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OFF THE RECORD - Make my Day
An unexpected side effect of the race to be the next DG is the number of people phoning Channel 5 spinmeister Greg Day's mobile phone - and thinking they've rung Greg
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NTL sets digital date
NTL will launch its digital cable TV services on 1 September and is aiming for 250,000 digital subscribers by mid-2000.The announcement on Wednesday (9 June) came as NTL chief executive Barclay
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CWC suffers drop in customer satisfaction
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) was the only company to suffer a drop in its customer satisfaction ratings in a survey of all pay-TV operators, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Sky mulls move for Uefa Cup home legs
Sky is understood to be interested in buying the rights to the home legs of the three English football clubs competing in next season's Uefa Cup, writes John Plunkett.
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Ocean Post creditors spurn last-minute deal
Ocean Post has failed in its bid to have its application for voluntary administration accepted by creditors.The application, which was a last-minute bid to stave off liquidation, was thrown out at
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CONVERGENCE - Techno wars
Can traditional TV viewing survive the onslaught of the internet or are the integrationists winning the battle?
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Talk to clinch deal for Oyston radio stations
Talk Radio parent company TalkCo is expected to complete the purchase next week of Morecambe music station The Bay and Belfast-based City Beat in a deal believed to be worth more than£4 million, writes John Plunkett.
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Chrysalis launches fifth Galaxy station
Chrysalis Radio launched the fifth of its Galaxy network of dance stations on 1 June. Galaxy 105-106, which is airing in the north-east, was accompanied by a£1 million TV and
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Resources chief in surprise departure
BBC Resources Ltd chief executive Rod Lynch has suddenly quit the corporation.The news comes just two weeks before the publication of the corporation's Annual Report, which will reveal the latest figures
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Shultz named new technology chief at Mill Film
Mill Film has appointed Bill Shultz, former Sony Picture Imageworks senior vice-president of technology and digital production, as its new director of technology. Shultz (left), won an Academy Award earlier this
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Living is Charmed by supernatural thriller
Cable and satellite channel Living has lined up four new acquisitions, three of which are new to the UK, writes Alice Macandrew.
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City Central wins third run
BBC police drama City Central has been recommissioned for a third series by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon, despite a drop in ratings during the second series, writes Tim Dams.
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World Service marks Hemingway centenary
BBC World Service is to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ernest Hemingway with a 2 x 60-minute adaptation of A Farewell to Arms and a 30-minute documentary about
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Jump design and direction has created the titles for new Saturday night lottery show Winning Lines. Commissioned by Celador Productions, they were designed to take viewers on a journey through a
Jump design and direction has created the titles for new Saturday night lottery show Winning Lines. Commissioned by Celador Productions, they were designed to take viewers on a journey through a
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A La Carte serves up second helping of Ramsay show
A La Carte Productions is producing a second series of Gordon Ramsay's Passion for Flavour for the Carlton Food Network (CFN). The 13 x 30 minute cookery series, produced by Sally
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Carlton and Trans World uncover rare WWII footage
Carlton and Trans World International will co-produce an ITV series featuring rare footage of the second world war. The 3 x 60-minute series, The Second World War in Colour, features colour
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OFF THE RECORD - News you can't use
A key part of BBC 1's new-look Nine O'Clock News (or whatever it's called these days) is the groovy 20.00 'taster' presented from the very heart of the TV Centre newsroom.
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Liquidators called in as Lexington Post fails
Soho facility Lexington Post has collapsed. The company has appointed chartered accountants and insolvency practitioners Burley to oversee the winding up of the company.Creditors were informed via notices that went out
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Broadcasters snap up Royal Wedding coverage
BBC Worldwide has sold coverage of the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones to overseas broadcasters including ABC in Australia, Discovery and PBS in the US, France's TF1 and France
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Grundy starts production on new run of Fort Boyard
Pearson Television subsidiary Grundy Productions begins production on a new 15 x 60-minute run of the Channel 5 adventure gameshow, Fort Boyard, next Monday (14 June).