All Broadcast articles in 08 December 2000
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ClicVision mounts UK push
French interactive agency plans January launch for UK division of internet production arm RichProd
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Megalomedia sells FrameStore and CFC in£12 million deal
Walking With Dinosaurs creators and company responsible for effects on The Beach sold back to management in landmark deal
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SMG mounts dawn raid on SRH
Flanagan's SMG builds 14.9 per cent stake in Scottish rival but says it has no 'current plans' to make bid for whole company
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BBC close to naming controllers for new digital channels
Stuart Murphy strongly tipped as BBC 3 head while Roly Keating (left) is almost certain for BBC 4 role
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BBC close to naming new digital controllers
Stuart Murphy strongly tipped as BBC 3 head while Roly Keating almost certain for BBC 4 role
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In my view - Simon Shaps
On how high quality television programmes will continue to rise above also-ran shows.
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Worldwide sells stake
BBC Worldwide is selling a majority stake in its BBC for Business unit to US company Knowledge Chase in a multimillion pound deal. BBC for Business turned over£2m this year
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Philips sells to Thomson
Dutch electronics giant Philips is selling a majority stake in its professional broadcast group to France's Thomson Broadcast Systems, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TX - Virtual insights
Easy Money. Broadcaster: Channel 4 Producer: Carlton Start: 21.00, 12 December Length: 1 x 50-minutes Commissioning editor: Hilary Bell
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Religious programming hours increased
The Church of England's concerns about the demise of religious programming are premature, according to research published in the arts and media journal Cultural Trends. Religious programming occupies around six and
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Reality war hots up
Terrestrial broadcasters have put more money into the reality television pot, with Channel 4 and the BBC both commissioning new psycho gameshows.Documentary-maker Windfall Films is making Lost for C4 science editor
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Grass Valley on tour
Grass Valley hits the road this week with a tour bus equipped with its latest kit. As part of its Media Without Bounds initiative, the bus will visit customers and exhibitions
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Go Racing in TV head hunt
Go racing, the consortium comprising Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure, is looking for a chief executive for its planned racing channel in the likely event of the Racecourse Association (RCA)
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Spice girls in raw
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has commissioned a 60-minute 'explosive' documentary from Yorkshire TV and Dai Films, featuring footage of the Spice Girls before they were famous, writes Colin Robertson.
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New vehicle for Ricky Gervais on UKTV
UKTV channel Play UK channel editor Myfanwy Moore has ordered a new 6 x 30-minute series featuring former 11 O'Clock Show contributor Ricky Gervais. The 6 x 30-minute series is to
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The People Versus to get new format
Celador Productions is this week filming a one-off non-broadcast pilot of a reformatted version of its gameshow The People Versus. The show, again presented by Kirsty Young, will be shown to
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OFF THE RECORD - Whiteley's Wales joke falls flat
The fun just don't stop at last week's nations and regions conference in Salford. Man, it was like being in a bloomin' Pringles ad. After delegates were nearly moved to tears
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Front row PPV to expand film service
Telewest Communications and NTL's pay-per-view movie service, Front Row, is almost doubling the number of films it shows each day to 20 as part of a wider repackaging of the channel.
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OFF THE RECORD - Irish TV gets even greener
OTR is almost nauseous with delight to learn that Irish broadcaster RTE has been awarded the Golden Pedal prize - no, really - by the Dublin Cycling Campaign. RTE picked up
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Losses for EMTV
EMTV, owner of the Jim Henson Company, has announced a loss for the first nine months of the year and a 90 per cent cut in its profit target for the