton in France

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    In an era dominated by the rise of the internet, the good old days when TV brought the whole family together in the sitting room are meant to be all over

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    WIRELESS GROUP TO FLOAT

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The Wireless Group is to float on the stock exchange this Thursday (25 May). Shares will be priced at 190p to raise£40 million for acquisitions, valuing the group at£183

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    LWT MAKES FIRST RETURN TO UNCOVER IBIZA FOR SKY ONE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Sky One has commissioned LWT to return to Ibiza for the fifth series in the Uncovered ... strand, marking the first time the producers have returned to the location that launched

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    AND FINALLY..

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Ed Hall, managing director of Simply Money Channel, reveals that he is not hung like a horse and wants to win on the tables.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Es are good

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Off The Record never ceases to be amazed by the burgeoning creativity of Optomen TV. Once known solely for piss poor Alastair Stewart vehicle Police Camera Action, it has more recently