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TX - Science is believing
It was executive producer George Carey who first had the big but simple idea for Testing God. 'I'd seen a paragraph in a newspaper where someone had done a survey of
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NewsITN strikes called off
Strikes by ITN staff that had threatened both ITV and Channel 4 news coverage this month have been called off after the news provider offered revised proposals to make up a 6% shortfall in pension contributions.
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OFF THE RECORD - Base humour from Anderson
The differences between the Edinburgh comedy and television festivals are pretty minimal - in both cases hundreds of people mass together in small spaces to laugh at hilarious onstage antics. And,
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OFF THE RECORD - Oh no, not the tablecloth trick
Now, clearly, OTR wasn't in the George long enough on any occasion to witness the real ravages of drunkenness but word reaches us of a non-media nutter (yes, there are some)
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OFF THE RECORD - Heggers slips in
Lorraine Heggessey turned out to be a popular choice in her controller session on Saturday - so much so that some unfortunates were turned away for reasons of space. Among the
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Bazalgette Jackson's favourite
Endemol Entertainment UK's creative director emerges as frontrunner to take over as C4 chief
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BSkyB teams up with NBC and Discovery to take TiVo stake
Investment paves way for PVR provider to reach break even in 2003 as BSkyB denies conflict of interest ahead of Sky Plus launch
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Channel 5 homes in on Airey's vision
Broadcaster achieves best Thursday night ratings for nearly a year as non-football programming begins to score
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MOTD scores with German rout
BBC1 proves there is a sizeable audience for Saturday early-evening football after 14.6 million fans tune in for England v Germany
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Shed wins Fox pilot
Shed Productions has won its second US network pilot commission in a month after Fox ordered a new comedy drama called Nurses.
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NTT DoCoMo to press ahead with 3G launch
Japanese telecommunications giant plans to go live with limited launch of its Foma third generation service despite technical rash of technical problems
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BSkyB in Rage over TV gaming
Satellite broadcaster signs deal with UK games developer to bring new game to Sky Digital platform ahead of its release on other gaming consoles
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Discreet hoovers up Cleaner as Media 100 prepares Pegasus for lift-off
Media 100 sells off software line up for $16m an unveils plans for new high-end editing and compositing system
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NewsC4's Relocation back with 3.9m
Interest in Channel 4's property show Relocation, Relocationshows no sign of waning as the show returned with 3.9 million (16.1%), giving BBC1 a run for its money.
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BBC mounts Canadian offensive
Corporation prepares to launch BBC CANADA and BBC Kids in joint-venture deal with Canadian media firm
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Deutsche Telekom up on Liberty cable deal
Shares in troubled German telecommunications giant reverse some of yesterday's losses after US media group ends months of uncertainty and agrees to acquire six regional cable TV companies
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Soapstars' makes slippery debut
Coronation Street double-header wins ratings night for ITV but over half of the audience switches-off as search for soap stars takes centre stage
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NewsBBC's Salford move could spark talent exodus
BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell has admitted the move of his department to Salford could result in an exodus of talent and that he expects between just 30% and 50% of staff to make the move permanently.
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Zenith chief to join Granada
Media agency's UK chief executive quits firm after eight years to take up role as head of Granada Enterprises. More follows?
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News Corp and AOL line-up for China
Broadcasting barriers start to come down as media giants gain toe-hold in lucrative Chinese market in return for US distribution deal for state-sponsored China Central TV