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65,000 TAKE UP FILMFOUR
FilmFour, the new pay-TV film channel from Channel 4, has attracted 65,000 subscribers within four months of launch. The new channel aimed to attract 150,000 subscribers by the end of this
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Super sleuths
Last year Laurie Flynn and Michael Sean Gillard exposed the fakery of The Connection - now they've turned their guns on C4. Tim Dams reports.
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OFF THE RECORD - Toilet training
An intriguing note reaches OTR regarding a jolly jape on a recent trip abroad by ITV's Wish You Were Here ..?team. OTR is understandably reluctant to go into detail, safe to
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Star shuts Primetime
Australian distributor Southern Star is to close Primetime and merge the operation into an expanded London sales office, six months after buying the British company, writes Tim Westcott.Greg Phillips, previously Southern
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US rival muscles in on Teletubbies toys
BBC Worldwide is distancing itself from a row over Teletubbies in the US, where rival toys the Bubbly Chubbies are accused of infringing the Teletubbies copyright, writes Lucy Rouse.Worldwide handles publishing,
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TELEMAGINATION MAKES NUTRITION SPOT FOR UNICEF
Telemagination has filmed a 30-second spot (right) for Unicef's Cartoons for Children's Rights initiative, which brings together 70 animation studios to produce public service announcements illustrating its Convention on the Rights
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OFF THE RECORD - Transfer listed
Hard to believe I know, but John Birt is being touted as a possible contender for the vacant job of chairman of the football Premier League. Footie fans who have watched
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TALK LAUNCHES ON THE NET
Talk Radio parent TalkCo is to launch the first stand-alone sports radio station on the internet. The new station, to be called T@lk-Sport, will broadcast 16 hours a day, seven days
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TURNER LAING PROMOTED
Sophie Turner Laing has been promoted to controller, programme acquisitions at BBC Broadcast, replacing Alan Howden who is retiring from the position at the end of August. Howden is stepping down
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HAT TRICK SHOOTS SECOND RUN OF THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Hat Trick Productions began recording the second series of BBC 1 sitcom The Peter Principle last week. The series, featuring Jim Broadbent in the main role as an incompetent bank manager,
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LION AND WARNER SISTERS FIND TARGET AT MIP-TV
Target Distribution has agreed to distribute factual and drama shows from Lion TV and Warner Sisters at Mip-TV. Target is selling Lion's Naked Secrets documentary at the market, plus a feature
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Granada Girls usher in ITV film nights
The ITV Film Initiative, launched in 1996, will bear fruit later this month when the first of nine movie premieres transmits on the channel, writes Nicola Methven.Granada Film's Girls' Night, one
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NEW SERIES FOR HOLBY, SUNBURN AND PLAYING THE FIELD
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has ordered second series of dramas Holby City (left) and Sunburn, and a third run of Playing the Field. The first two were commissioned from head
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OPINION - ITC verdict: if it's not fake, it's fluff
It's official: TV is dumbing down. At least that's the almost inevitable conclusion the Independent Television Commission has allowed to be drawn of this industry with its latest performance reviews. The
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Wall to Wall/TLC in factual link-up
Wall to Wall Television has unveiled a£2 million slate of popular factual programming, which it will co-produce with Discovery-owned US cable channel The Learning Channel (TLC).First into production will be
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HAPPY FISH SEEKS NEW PREMISES TO HOST EXPANSION
Happy Fish is planning a move to new premises in a bid to bring its design and facilities arms under one roof. Happy Fish managing director Tracy Thomas said the company
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EX-WTN EXECS LAUNCH TV INDIE
Four former executives from Worldwide Television News (WTN) have set up a new independent TV services company, Phoenix Television. The venture is targeting broadcasters, businesses and international agencies and will provide
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WEB-TV ENCOURAGED BY UK TRIALS OF INTERACTIVE TV
Web-TV says it is encouraged by preliminary results from its UK trials, claiming people could be more receptive to interactive TV than many commentators had originally thought. Early feedback from 115
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EMERSON TAKES REINS AT TELE-CINE
Todd-AO has confirmed that Jeff Emerson has been promoted to managing director of Tele-Cine. Emerson (left), who has been general manager since last October, assumes the role as of this week.
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LEY MADE POLITICAL EDITOR
Shaun Ley, currently presenter of BBC South East's regional parliamentary programme, Around Westminster, has been appointed BBC political editor for London and the south-east with immediate effect. Ley will lead political