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Top of the docs
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
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
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
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On Digital unveils exclusive shows
On Digital raised the stakes in the battle for digital TV subscribers last week by unveiling a slate of exclusive programming, including one-off episodes of ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.The
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DCE to plug Euro gap with French launch next year
Discovery Communications Europe (DCE) hopes to launch a stand-alone pay-TV channel in France within the next year - plugging the only remaining gap in the European network, writes Alice Macandrew.DCE managing
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MTV MAKES DATE FOR FIVE NIGHT STAND
The second MTV's Five Night Stand concert event will air on MTV from 17-23 May at 11.00 and 19.00. Five nights of live music will be filmed at the Shepherd's Bush
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Sales data 'must improve'
Distributors must release more detailed sales data to improve UK statistics on TV exports, according to the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), which has ordered an overhaul of official
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OFF THE RECORD - Just not cricket
You have to feel sorry for Talk Radio head honcho Kelvin MacKenzie - and OTR never thought it would say that. Desperate to broadcast more sport and take on BBC Radio
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OFF THE RECORD - Con or Connery?
Those purveyors of fine classical music at Classic FM took their lives in their hands when they refused a request from none other than James Bond himself. Or so it seemed.
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LINK ROARS WITH ETHELBERT THE TIGER COMMISSION
Link Entertainment has been commissioned by the BBC to produce 26 x 5-minute episodes of Ethelbert the Tiger, a fantasy animation for pre-schoolers for delivery in 2000. A co-production with Millimages,
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Media groups still in market for clubs
The Government's decision to block BSkyB's proposed takeover of Manchester United leaves the door open for other media groups to bid successfully for Premier League clubs, according to City sources.Insiders suggested
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DENMEAD SETS UP LONDON OFFICE FOR EUROPEAN CLIENTS
Denmead Marketing, the Los Angeles-based international marketing agency for TV and film producers, is setting up a London office to deal with existing European clients and develop new business from international
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PARAMOUNT CLEARS SCHEDULE FOR SEINFELD WEEKEND
The Paramount Comedy Channel is devoting a weekend to Seinfeld. Fourteen episodes of the NBC sitcom will air back-to-back on 8-9 May from 21.00.Host Matt Lucas (alias George Dawes) will introduce
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CLASSIC GOES LIVE
Classic FM has launched a live concerts division and will broadcast 12 live events between June and Christmas this year. All the concerts will air in its new Friday Night in
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Chrysalis TV North scores first order with Owen
Chrysalis Television's new northern arm has secured its first commission, a BBC TV soccer skills series featuring Liverpool and England footballer Michael Owen, writes John Plunkett.Chrysalis TV North head Alan Hurndall
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Channel Earth readies for launch on SDN slate
Channel Earth, the proposed digital service headed by former managing director of BBC Network Radio Liz Forgan, is expected to launch in the first half of next year as part of
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CAPITAL SIGNS FROST TO SPEARHEAD ONLINE DEVELOPMENT
Capital Radio has poached head of BBC Online Mark Frost to spearhead its online activities. Capital launched its first website in 1996 and now has a network of 10 sites with
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CANAL+ NEARING DEAL ON ITALIAN PAY-TV SUBSIDIARY
Canal+ is negotiating with Telecom Italia to acquire the Italian telecoms company's pay-TV subsidiary, Stream. The French broadcast group has bid FFr669 million (£68.6 million) to acquire Stream, which would take
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S&M HAILS FIRST SALE OF CAKES TRACKING SOFTWARE
Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) Group software development subsidiary Unique ID has sold the first of its Cakes web-based asset tracking and production management systems to The Moving Picture Company a week
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NICKELODEON BUYS FIRST RUN OF US SHOW TWO OF A KIND
Nickelodeon UK has acquired the first series of US children's comedy Two of a Kind from Warner Bros' international television division. The 22 x 30-minute episodes will air on Nickelodeon UK