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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - WORLDWIDE AND EINSTEIN TO PRODUCE TOTP FOR ITALY
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to develop the Top of the Pops (right) format for the Italian market with local producer Einstein Multimedia.TOTP producer Chris Cowey will be working with
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This week's round-up of incoming calls is from Live TV. Readers can now call our own duty office with their comments on ...'I think me husband's trying to kill me. I
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'The doc-father' signs for United
The father of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, Paul Watson, is quitting Granada Media Productions to join rival ITV company United Productions.The Bafta and Emmy award-winning producer/director will take on a dual role at
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Discovery orders pilots
Discovery Networks Europe has asked nine indies to make 30-minute documentary pilots.Acting executive producer Peter Weil has ordered the films for an April delivery and June transmission. Weil will commission the
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On Digital and SDN unveil PPV plans
On Digital and S4C Digital Networks (SDN) have unveiled plans to launch a joint digital terrestrial pay-per-view (PPV) service.The new venture, which is expected to launch this autumn, will offer digital
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - FIGHT OVER SPANISH DIGITAL TELEVISION ROLLS ON
No end appears to be in sight in the Spanish digital television battle, after Via Digital president Pedro Perez announced that he sees two platforms continuing following the breakdown of merger
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TRADE TALK - Dele's vision
Dele Oniya wants to take multicultural programming to the mainstream. Now at Carlton, he feels he is in the right place to do it. Lucy Rouse reports.
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Derwen eyes Soho deal
Barcud Derwen, the UK's largest independent facilities group outside the capital, is understood to be in discussions with a number of London facilities about a possible Soho acquisition.Barcud Derwen managing director
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OFF THE RECORD - Radio daze
If there's one thing to be learned from Lorraine Heggessey's hilarious on-air apology last year on behalf of a certain Blue Peter presenter, it's that controllers should stick to doing just
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TRIFFIC LIGHTS UP NO SMOKING DAY WITH THE OUTLAW
Triffic Films has produced a new animated series that will air on Channel 4 throughout the week of National No Smoking Day. Based on Michael Heath's Spectator strip, The Outlaw (left)
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TRADE TALK - Jonathan Davis
The moving of ITV's main news bulletin next week has been heralded in the press as the declaration of a ratings war with the BBC. The failure of BBC spokesmen to
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FINAL CURTAIN FOR NOEL'S HOUSE PARTY
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has axed Noel's House Party, ending months of speculation about the future of the long-running Saturday night entertainment show. But Edmonds will be back in BBC
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Resources complaint goes to OFT
BBC Resources Ltd has been referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after a regional commercials facility accused it of unfair trading, writes Dominic Timms.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - CLT-Ufa seeks to sell Premiere stake
CLT-Ufa, the Bertelsmann/Audiofina broadcasting joint-venture, has confirmed that it is negotiating to sell its 37.5 per cent stake in German pay-TV service Premiere, writes Andrew Graeme.
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CLEAR SACKS FORMER DIRECTOR POUSHKINE
Former Clear director Georgina Poushkine has been dismissed by the facility. Clear director Greg Kaplan declined to comment on the reasons for Poushkine's departure, confirming only that she was asked to
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CARLTON FOOD NETWORK SERVES UP TRIO OF NEW SHOWS
Head of programming for the Carlton Digital channels Anne Gray has ordered three new programmes for Carlton Food Network (CFN), including two from CFN stalwart Transmedia Productions. The first, Ross on
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PICKARD EXTENDS CAPTAIN PUGWASH ON ITV
ITV controller of children's programmes Nigel Pickard has commissioned a third and fourth series of Captain Pugwash from The Britt Allcroft Company. The first 13 x 10-minute run will be delivered
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VIRTUAL VIDEO CALLS IN GAVIN TO HEAD DESIGN TEAM
Veteran animator and designer Pat Gavin is to front the design team at Virtual Video Studios. Dubbed the world's first portable virtual set operation, the studio opens its doors this week.
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Wonfor in call for regional digital ITV
Granada Media Productions joint managing director Andrea Wonfor has called on fellow ITV executives to consider launching regional ITV channels in the digital future.Giving the annual regional Royal Television Society lecture
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OPINION - A seminal moment in UK broadcasting
Seminal moments in British broadcasting occur far less often than network controllers and programme publicists would have us believe. But, make no mistake, 8 March 1999 is a day destined for