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ITV prepares to launch kids pay-TV
ITV is gearing up to launch a CITV-branded children's pay-TV channel before the end of 2000, writes Jason Deans.
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OPINION - Producers are the key for ITV target
Before Christmas Broadcast asked the $64,000 question: would ITV hit its 40 per cent primetime viewing target this year? And already we know the answer. The network is not even trying
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INTERVIEW - The screen saver
Despite being forced to operate with limited funds, David Thompson, head of BBC films and single drama, has racked up a number of critical successes in cinema and TV, putting paid to the notion that single drama is dead.
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Shaps moves up in Granada revamp
Granada Television director of programmes Simon Shaps is to replace Andrea Wonfor and Jules Burns by becoming managing director of Granada Media Productions (GMP), the UK's biggest commercial TV programme-making house.Shaps'
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Gem garden show sold to WNET
GMG Endemol Entertainment distribution arm Gem has agreed a deal to sell hit BBC 1 format Ground Force into the US market, writes Tim Dams.
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THE FUTURE OF SCHEDULING - The scheduling war zone
In the face of ever-increasing competition for ratings across the networks, the job of the schedulers has never been so important. But will there still be a place for them in the digital age or are they a dying breed, asks Peter Keighron.
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FLASHBACK WINS FUNDS FOR WEB-BASED RESEARCH SYSTEM
Flashback Television has won funding from the Lumiere Project to develop a web-based television research asset management system called ResearchSpace.The system will create online databases containing all research material for TV
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GAIT LAUNCHES FESTIVAL FOR INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED TV
The Global Association of Independent Television (Gait) has announced plans for its first annual festival dedicated solely to independently produced TV. The four-day festival, to be held in September at the
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NET USERS FAVOUR SELF-REGULATION OVER WATCHDOGS
New research from the Independent Television Commission shows that the public would prefer self-regulation of their internet use rather than relying on an independent agency watchdog or internet service providers.Using a
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RATINGS - TX - IN MY EXPERIENCE
Producer: Lambent ProductionsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 10.00, 21 JanuaryLength: 3 x 25-minutesCommissioned by: Paul AshtonProducers: Pat Sharpe, Emma Wakefield, Isabelle PavittThings have come a long way since the sex education lessons that
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PRO-BEL ENTERS INTERNET STREAMING MARKET
Pro-Bel has entered the internet market, selling its first Clarinet to Virtue Interactive, which provides live audio broadcasts on the internet. Clarinet, a broadcast compliant streaming media coder, will officially launch
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MILLIONAIRE INELIGIBLE FOR PRIMETIME EMMY
The US version of Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (right), which provided ABC with the runaway ratings success of 1999, will not be eligible for any Primetime Emmy
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OFF THE RECORD - A finger on the Dyke
On Off The Record's trawls around cyberspace our attention was grabbed by a registered domain name - gregdyke.com. Further investigation revealed that it has been registered by BBC sports producer Nigel
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PAXMAN DRAWS UP WISHLIST FOR ONE-OFF INTERVIEWS
Hilary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and Steven Spielberg are some of the names on an interview wishlist being drawn up by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman for BBC 2. A series has not
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DOC-MAKER WATSON TAKES ON UNIVERSITY ROLE
Veteran documentary producer/director Paul Watson, who last year left Granada Television to join United Productions, is to take up the post of visiting fellow at Salford University. Watson will work with
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TELEMAGINATION REBRANDS FACILITY AS SHINE DIGITAL
Telemagination has rebranded its digital ink and paint facility as a separate company - Shine Digital - as a result of increasing workload and the planned investment in new 3D systems.
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OFF THE RECORD - The digital future is here
Y2K-style glitches have also been evident at On Digital. One sharp-eyed viewer spotted a message (above) - all too familiar to users of Microsoft's Windows operating system - on S4C Digital
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SONY RADIO JUDGES INCLUDE RAEBURN AND DALLAGIO
The deadline for nominations for this year's Sony Radio Awards closes on Tuesday (25 January). Among the judges for this year's awards are former Talk Radio broadcaster Anna Raeburn, England rugby
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CWC AND GAMEPLAY STRIKE RETAIL INTERNET DEAL
Internet gaming outfit Gameplay has signed a deal with Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) to put its online retail services on the cable outfit's digital interactive TV service. Gameplay, which will
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CURRAN QUITS GEITF TO HOOK UP WITH WALL TO WALL
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) is looking for a deputy director after the resignation of Susanne Curran. She will join Wall to Wall Television as associate producer in the