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    BT Broadcast appoints new head

    2000-12-11T14:58:00Z

    Smith to oversee three new broadcast services divisions

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    BSkyB shares jump on upgrade

    2000-12-11T13:07:00Z

    Satellite broadcaster's shares add 5.4 per cent after Goldman Sachs' re-evaluation

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    VFG plans national local TV network

    2000-12-11T12:02:00Z

    New company Local Broadcasting Group agrees rights to 36 regional TV licences giving access to over 4m viewers

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    BBC Sports channel back on horizon

    2000-12-11T11:21:00Z

    Corporation plans dedicated channel next year but support from Culture secretary far from certain

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    Carlton sells Technicolor for£1.4 billion

    2000-12-11T09:11:00Z

    French electronics group Thomson Multimedia secures agreement to acquire Technicolor as Carlton becomes strategic investor in Thomson/Microsoft interactive TV venture, TAK

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    ClicVision mounts UK push

    2000-12-08T17:11:00Z

    French interactive agency plans January launch for UK division of internet production arm RichProd

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    Megalomedia sells FrameStore and CFC in£12 million deal

    2000-12-08T15:45:00Z

    Walking With Dinosaurs creators and company responsible for effects on The Beach sold back to management in landmark deal

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    SMG mounts dawn raid on SRH

    2000-12-08T12:53:00Z

    Flanagan's SMG builds 14.9 per cent stake in Scottish rival but says it has no 'current plans' to make bid for whole company

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    BBC close to naming controllers for new digital channels

    2000-12-08T12:01:00Z

    Stuart Murphy strongly tipped as BBC 3 head while Roly Keating (left) is almost certain for BBC 4 role

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    BBC close to naming new digital controllers

    2000-12-08T11:45:00Z

    Stuart Murphy strongly tipped as BBC 3 head while Roly Keating almost certain for BBC 4 role

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    BBC 1 unveils winter drama line-up

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    New BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has announced her channel's£158m winter schedule, with the bulk of her budget being spent on new drama, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    On digital awards 100-match contract

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    On Digital has handed the multimillion pound production work for its Football League contract to London News Network's sports division, ISN, and Carlton 021, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Nick Jr bags 126-hour slate

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has bought 126 hours of programming for next year, including the UK premiere of new episodes of children's animation Bob the Builder, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Independents - Shed wins 2nd ITV commission

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Shed Productions, the independent run by former Ginger TV boss Eileen Gallagher, has scored its second commission after bagging another long-running drama order from ITV.Footballers' Wives has been commissioned by ITV

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    ITV2 wins bid for Ultimate Auction

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    The identity of the well-heeled bidders at last week's Ultimate Auction event are set to be revealed exclusively to ITV2 viewers after the broadcaster secured the UK rights to the event, writes Colin Robertson.

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    LWT orders London programme for 2001

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    LWT managing director Lindsay Charlton has asked London News Network (LNN) and The Lab to produce four instalments each of its flagship current affairs strand, The London Programme, to air next

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    C4 plans late night dramas

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of drama Tessa Ross is understood to be planning a new late-night drama strand as part of a move to use the genre in new parts of the schedule, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Initial to make Christmas party for C4

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK production arm Initial has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce 4 Later's all-night Christmas party Do Not Sleep.Ordered by C4 commissioning editor, night-time Darren Bender the show

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    Terrestrial - C5 seeks 'counter cultural' audience

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is looking for new high-rating factual programme ideas for the 20.00-21.00 slot and has told indies it wants to broaden the subject matter it covers, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Radio's new digital adventure

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    The white paper, like this year's MacTaggart lecture, is bound to disappoint when it finally does appear because it has been so heavily trailed in advance. But for this industry, the