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    Zig Zag lines up Learning

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Zig Zag Productions has secured three commissions from The Learning Channel in the US, writes Tara Conlan.

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    RED TO PITCH FOR ITV SOAP

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Red Productions has been approached by ITV director of programmes David Liddiment to make a pitch for the new, home-grown teen soap that will replace Home and Away. Red joins a

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    Trade Talk - Lis Howell

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    On a TV industry that undervalues creativity and is running scared of the internet.

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    Jessel quits Just to work for himself

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Just TV co-founder and presenter David Jessel is relinquishing his directorship and going freelance following the indie's loss of the Channel 4 Trial and Error contract last year, writes Ashley Davies.

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    HADFIELD LEAVES TVI FOR XYTECH SYSTEMS

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Former TVI IT manager Simon Hadfield has joined Xytech Systems UK as regional account manager for the UK. He will manage all Xytech's sales and marketing efforts in the UK. Xytech

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    Treays quits United for Granada TV

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Granada Television head of documentaries Bill Jones has poached acclaimed film-maker Jane Treays from United Productions, writes Ashley Davies.

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    GRANADA RAISES STAKE IN OZ'S SEVEN NETWORK

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Granada has raised its take in Australia's Seven Network to 10.4 per cent. The company initially purchased 9.1 per cent stake last month for A$141 million (£54.7 million). The deal was

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    Off the Record - Go with the flow

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Griff Rhys Jones got more than he bargained for when he recently asked leisure gameshow tsar Peter Bazalgette to help his campaign to save the Hackney Empire. Only if you help

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    FUTURE FILMFOUR SUBSCRIBERS TO SIGN UP VIA THE WEB

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    FilmFour has set up a service to enable new subscribers to sign up via its website, www.filmfour.com, and allow connection to the service within 48 hours. The site also provides links

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    Everett hires as Holland exits

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC controller of interactive TV and navigation Katharine Everett has boosted her team with two new recruits from BSkyB as news leaked out that BBC head of interactive TV John Holland has left the corporation, writes David Wood.

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    Opinion - Will interactive TV ever interact?

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Spare a thought this week for poor Caroline McDevitt, chief executive of the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (Barb). In a break from the usual thankless task of keeping the unruly factions

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    Endemol sale sparks indie quotas rethink

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    One of the UK's largest independents, GMG Endemol, looks set to lose its indie status in a development that is expected to have dramatic repercussions across the independent production sector.The move

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    Frizell firm favourite for GMTV editor

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    GMTV board members are expected to announce the appointment of executive producer of weekday output Martin Frizell as the broadcaster's new editor next week, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Off the Record - Earning the popcorn

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to the good people of Carlton who are rightly proud of a groovy new sponsorship deal for their late-night film review show, Movie Nights. The show is being sponsored by

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    Platt named director of Kilgarriff portal

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Former Rapture chief Richard Kilgarriff has signed ex-United Broadcasting and Entertainment director of broadcasting and channel development Richard Platt as non-executive director of his new entertainment portal ichoosetv, writes David Wood.

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    Itel set to sign two format deals

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Itel is poised to sign two exclusive US format deals, including an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television for Tales of the Unexpected, writes Colin Robertson.

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    ITALIAN VERSION OF TODAY'S THE DAY GOES PRIMETIME

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The Italian Rai 3 version of Mentorn Group's daytime format Today's the Day, which ran on BBC 2 for five years until 1998, has moved onto primetime on Monday nights while

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    YATES FRONTS CONTROVERSY-BASED VIDEO HISTORY SHOW

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Sky One has lined up Paula Yates to front a new show about censored, cut and controversial clips from music and video history. The Censored Video Show is a 2 x

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    'SOAP TAX' PROPOSED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Programme producers and writers could see their incomes boosted if a draft European Commission (EC) directive, which proposes charging viewers to tape TV programmes, is adopted into British law later this

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    Tiger and Wark Clements join forces

    2000-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect and Wark Clements have banded together to form a 50:50 joint-venture indie to produce comedy, entertainment, drama and factual programmes in Glasgow, writes Ashley Davies.