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    C4 and LEDU link up

    2001-04-12T12:58:00Z

    Channel 4 and LEDU, the small business agency for Northern Ireland, have extended a scheme to help indies in Northern Ireland with UK-wide network commissions.Participating in the Network Development Initiative,

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    BBC's early evening regional news is the top performer

    2001-04-12T12:58:00Z

    Audiences prefer corporation's 18.30 regional bulletin to any other news programme Broadcastresearch shows

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    GBTV under pressure as Red Heart folds

    2001-04-12T14:18:00Z

    Granada's US format joint-venture under spotlight as Australian production deal with Seven Network falls victim to strategic schism

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    Carlton International seals TV movies deal

    2001-04-12T14:18:00Z

    Carlton International has secured deals for a number of its TV movies through Carlton America. Japan's World Television has secured DVD, video and TV rights for The Triangle, while Japanese distributor

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    Snell considers float

    2001-04-12T14:28:00Z

    TV equipment manufacturer Snell & Wilcox looking at sale or float as means of raising expansion capital

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    DiBS revamps as Go

    2001-04-12T14:28:00Z

    Sony's interactive technology business, Sony Digital Interactive Broadband Services (DiBS), has relaunched as Go interact tv.The spin-off, which acts as technology partner to interactive producers and worked with Simply Money

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    Root6 grows R&D capability

    2001-04-12T14:32:00Z

    Hires former Kinston Voiceware software developer to work on streaming automation tool Hammerhead

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    Craft Classic: Have I Got News For You

    2001-04-12T14:56:00Z

    As the cult satirical news quiz show celebrates its tenth anniversary, Hat Trick executive producer and joint MD Jimmy Mulville talks to Ed Shelton about its success

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    Broadband Content

    2001-04-12T15:10:00Z

    How are the major content players preparing for a business that isn't here yet?

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    Bunkum: Carlton Active chief excutive Jane Marshall

    2001-04-12T15:47:00Z

    ...On the importance of knowledge sharing in interactive TV

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    Head to head: personal video recorders

    2001-04-12T15:58:00Z

    Andrew Cresci argues that word of mouth will make TiVo Europe's favourite PVR technology, while NDS's Richard Cross lauds XTV's flexibility for viewers, broadcasters and advertisers

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    Turning Japanese: I-Mode sizes up Europe

    2001-04-12T16:56:00Z

    The launch of WAP- and the supposed dawn of the mobile internet age - has left us all feeling distinctly underwhelmed. Whenever a post mortem on the cause of 'wapathy' is

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    Pearson International duo poised to bail out

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Pearson Television International (PTI) is in 11th-hour talks to retain its two most senior executives, chief executive Brian Harris and president Joe Abrams who both plan to quit the company.The two

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    Edward stays at Ardent

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Ardent Productions chairman Malcolm Cockren has rejected calls for Prince Edward, the company's managing director, to resign in the wake of the recent 'working royals' debacle, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Cockren's remarks came

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    CHANNEL 4 CHIMPTRASH

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, factual entertainment Sue Murphy has ordered a half-hour 'Chimptrash' special from Eurotrash producer Planet Rapido to run as part of an anticipated chimp-themed night in August, writes Penny Hughes.

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    RDF sells stake to fund expansion

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    RDF Media has finalised a deal to sell an undisclosed stake in the company to venture capitalist Sagitta Private Equity for£3.2m, writes Katy Elliott.The sale - believed to be in

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    Open's future uncertain as Florsheim takes Sky role

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Speculation that Sky is poised to dump its interactive shopping brand, Open, mounted this week following news that Open managing director Jon Florsheim has taken on a senior role at Sky

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    ITV late news needs high ratings lead-in

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    High-rating post-watershed programmes have become an essential means of securing viewers for ITV's News at Ten, according to research conducted for Broadcast.Figures from David Graham & Associates this week reveal that

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    Kirch stalls football auction

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    German MEDIA outfit Kirch has postponed plans to auction off rights to the 2002 World Cup until after the general election to avoid becoming embroiled in electioneering by ministers, writes Simon

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    Kids increase TV and radio intake

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Children and young people are watching more television and listening to more radio than ever before, according to two new major surveys published this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.On average, under-16s watched