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News 24 to fill hole left by ITV
BBC News 24 is to launch an hour-long news programme at 22.00 on the day ITV axes News at Ten, writes Nicola Methven.
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BBC 2 asks celebs to guess Whose House?
BBC 2 has booked 76 x 30-minute editions of a new daytime gameshow from Mentorn Barraclough Carey Midlands, writes Tim Dams.
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CLARY BRINGS MR & MRS INTO THE 1990S FOR ITV
Independent producer Action Time will go into production with an up-to-date version of 1970s ITV show Mr & Mrs on 5 March. Presented by Julian Clary and assistant Stacey Young, the
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Russian NTV Plus sets up with 18 channels
A new Russian digital satellite pay-TV platform, NTV Plus, launched last week with a number of established international brands among its 18-channel offering, writes Szilvia Kovacs.
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JUST A MINUTE HEADS BRUM BBC 1 COMMISSIONS
BBC network production in Birmingham has chalked up three commissions for BBC 1's daytime schedule, including a TV version of BBC Radio 4 panel game Just A Minute. Executive produced by
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JAILBIRDS BREAKS FREE ON BBC 1 IN EARLY MARCH
Jailbirds, the latest documentary series from Chris Terrill, the director/cameraman behind The Cruise, is due to go out on BBC 1 in a 21.30 slot from Tuesday 9 March. The 10-part
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UK GOLD AND BBC 1 REVIVE ASK THE FAMILY
UK Gold has teamed up with BBC 1 to commission a brand new series of classic BBC quiz show Ask The Family from BBC entertainment. UK Gold head of programming Kathryn
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Sky 1 orders new dating show
Sky 1 has commissioned a new dating show from Talent Television that will see eight single young strangers thrown together each week in a Mediterranean villa, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Channel 5 soap Family Affairs topped the one million mark for the first time on Monday (1 February), writes Liz Shackleton.
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SKY NEWS UNVEILS PLANS
Sky News is to launch its own version of News at Ten on the same day the 32-year-old bulletin is axed by ITV. The 30-minute programme, to be hosted by Bob
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Nerd on top
Does motor maniac Peter Grimsdale, soon to take over as ICG head of factual, have the right mix of abilities to succeed? Tim Dams reports.
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Off message
Has the bell begun to toll for BSkyB's monopoly over sport and film programming? For years, the satellite broadcaster has had unfettered control of the kind of programming that shifts dishes
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Telewest to rejig line-up
Telewest has embarked on an overhaul of its programming line-up and is considering dropping several channels, including three from GSkyB, writes Alice Macandrew.
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MCKIBBIN SNAPS UP PROMOTION AT KODAK
Kodak has appointed Greg McKibbin as professional motional imaging regional business general manager for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. McKibbin, who has been with the company for 34 years, previously
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HRICIK MOVES UP TO MTV NETWORKS VICE-PRESIDENT
Kathleen Hricik has been promoted to executive vice-president, international programme enterprises, for MTV Networks, marking further collaboration between MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon. Based in New York, Hricik (left) will be responsible
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UK shows prove a hit at Natpe
UK distributors concluded a raft of deals at the Natpe programming market in New Orleans last week in the wake of trade minister Brian Wilson's visit highlighting TV's£272 million trade deficit, writes Jason Deans.
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PRIZE FOR LOCAL HEROES
Screenhouse Productions producer/director Paul Bader has won a prize for BBC 2 science series Local Heroes. The show was honoured by the Chemical Industry Association with the president's award for its
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Unions in strike threat at Granada
The Granada Media Group franchises are facing disruption to production schedules after members of three broadcasting unions voted to support strike action over pay and job security, writes Liz Shackleton.
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NEW RADIO AND TV SERIES FOR AS TIME GOES BY
The Bob Larbey-scripted sitcom As Time Goes By (left) has been recommissioned for new series on both BBC 1 and BBC Radio 2. The 6 x 30-minute TV series, the eighth,
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US giants rethink plans for Mip-TV
US majors are re-evaluating their participation at Mip-TV this year, with at least two studios threatening to pull out of the event.Disney and Columbia were this week deciding what space to