All Broadcast articles in 19 October 2001
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Coronation Street left without a producer
'Restructuring of key roles' in Granada drama in the north puts controller of drama Carolyn Reynolds in charge of flagship soap as executive producer Jane Macnaught is moved sideways
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Carlton and Granada shares jump as City speculates on ITV Digital withdrawal
Analysts' note predicting possible Carlton withdrawal from digital service sparks rush on ITV companies' shares
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Sprint abandons national broadband network
Telecommunications company abandons initiative as part of cost-cutting plan which will see 6,000 jobs go
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Viewers appear football-weary
Chelsea and Ipswich on UEFA trail fail to emulate performance of previous night's Champions League coverage
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Survivor gets second series
Under-achieving reality show gets another chance but ITV1 is tight lipped about scheduling
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WONDER STUFF
Channel 4 is rolling out its pop music video production scheme to Wales later this month, writes Penny Hughes. 4 Minute Wonders, launched in Scotland in June, has already produced a
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SECOND SHOP AT SKY
Home Shopping Europe, the shopping channel owned by USA Networks and Kirch, has launched on Sky Digital. It is the second shopping service to feature on Sky Digital and will broadcast
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ROBOTS SNAPPED UP
BBC kids strand CBBC has become the first broadcaster to snap up rights to Lego Media's debut television production, Little Robots, writes Leigh Holmwood. The 26 x 10-minute animation series, to
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Peers threaten Ofcom mutiny
The campaign to bring the BBC under the full control of Ofcom moved up a gear this week as broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and other Labour peers threatened to back Tory MPs
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OFF THE RECORD - For you, McBean, ze war is over
Once upon a time, Itel distribution god Andrew Macbean ran away from the television world to join the circus - all right, the theatre. Now he's got an acting role as
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Liberty recruits a sales team for media services
The first evidence of plans to restructure the Liberty Livewire group emerged this week with the creation of a sales team for the media services division, writes Barbara Marshall.
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INTERVIEW - The second phase
Three months in as Channel 5 director of programmes, Kevin Lygo argues that C5 has little to lose so can dare to be different and make innovative TV that is a genuine alternative to its rivals.
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SCORE HOPES TO SCORE
The Radio Authority has received one application for the local digital multiplex licence for Inverness and the surrounding area. Score Digital, a wholly owed subsidiary of Scottish Radio Holdings, is proposing
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Historical work on Principal list
Principal Pictures has bagged a raft of commissions for The Learning Channel (TLC), Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C.For TLC, the indie is making Escape From Saigon, a 90-minute film to
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GRANADA SELLS FILMS
Granada Film is to take its distribution and sales operation in-house. The department will be run by newly appointed head of international sales and distribution Penny Wolf. She joins from Capitol
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Hollywood expands
September Films is to expand its Hollywood franchise to Channel 4 with a series exploring religion, writes Steve Aston.
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Haigh murder drama ordered by ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a one-off dramatisation of the life of acid bath murderer John Haigh, as part of a brace of commissions from Granada, writes Steve Aston.
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Discovery on ITV
ITV Digital has bolstered its channel line-up after finally striking a deal to carry leading factual specialist the Discovery Channel, writes Simon Ellery.
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UNIQUE ID DEPARTURES
The development team of Unique ID has quit the company while it struggles to find a new business partner and financial backer. The company, which develops the CakeS web-based media asset
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TWO TELEWEST DEALS
Telewest has struck two new carriage deals, including an agreement with Asian broadcaster Star for Star News and Star Plus, currently only available on Sky Digital. The deal provides a further