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C5 TO AIR MAGIC SHOW.
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Andrew Newman has commissioned Objective Productions to produce an eight-part magic series, billed as a cross between Channel 4's Trigger Happy TV and Jackass. The 8
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BBC DEFENDS PROJECT.
The BBC's proposed digital national curriculum, will make a 'significant difference to the experience of education', despite heavy criticism, according to BBC co-director of factual and learning Michael Stevenson. Speaking at
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C4 HELP FOR STUDENTS.
Channel 4 is launching an online education tool for A-level students. Amazing Grades launches on Monday (15 April) and directs users to the best websites for their subjects. The site has
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BBC gives England interactive channel.
The BBC IS to provide England football fans with their own dedicated interactive television channel this summer as part of its commitment to the World Cup finals.The channel, developed by BBCi,
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Blow to Granada as SPL TV vetoed.
Granada sport suffered a massive blow this week as its #163;20m deal to provide content for the planned new Scottish Premier League (SPL) channel collapsed, writes Penny Hughes
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Channel TV given pay-off.
Carlton and Granada reached an undisclosed financial settlement with ITV minority shareholder Channel TV over the use of the ITV brand to promote ITV Digital just days before the platform went into administration, it emerged this week, writes Steve Aston
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RATINGS - Revisited Forsyte Saga is a success for ITV.
ITV 1's costly dramatisation of John Galsworthy adaptation The Forsyte Saga pulled in nearly 9 million viewers for its debut this week, writes Jon Rogers
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GRANADA IN SCANDINAVIA.
Granada has struck another co-production deal, this time in Scandinavia, as it strives to expand its production base in Europe. The deal is with production company Nordsk Film and covers the
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THE OFFICE WINS BPG GONG.
BBC 2 comedy The Office was named best entertainment programme at the annual Broadcasting Press Guild awards on Friday (12 April). Last month, the comedy picked up the best comedy award
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SKY CLOSES RUGBY DEAL.
Sky Sports has struck long-term rugby deals including live international and club rugby. The deal is for the next four seasons and includes England internationals, the Zurich Premiership and several other
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NHS COMEDY FOR BBC 2.
League of Gentleman star Reece Shearsmith is to star in a new black comedy about the NHS for BBC 2. The 6 x 30-minute TLC, to be made by indie Pozzitive
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US TO GO DIGITAL IN 2004.
The US electronics industry this week signed up to the Federal Communications Commission voluntary plan to begin equipping TV sets with digital tuners from 2004. The move could put pressure on
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LIBERTY RULES OUT NTL.
US cable giant Liberty Media has ruled out further talks to take a large stake in NTL as the heavily indebted cable operator is poised to unveil a completed restructure. Liberty
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C4 to showcase debut directors.
Channel 4 is looking to review the output of two of its key experimental strands Dogma TV and The Other Side in a bid to get new directing talent on screen.New
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OFT probe into BSkyB 'too slow'.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has come under fire for being too slow to act on allegations of anti-competitive behaviour following the latest delay in its probe into BSkyB, writes Simon Ellery
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News World rejigs board for Dublin event.
News World, the annual gathering of international news broadcasters, has restructured its senior management team giving director Patrick Stoddart a more hands-on role, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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AARDMAN AND NICK TIE UP.
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a storyboard competition giving six animators the opportunity to have an idea turned into a short film which will broadcast on Nickelodeon UK, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BALL FILLS IN AT CAPITAL.
Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball is returning to the airwaves with a seven-week stint on Capital Radio-owned London station XFM. Ball will fill in for Ricky Gervais and Stephen
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REAL RADIO BEATS BBC.
Guardian Media Group Radio head John Myers claimed this week that the company's new Scottish commercial station Real Radio had already pulled in more listeners than BBC Radio Scotland. Real Radio,
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NEW CHAIRMAN FOR BBFC.
Former Teddington Studios chairman Ewart Needham has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). Needham, who during 40 years in the television industry also