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JEUNE MAKES RIGHT MOVE AT GRANADA LIFESTYLE
Granada's lifestyle department has appointed BBC Features producer Tracy Jeune as executive producer, lifestyle programmes. Jeune, currently series producer of BBC 2 show All The Right Moves, is also working on
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SCOTTISH AND GUARDIAN TO OFFLOAD STAKE IN GMTV
Scottish Media Group and the Guardian Media Group are to sell their joint 35 per cent stake in GMTV. As co-shareholders, Carlton Communications and Granada Media, which each hold 20 per
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OFF THE RECORD - Nowt as queer as folk
Looks like luvvies in C4's drama department are also having problems with their terminology.The title of Horseferry Road's latest 'cutting-edge' drama about gay men in Mancunia has been magically transformed from
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LIVING GETS GREEN FINGERS
Flextech TV-owned channel Living has acquired comedy gardening series Mrs Greenthumbs from Canadian producer/distributor Salter Street Films. The 26 x 30-minute series combines hands-on gardening tips with the humour of the
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Hilary finally sworn in as ICG head
Bill Hilary, BBC Broadcast independent commissioning group (ICG) head of entertainment, has been confirmed as the new boss of the ICG.Hilary is to retain his entertainment role, as well as taking
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SEPTEMBER FILMS KICKS OFF MANAGEMENT RESHUFFLE
Independent September Films has announced a management reshuffle, with general manager Sally Miles appointed managing director and David Green stepping up as chief executive. Miles, who joined the company in 1992,
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Gladiators fights for life on ITV schedule
The future of LWT's Gladiators was hanging in the balance after it emerged that ITV is working on plans to replace it, writes Nicola Methven.
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E.TV'S HEARING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
Advocate Jules Browde, chairman of the South African Broadcasting Monitoring & Complaints Commission, has indefinitely postponed the hearing into e.tv's eight alleged transgressions of its licence conditions. The hearing, instigated by
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Quantel plans film Editbox
Quantel is planning to launch a new version of Editbox specifically designed for film. The company claims the new system, provisionally entitled Editbox 24, will allow film editors to edit film
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GRANADA TO PRODUCE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME FOR THE US
Granada Television has teamed up with US outfit Vin Di Bona Productions to make a US version of ITV factual entertainment show Don't Try This At Home (left) for the Fox
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IRG SELLS MERCURY TO DMG
The Independent Radio Group (IRG) has sold Sussex-based Radio Mercury to DMG Radio, a division of the Daily Mail & General Trust, for£3.75 million. IRG chief executive Michael Connolly said
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MONTGOMERY QUITS AS DIRECTOR OF SCOTTISH MEDIA
Former Mirror Group chief executive David Montgomery, who left the company last week, has resigned from his position as a non-executive director of Scottish Media Group with immediate effect. He originally
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NCE may pull out of Italian digital pay-TV
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Europe (NCE) may reconsider its investment in Italian digital pay-TV if the government goes ahead with proposed limits on football broadcasting rights ownership, according to Italian newspaper
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital switch
The digital revolution has finally achieved what many of his critics have been trying to do for years - it silenced Chris Evans. The ginger whinger was in full flow on
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PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT - Sons of the desert
When Pearson TV was invited to bid for international rights to an adventure show set in the Jordanian desert, development executive Robin Greene ended up braving sun, scorpions and camel dung tea to clinch the deal.
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INTERVIEW - Radical departure
Adam Barker is still reeling after making the transition from running Blast! Films to heading up independent film and video at C4 in just a matter of weeks. But what exactly does his new 'department of innovation' do?
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Sky Digital defies industry forecasts
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has exceeded industry expectations by signing more than 350,000 subscribers to its new digital TV service.The company announced its results for the six months to 31 December
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DEBONNAIRE HANDED DEPUTY ROLE AT TALKBACK
TalkBack Productions head of production Sally Debonnaire has been promoted to the post of deputy managing director. Since joining TalkBack as head of production in May 1993, Debonnaire has worked on
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Telewest sets digital date
Battle lines were drawn in the competition to launch digital cable TV services last Thursday (4 February) after Telewest unveiled plans to launch its digital package in the fourth quarter of this year, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OR Media steps in as CST fails
Bristol independent CST Productions has gone into liquidation, with fellow production company OR Media taking over its slate of programmes.The management team at CST, which went into liquidation on 15 January,