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    OFF THE RECORD - Submit! Submit!

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Off The Record is as excited as the next man about top economist Gavyn Davies' review of the licence fee (and that next man is Gavyn Davies).So it was with heavy

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    OFF THE RECORD - Wonderful schedule

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Say what you like about the new ITV schedule, but you can't claim David Liddiment isn't prepared to innovate. Why, only this week the Network Centre decided to run the last

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    OFF THE RECORD - And the winner is ... me!

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Interesting times are guaranteed at the prestigious Television Sports Awards at the end of this month. OTR is particularly looking forward to the regional sports presenter/commentator award. Among the nominees are

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    NEW MEDIA - The real life show

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    As webcams have proliferated, internet broadcasting has moved on from its early days of amateur porn; now almost anyone can be a broadcaster. But how relevant is this to conventional broadcasters, asks Ed Shelton.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Logo larks

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The decorators have been out in force at the Channel 4 building in Horseferry Road. As regular viewers of the channel will know, it recently dumped its 'four circles' logo in

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    WHILE KREIZ TAKES ON NEW SABAN ROLE

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Fox Kids Europe president Ynon Kreiz adds the role of president, Saban Merchandising to his responsibilities as part of a management restructuring in the group, effective from 1 July. The rejig

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    Lumley to star in ITV soap sitcom

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Pearson Television subsidiary Alomo to produce a sitcom starring Joanna Lumley as a fictional soap star, writes John Plunkett.Dr Willoughby is Lumley's first sitcom since Absolutely Fabulous for

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    ITV scores RTS nominations

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV has been nominated for a Royal Television Society (RTS) 1998 Sports Award for its coverage of the FA Cup final last year - the first year ITV took over broadcasting

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    QUIRK JAZZ MUSIC HEAD

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Jazz FM presenter Steve Quirk has been appointed the station's new head of music. He took up the position on Monday (12 April), replacing Ashley Banks. Quirk, who has been with

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    Quantel gears up with Swat launch

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Quantel has announced the formation a new software applications team in the strongest hint yet as to the company's long-term strategic direction.The new unit, called Swat, will drive the integration of

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    OPINION - Indies must gain in Smith review

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Film has had its share of the political limelight and, again in the shadow of the silver screen, it's now television's turn. A government review of the production sector - which

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    OFF THE RECORD - X-rated fm

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Some people will do anything to get on the radio. When a 19-year-old student offered to turn up starkers at London's Xfm in order to win a pair of tickets to

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    ROMANIA FIRST STOP ON FOX KIDS' EAST EUROPE ROLL-OUT

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Fox Kids is launching a new service in central and eastern Europe, starting with a daily 12-hour service in Romania, which kicked off on 1 April. The Romanian service will be

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    EADES GOES TO ULSTER

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    David Eades has been appointed Northern Ireland correspondent for BBC News. He replaces Mark Devenport, now the BBC's United Nations correspondent. Eades was formerly European affairs correspondent for BBC World and

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    OFF THE RECORD - =. - DUTY LOG

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    This week's round-up of incoming calls is from LWT. Readers can now call our own duty office with their comments on ...Caller on the Jerry Springer Show: 'You should not have

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    LAWRENCE SUSPECTS INTERVIEWS FAIL TO DRAW PUNTERS

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The first edition of ITV's long-awaited Tonight with Trevor McDonald drew a relatively disappointing average audience of 4.8 million (26 per cent share) from 22.00 last Thursday (8 April), for Martin

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    ROUTLEDGE IN FOR DRAPER

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Talk Radio has named Mirror political columnist Paul Routledge as the temporary replacement for Derek Draper, who was sacked after calling the station on-air from what he said was a brothel

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    Top of the docs

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Hard-working, serious - even dour to some - Bill Jones is seen by most as a safe pair of hands for Granada documentaries, writes Nicola Methven.

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    Sharing Stories seeks new director

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Annual international co-production conference Sharing Stories is seeking a new festival director following current incumbent Pauline Muirhead's decision to step down, writes Nicola Methven.The role of the new director will be

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    GOVERNMENT TRIALS DIGITAL

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The Government is to trial the proposals for a digital education channel put forward by Granada Television, United News & Media and the BBC.The Department for Education & Employment said on