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OFF THE RECORD - Sloping off
Senior BBC execs were in an abstemious mood at Sir John Birt's new year drinks t'other week. Director general imminent Greg Dyke bowed out early to play footie with his son.
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OFF THE RECORD - Skinning up
And finally (surely that's another section, ed) here's a shot of funny man Frank Skinner (below), snapped at last week's Broadcast Awards do scanning the winners supplement - no doubt to
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MONEY SETS TARGET SHARE
The Money Channel has set a target of a 0.4 per cent share in Sky Digital homes within six months of its launch on 7 February and a 0.6 per cent
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MASON QUITS RAPTURE
Rapture TV founding director Debbie Mason is to leave the United-owned youth channel on the eve of its launch as a seven-day-a-week operation. Mason, whose programming duties have been absorbed by
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OFF THE RECORD - Salmon grilled
And so to Rules' eaterie where everyone's favourite prankster Noel Edmonds put on a serious face last week as he puffed his indie Unique's move into pastures new media. But there
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ITN TO PROVIDE GMTV'S NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS SLOT
ITN has won the contract to provide Northern Ireland's regional news slot on GMTV from Reuters. The five-year deal starts on 27 March. ITN deputy director of development Angela Frier will
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MCGOVERN QUITS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLDWIDE
National Geographic Channels Worldwide president Sandy McGovern has left to set up her own media consulting firm, McGovern Media Associates. McGovern, who has overseen the channel's aggressive development since September 1997
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WORLD OF WONDER LAUNCHES SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE
US/UK indie World of Wonder has opened a new office in San Francisco to coincide with the launch of a new media arm. World of Wonder head of development Lucian James
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TALK SPORT WINS RINGSIDE SEAT FOR TYSON VS FRANCIS
Kelvin MacKenzie's Talk Sport has beaten BBC Radio 5 Live to the live radio rights for Mike Tyson's heavyweight clash with Julius Francis in Manchester on Saturday (29 January). The station,
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FLEXTECH SIGNS MURPHY
Flextech digital and interactive arm Flextech Interactive has appointed former BBC Online producer Paul Murphy as director of content. Murphy will oversee output on Flextech's 13 websites including Bravo and its
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VANESSA FELTZ TO TALK TELEVISION WITH LION TV
Lion Television has won the contract to make Vanessa Feltz's new daytime show, 10 x 30-minute series Talking Television - despite the fact that BBC Production's features and events department made
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Scot execs on US tour
A group of Scottish TV executives last week kicked off a US fact-finding mission as part of a Scottish Enterprise-funded enquiry into the future of film, TV and games design, writes
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Postcard from ... Katy Elliott in New Orleans
There is no doubt that the traditional Natpe folk are feeling somewhat bombarded. And not just by the golf ball-sized hailstones that battered New Orleans on Sunday night (even blasting through
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Wyatt hits out at Dyke
Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has launched a scathing attack on new director general Greg Dyke following the row over Dyke's Granada shares, writes Steve Clarke.Wyatt, writing in the
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Dyke's duo
Robin Foster and Carolyn Fairbairn are little known at the BBC but the impact of these ex-consultants could be far-reaching. Tim Dams reports.
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Shewell to head RDF drama move
Indie factual specialist RDF Television has hired Real Women producer Debbie Shewell to spearhead the production company's first foray into drama production.RDF director of programmes Stephen Lambert said Shewell, who takes
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OFF THE RECORD - Party on down
But boozing or not, there's certainly something of a party atmosphere at the BBC these days. Even the corporation's director of technology Philip Langsdale was up for it at Sir John's
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LWT STARTS WORK ON REFORMATTED CUSTOMS DRAMA
LWT has gone into production with reformatted ITV customs and excise drama The Knock (left). The first of 4 x 90-minute new episodes stars Rik Mayall as an African-born businessman who
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MILLENNIUM COMMISSION UNVEILS NEW FILM AND TV FUND
The Millennium Commission is bankrolling a new scheme under which 225 people will receive funding for new TV, radio or internet productions. Organised by the Community Media Association, the Millennium Award
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CNN International to visit Hot Spots
CNN International (CNNI) is to launch a weekly 30-minute international travel show from 4 March, produced by London-based indie ARTV, writes Tara Conlan.The upmarket consumer travel show, Hot Spots, will be