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ITV searches for peaktime dramas
ITV is seeking up to 30 hours of new drama as part of a£20 million drive to boost audiences in its peaktime 21.00-23.00 slot, following a run-in with the Independent
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Fulcrum shifts docs and drama to Sheffield
London-based indie Fulcrum TV has opened up a new regional production company in Sheffield to concentrate on developing its documentary and drama output, writes Tara Conlan.
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NHS to fund digital services
Granada Broadband, Granada Media's newly formed new media division, and Flextech are vying for up to£5 million from the National Health Service, in a bid to incorporate government services into their forthcoming digital health channels, writes Colin Robe
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Rapido prepares to make its film debut
Rapido is preparing for its first major push into films and is working on two TV film proposals and one for cinema.Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has commissioned the
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Indie duo take Foreign Office deal
Two independent broadcast specialists have won the Foreign Office contracts to run British Satellite News (BSN) and London Radio Service (LRS), writes Steve Clarke.
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VOD PROVIDER FUTURE SIGNS IRISH LICENSING DEAL
Video-on-demand technology provider Future TV has signed licensing deals with several production giants, including Carlton International and Granada Media, for more than 200 hours of content for Irish telecommunications company Eircom.
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FINANCIAL MARKET TURMOIL PUTS END TO SBS/UPC DEAL
Amsterdam-based United Pan-European Communications and its partner Luxembourg-based SBS Broadcasting have agreed to end the exchange offer agreement they had planned since March, blaming financial market turmoil. UPC continues to be
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DCMS lines up experts to spark debate
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) have appointed eight broadcasting and communication experts to write discussion papers for the forthcoming communications white paper, writes Ashley Davies.
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OFF THE RECORD - Live and dangerous
More barrel scraping was in evidence on last week's late-night edition of Channel 4's tired 'yoof' show TFI Friday. The Chris Evans vehicle rang the changes with a live show -
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CORRESPONDENT PRODUCER TO EDIT NEW LONDON LIVE
BBC News Correspondent senior producer Sandy Smith is to edit new BBC News TV show London Live when it replaces Newsroom South East early next year. Smith has been appointed by
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Inglish leaves ITN for consultant job
ITN Radio's editor of LBC 1152AM, Sue Inglish, is leaving at the end of June, eight months after the station's relaunch last October, writes Georgina Lipsomb.
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KINGSTON COMMS PLANS NATIONAL INTERACTIVE NETWORK
Kingston Communications plans to create a national network to provide interactive TV services such as video-on-demand in a co-build project with rival Colt Telecom, which could launch services by July 2001.
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SIT-UP.COM COMMISSIONS PILOT FROM ENTERACTION
Fledgling interactive TV company Enteraction, which is backed by former Live TV programme executives, has been commissioned to produce a programming pilot for interactive outfit Sit-up.com. Launched by former On Digital
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Genre Focus: TV Classics
The appeal of retro TV has more to do with experiencing a bygone age through contemporary eyes than churning out cheap repeats of classics or presenting reels of archive footage so we can laugh, writes Meg Carter.
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Hicks to Chrysalis Radio
Chrysalis Radio has appointed Galaxy 102 managing director Jim Hicks as its new programme director in a series of senior management changes, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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UBE to launch new channel
United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) is gearing up to launch two new interactive digital channels, the first of which will be a dedicated parenting channel, writes Colin Robertson.
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Health channel in pipeline
A former BSkyB programme executive is launching an interactive women's lifestyle channel called Channel Health with plans to fill at least a quarter of its airtime with original productions, writes Simon Ellery.
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SURVIVAL IN WEBSITE LINK-UP WITH US SCIENCE CHANNEL
United Wildlife's flagship strand Survival has teamed up with US science channel Nova to create a website featuring live online footage of the making of the next Survival programme, Dungeons and
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CHANNEL FOUR KICKS OFF FIRST INTERACTIVE TV SERVICE
The first interactive television listings service on Channel 4 went to air last week, showing programme details for C4 and FilmFour for two days of the programme schedule on digital terrestrial
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EC mulls change to output quotas
Existing European Commission (EC) programme output quotas could be replaced by investment quotas, according to an EC adviser on audio-visual policy.Aviva Silver, an adviser in the audio-visual policy section of the