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Thompson in first move from TalkBack
Harry Thompson, producer of TalkBack's They Think It's All Over and Da Ali G Show, has started to develop a sitcom and comedy drama with Vera Productions, writes Joanna Scott.Thompson has
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OFF THE RECORD - The empty Sky
Last week's shock-tastic departure of Elisabeth Murdoch from pater's firm to start her own was surely the biggest story at Isleworth since the departures of Messrs Sam Chisholm and David Chance.
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OFF THE RECORD - Duff information
ITV must be overjoyed to have filled it's daytime controller post with the BBC's Maureen Duffy. And why not? The former J Walter Thompson executive has a list of adland credits
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Digital education race on last lap
Granada Media, Anglia and the BBC are to make their final presentations to the Department for Education & Employment (DfEE) next week in the race to win the multi-million pound contract
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Knapp unveils NTL digital services
NTL chief executive Barclay Knapp outlined details of the NTL/Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) merger at last week's launch of its long-awaited digital cable TV service, Digital Plus.NTL is to install
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PREMIER LEAGUE DEADLINE
The deadline for bids for the multi-million pound rights to the Premier League ended this week, with current holder BSkyB expected to have presented a strong case in the face of
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OFF THE RECORD - Dawn inspection
And finally to Channel 5, which was busy at Montreux plugging its forthcoming Naked week in June. During the general starkers gossip, some interesting factoids came to light - for example,
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CUMULUS SELLS TEEN DRAMA THE TRIBE WORLDWIDE
UK-based distributor Cumulus Distribution has racked up further sales for cult teen drama The Tribe, produced by Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment. IBA in Israel, New Zealand's TV3 and Encore Wam! in
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TV crews to film MPs in the House
The RTS has announced the nominations for the Television Sports Awards 1999, with BBC producers taking the lion's share, with a total of 13, followed by independent productions and Sky Sports, which both clocked up 11 shortlisted entries, writes Georgina
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ITFC lands major digital TV contracts
The Independent Television Facilities Centre (ITFC) has won contracts to provide audio-description services to a number of digital terrestrial broadcasters, writes Barbara Marshall.
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UNITED NETS ITV FOOTBALL WEBSITE CONTRACT
United Broadcasting & Entertainment has secured the contract to produce ITV's next website project, ITV-football.co.uk. According to ITV, United was chosen from a shortlist of five companies to pitch for the
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TELETEXT NAMES SAGE AS OFFICIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF
Teletext has named John Sage as editor-in-chief with a brief to develop multi-platform content. He will focus initially on ITV and C4, followed by digital TV content, the web and mobile
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DANCE LABEL FOUNDER LAUNCHES NEW WEB CHANNEL
A new web-based channel called dvtv is to launch next month with an initial£500,000 budget for original commissions. The channel, due to launch on 15 June, plans to broadcast a
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GRAMPIAN MAKES CHANGES
Bectu Scottish organiser Paul McManus welcomed the Independent Television Commission's findings on Scottish Media Group's operation of the Grampian licence this week, saying it was 'a total vindication of our complaint'.
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STORM RADIO LAUNCHES NET CELEBRITY OFF-SHOOT
Storm Radio has launched a celebrity-led, internet-only radio station. Stormlive.com, the brainchild of former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes, managing director of Storm Radio, features live shows 24 hours a day
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Monte Carlo to relaunch as format festival
The Monte Carlo Television Festival is to relaunch as an event dedicated exclusively to formats, abandoning the general market forum it has provided for the past 40 years, writes Lucy Rouse.
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DAL TO BUILD EAST EUROPEAN PLAY-OUT CENTRES FOR UPC
DAL, owned by US company Columbine CJDS, is to build TV and play-out centres in Budapest and Prague for United Pan-European Communications (UPC) subsidiary Wizja Television. The centres will include a
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BSkyB's Zie goes to Static
BSkyB new media director of operations and product development Jeff Zie has left to join Static as channel head of interactive games service Playjam, writes Tara Conlan.
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BSKYB DIGITAL SUBS GROW
BSkyB has seen its new digital subscriber numbers climb by 190,000 in the three months to 31 March 2000, which includes an annualised digital churn rate of 4.8 per cent, taking
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BRIGHTER CLOCKS UP FIFTH SERIES OF FLAVA
Brighter Pictures has won an order for a fifth series of black music show Flava (left). The new 8 x 30-minute run, Flava V, was ordered by Channel 4 deputy commissioning