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ITN IN ON DIGITAL TALKS
ITN has had preliminary discussions with digital terrestrial broadcaster On Digital about possible carriage for its planned 24-hour news channel.ITN is understood to be planning to launch the channel around the
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GRABINER SUES ON DIGITAL FOR YEAR'S SALARY
Former On Digital chief executive Stephen Grabiner is suing the digital terrestrial broadcaster for a year's salary, understood to be worth about£300,000. Grabiner quit the outfit on 13 July and
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Sky holds off on sports decision
BSkyB has stalled on a decision to supply Sky Sports 2 to rival digital operator On Digital, despite a positive ruling from the Independent Television Commission last week, writes John Plunkett.The
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GEM DRIVES DEALS ON WHEELS TO MIPCOM
GMG Endemol sales arm Gem is to take a mix of shows and formats to this year's Mipcom programming market, which takes place in Cannes from 4-8 October. Shows available range
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MOLINARE SCORES SOCCER DEAL WITH ON DIGITAL
Molinare's transmission arm has secured a contract with digital terrestrial broadcaster On Digital to provide play-out facilities for Champions on 99, one of the new Uefa Champions' League channels. Molinare is
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DIGITAL ONE LAUNCH DATE
National commercial digital radio multiplex Digital One has announced that it will officially launch on 15 November, simulcasting the three existing national commercial services Classic FM, Talk Radio and Virgin. The
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Smith to outline switch-off criteria
Media Secretary Chris Smith will outline the criteria broadcasters must meet for the analogue switch-off when he speaks to industry leaders at the Cambridge Convention of the Royal Television Society (RTS)
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ITV splits World Cup coverage
ITV has unveiled details of its live coverage of this year's rugby World Cup, which will be split between the terrestrial network and digital channel ITV2, writes John Plunkett.ITV will show
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OFF THE RECORD - Final countdown
Sir John Birt will naturally be wanting to go out with a bang at this weekend's Royal Television Society schmoozefest, sorry, rigorous debate in Cambridge. So much so, in fact, that
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV winning ratings war with colour doc
ITV's ploy of scheduling documentary series Second World War in Colour at 22.00 paid off handsomely last Thursday (9 September), bringing in a 7.4 million audience (42 per cent share), writes
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CME SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT CZECH SUBSIDIARY
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) suspended operation of its Czech broadcasting subsidiary CNTS and laid off more than 215 staff last Thursday (9 September). The move comes after Vladimir Zelezny, CME's
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CITV GETS READY TO GO ONLINE
CITV is gearing up to launch a website on 25 October that will be produced by indie new media producer Workhouse. The site will include pages for CITV shows including Mopatop's
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Zenith challenges News at Ten move
Zenith Media, one of the UK's biggest advertising agencies, has concluded that moving News at Ten was unnecessary for ITV to achieve its ambition this year of winning 39 per cent
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Duggan leaves PBS for 'new challenges'
Ervin Duggan, president of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), quit last Thursday (9 September), saying he wanted to move on to 'new challenges', writes Claire Atkinson.An interim chief executive, PBS board
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CANWEST'S LONDON OPERATION TO TRADE AS FIREWORKS
CanWest Entertainment's London-based distribution operation - which was set up in July (Broadcast, 9.7.99) - is to trade under the name of Canadian producer/distributor Fireworks, which was acquired by CanWest in
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OPINION - ITV needs grilling too at Cambridge
The cards are stacked against the BBC at this weekend's Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention. ITV, on the other hand, looks likely to be given the softest of soft rides. This
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RTS CAMBRIDGE - Questions for the minister
As Media Secretary Chris Smith prepares for a grilling at Cambridge, Broadcast asks industry figures what questions they would put to him, while below, United Productions boss John Willis defends UK television's reputation overseas.
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SUN GRABS STAKE IN BULLDOG GROUP
Sun Microsystems has taken an equity stake in content management software company The Bulldog Group. The value of the deal is not known but Bulldog said investment had been 'substantial'. At
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WEIR'S GOTTA HAVE IT AS TARBUCK GOES TO BREAKFAST
Arabella Weir has stepped in at short notice to present the third series of TalkBack Productions' Channel 4 fashion show, She's Gotta Have It, following regular host Liza Tarbuck's move to
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BORDER RADIO INTO PROFIT
Border Television's radio division moved into profit for the first time in the three months to 31 July. Border chairman James Graham, speaking at the company's annual general meeting last Thursday