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BBC 1 buys Enfield specials
Tiger Aspect has revealed that it is working on two Harry Enfield specials for BBC 1 less than two weeks before the comic's new series debuts on Sky One, writes Ashley Davies.
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Salmon ponders BBC 1 exit
The BBC has refused to deny that BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is considering stepping down, despite BBC director-general Greg Dyke finally praising Salmon at this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival, writes Tara Conlan.
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New waters for VH1 boss
MTV Europe VH1 vice-president of production and programming Tim Robinson is quitting the business for a sailing career, writes Simon Ellery.
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - NTL allots£10m to fund local content
NTL has unveiled a new£10m fund that is earmarked for developing local video-on-demand (VOD), enhanced text and local news.Announcing the move at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, NTL general manager
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PUB GRUB TO BE SUBJECT OF NEW CFN 15-PART SERIES
Carlton Food Network has commissioned indie producer Twodotfour.com to make a new 15 x 30-minute series on pub food. Carlton Food Network channel director Anne Gray has ordered the series which
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BBC RADIO 2 TO BROADCAST MERSEY BEAT DOCUMENTARY
USP Radio Projects is completing production on Mersey Beat for BBC Radio 2. The 2 x 60-minute documentary commissioned by R2 controller Jim Moir is about the Mersey Beat in Liverpool
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U>DIRECT TO CHARGE FOR 2002 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
Pay TV outfit U>Direct is to charge pubs, clubs and hotels£160 to show the England World Cup 2002 qualifier against Finland on 11 October. In what is billed as the
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Media outfits back£36m capital fund
The Guardian Media Group, Channel 5 and radio outfits GWR Group, Jazz FM and The Wireless Group are backing Accelerator Media, a new£36m venture capital fund, to invest in technology
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C4 cancels Liberia doc
Channel 4 has put a stop on the documentary Sorious Samura and his team were working on when they were taken hostage in Liberia, writes Ashley Davies.
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - C4 and kids channels balk at BBC proposals
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has vowed to fight the BBC's proposed third channel which will go head to head with C4's entertainment channel E4 (set to launch this
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FIRST R5 APPOINTMENTS
New BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has announced his first two appointments since starting on 7 August. Commissioning editor, news Steve Kyte will now deputise for Shennan replacing Mike
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CHANNEL 5 SETS UP ARM TO COVER NEW MEDIA INTERESTS
Channel 5 is setting up a new division called E5 to handle the broadcaster's new media interests and digital services. The outfit will be headed by C5 director of finance Damien
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - Airey: C5 board will boost budget
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey believes the broadcaster's share-holders RTL and United News & Media will increase the channel's programme budget, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OPINION - Failure to adapt is the real threat
As the dust settles on another Edinburgh Television Festival some have rather unfairly suggested that Dyke's second MacTaggart was a masterpiece of presentation over content.But the truth is that it was
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FLEXTECH LINES UP ADDICTS
Flextech is understood to have bought the interactive rights to BBC 1 show Telly Addicts from format owners Unique TV. According to sources close to the deal, Flextech has completed a
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SKILLSET SURVEY TO ADDRESS ENGINEER SHORTAGE
Skillset is conducting a survey to obtain information about the shortage of audio-visual engineers in the industry. The study follows recognition by the Skillset/DCMS Audio-visual Industries Training Group that the lack
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OFF THE RECORD - Advisor, my arse
Also on the far Eastern trips front, Star TV czar James Murdoch told of how, when travelling in Japan for his dad's firm, he tried very hard indeed to master a
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - Dyke backs Salmon after exit rumours
BBC director general Greg Dyke has given his backing to BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon following rumours that Salmon may quit, writes Tara Conlan.
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Cintel and ITK agree to end dispute
Cintel and Innovation TK have settled out of court, ending the recent dispute over telecine-related patents, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ITC APPOINTS ALAN STEWART AS INCOMING SCOTTISH CHIEF
The Independent Television Commission has appointed its new Scottish chief to replace Brian Marjoribanks, who is retiring after 17 years. Alan Stewart, currently deputy head of the regulator's Glasgow office, takes