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    Christianity show snub for Bragg

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    LWT controller of arts Melvyn Bragg has attacked Scottish ITV licensees for marginalising his 20-part history of Christianity, Two Thousand Years, writes Tim Dams.

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    FULL SERIES OF MRS BRADLEY MYSTERIES IN PRODUCTION

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC Drama and WGBH Boston have started production on a four-part series of Mrs Bradley Mysteries following the success of the pilot, which racked up eight million viewers when it aired

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    OFF THE RECORD - The bottom line

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Sophie Rhys Jones has got a big bum. Now, before you start writing a letter of complaint, don't take OTR's word for it - ask ITN's friend of the royals, Nicholas

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    ITE opens London office to boost its format sales

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Danish production company Interactive Television Entertainment (ITE) is setting up a London office as part of a bid to sell its formats to UK broadcasters, writes Tim Dams.

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    UNGER JOINS BSC BOARD

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Former Manchester Evening News editor Michael Unger has been appointed to the board of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) by Media Secretary Chris Smith. Unger was also a director of The

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    BIB SIGNS UP PROVIDERS

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    British Interactive Broadcasting (BIB) has signed six content providers to its consumer interactive platform, Open. They are WH Smith, travel agent Going Places, Abbey National, Manchester United, Yellow Pages and Press

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    BENJAMIN SCOOPS THREE EXTRA RUNS OF JAMBOREE

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    ITV has commissioned three more 13 x 10-minute series of the pre-school show Jamboree from Floella Benjamin Productions. Produced by Benjamin and directed by Keith Taylor, the second series begins in

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    PEARSON TV SELLS THE BILL TO BEIJING

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Pearson Television International has sold The Bill to a local commercial channel in Beijing, following another British promotion in China. British Law Week in China, promoting policing, led to the sale

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    BBC team follows in Mallory's footsteps

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    A BBC features production team has been filming the search for the body of English mountaineer George Mallory, which was found on Mount Everest last week, for a BBC 2 documentary, writes Liz Shackleton.

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    BBC to pay SDN to carry Knowledge

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is planning to pay digital terrestrial (DTT) operator S4C Digital Networks (SDN) for carriage of its licence fee-funded education channel, BBC Knowledge.BBC sources have confirmed that the corporation is

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    Young bolsters BBC drama with new trio

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Head of BBC drama series Mal Young has expanded his team with three appointments, writes Liz Shackleton.

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    BBC TV NEWS BULLETINS GET A FACELIFT

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC News has dumped its virtual reality set in favour of a more traditional approach for the relaunch of its flagship Six O'Clock News bulletin on Monday (10 May). The new

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    BBC DOMINATES RTS TV JOURNALISM NOMINATIONS

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The BBC dominates the shortlist for the Royal Television Society (RTS) TV Journalism Awards, having received nominations for all but two of the 14 categories, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Steven Barnett

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    On why the snaffling of Test Match cricket by Talk Radio should force the BBC to rethink its coverage.

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    Bannister begins restructure of Production

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister is seeking to appoint controllers of radio production and talent management as part of an expansion of the directorate's management board, writes Jason Deans.

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    CNNI HIRES BAINES TO FRONT SPORTS WORLD

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    CNN International has signed up Saxon Baines as its first full-time female anchor for 30-minute daily sports round-up Sports World. Baines is currently a presenter of ITV's London Tonight, Channel 4's

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    Carlton backs bid for Spanish digital

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Communications has joined a consortium led by Spanish telecommunications company Retevision to bid for a digital terrestrial television licence in Spain.The consortium, Onda Digital, applied for the licence last week

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    OFF THE RECORD - Plowman's awards pickle

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Spare a thought for poor BBC Production entertainment supremo Jon Plowman, who flew back from Montreux last week just hours before the Beeb's very own The League of Gentleman picked up

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    ITV out on top at RTS Sports Awards

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    ITV companies had a good night at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Sports Awards last week, triumphing in seven network and regional categories, writes Liz Shackleton.

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    JACKS MADE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT VP AT AVID

    1999-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology has appointed Ethan E Jacks as vice-president of business development and general counsel. Jacks is expected to concentrate on expanding Avid's intellectual property base. The company already has around