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OFF THE RECORD - Short and curlies
Channel 5's attempt to escape its pornmungous reputation took a knock last month when a technical hitch in the Yorkshire area meant that viewers in the north-east were treated to an
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CORRECTION
Broadcast would like to point out that the graphic detailing ITV's service commitments published as part of last week's feature on public service TV only related to networked programming and did
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CNNI recruits and sets up sports unit
CNN International's (CNNI) service for Europe, Africa and the middle east has unveiled plans to recruit 12 more UK staff and set up a London-based on-air sports production department.The broadcaster is
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CLASSIC SETTLES WITH RAY
The copyright dispute between Classic FM and the late Robin Ray has been settled out of court. Ray, who died in November 1998 and was employed by the station as a
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VSI SELLS CONTRACT FOR PRODUCING FOOTBALL CHANNEL
Visionsport International (VSI) has sold its contract to produce the Boro TV service for Middlesbrough football club to Wembley-based facilities outfit Gearhouse Broadcast. One of VSI's joint directors, Steve Katz, has
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ITC OPENS CONSULTATION INTO CARLTON/UNITED MERGER
The Independent Television Commission has opened its consultation into the proposed merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media.It is calling for comment about whether the merger would be against
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LAGARDERE TAKES STAKES IN CANAL+ CHANNELS
French media and defence conglomerate Lagardere has completed a deal with Canal+ which gives it a 34 per cent stake in the pay-TV outfit's digital TV platform, Canal Satellite, and a
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INDUSTRY BUZZWORDS - The jargonaut
No-one gets on in TV these days without using certain ridiculous phrases. Paul Rincon investigates.
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PINNACLE SYSTEMS BUYS MAKER OF HOLLYWOODFX
Pinnacle Systems has increased its software library of digital video effects by buying Salt Lake City-based Synergy International, which makes the HollywoodFX software for video content creation applications. The software consists
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BTDA RETHINKS STATISTICS
UK distributors' trade body the British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA) has introduced a new methodology for collating TV export statistics, along with the Office of National Statistics and the Department for
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BTDA AND PACT PLAN MAJOR SUMMER EXPORT CONFERENCE
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) and producers' alliance Pact are planning a major conference in London this summer, bringing together UK distributors, producers and broadcasters to discuss ways of improving
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BSkyB to scrap plans for Sky Premier
BSkyB is considering ditching its plan to air comedy and drama series on Sky Premier in a bid to boost its general entertainment channel, Sky One, ahead of the launch of
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Turner Laing's brief grows
BBC Broadcast controller of programme acquisition Sophie Turner Laing has been handed an expanded role at the directorate, taking on extra responsibility for business affairs, writes Tim Dams.
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TRADE TALK - On the box
Douglas Chirnside, MD of Douglas Chirnside Productions MD, on Trigger Happy TV and The Real Oliver Reed.
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ITV unveils plan to boost peak share
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has promised more drama events, factual entertainment and live football as part of a plan to hit its adjusted 38.5 per cent peaktime share target
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MILLIONAIRE SUFFERS BLOW
ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? suffered a ratings blow this week, when it was beaten by BBC 1 soap EastEnders on both Monday (17 January) and Tuesday (18 January).
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Thirteen bid for mobile licences
Virgin Group, NTL, EMI and Tesco are among the companies applying to bid for the UK's planned third generation (3G) mobile phone licences.Thirteen groups have applied to bid in Europe's first
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FILMFOUR BEATS TARGET
FilmFour recorded a total of 252,000 subscribers at the end of 1999, well above its own forecasts of 150,000-200,000. The subscription level was 45,000 at the end of 1998 and the
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BBC CHARTS HISTORY OF TALK SHOWS FOR NEW SERIES
BBC Production's entertainment division is working on a 2 x 50-minute primetime series for BBC 1, The History of the Talk Show. Featuring a range of talk show hosts, such as
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BBC dramas line up Poliakoff/McGovern
New TV dramas by Jimmy McGovern and Stephen Poliakoff have been commissioned by head of BBC films and single drama David Thompson.The McGovern project, Liam, his first for the corporation since