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BBC 1 to drop cheesy celebs.
Mediocre TV turns will not get a look in on BBC 1, according to controller Lorraine Heggessey, who this week banned any celebrity who is not deemed 'credible' from fronting a programme, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BRITNEY OPENS DISNEY PARK.
Unique Television, the indie set up by Noel Edmonds, has secured a multimillion dollar deal with Disney to produce a pan-European 'entertainment spectacular' marking the 16 March opening of the new
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RATINGS - Quentin drama is hot-blooded winner for ITV.
ITV 1's Caroline Quentin-fronted drama, Blood Strangers pulled in a solid crowd this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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INTERACTIVE FOOTIE OFF.
An innovative new Channel 4 interactive TV series, in which football fans would have picked the side to play for Nationwide Conference League side Stevenage Borough, has been pulled just days
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SAYER GETS EDITOR POST.
Granada has promoted David Sayer to be the new editor of LWT's current affairs programme Jonathan Dimbleby. Sayer was previously the show's deputy editor. He has also produced The Trial of
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EINSTEIN.TV UPS HOURS.
Science and technology service Einstein.tv extended its transmission hours from six a day to 24 this week after ramping up its original production slate. Einstein.tv editor Toby Murcott said the move
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ESPN SPORT NAMES MD.
New European channel ESPN Classic Sport has appointed Roch Pellerin as the network's managing director. Most recently, Pellerin served as chief financial officer of leading French pay-television operators Canal+ Distribution and
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BBC LAUNCHES SMS GAME.
The BBC has created a game based on its Walking with Beasts series to be played on mobile phones. Vodafone subscribers will be able to battle the pre-historic beasts using text
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SKYTEXT REVAMPED.
BSkyB is poised to unveil a faster and improved text service that will allow viewers to watch TV while accessing around 2,000 pages of information. The revamped SkyText will launch next
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BRITISH TOON AWARDS.
The British Animation Awards has announced the finalists for its fourth biennial awards. In the best children's series, Cartoon Network's The Cramp Twins is up against Cosgrove Hall's Albie and their
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MERCURY/SAMURA DEAL.
Mercury Media International has struck a deal to represent the award-winning documentaries produced by Insight News TV and Sorious Samura. The trilogy of films, examining the recent civil war in Sierra
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BBC WORLD REACH GROWS.
The BBC commercial international news channel BBC World has hit a record global reach, with 200 million homes now able to receive the channel - a rise of 16 per cent
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RADIO SPEAKERS CHOSEN.
Emap Performance managing director dance Mark Story will give the keynote speech at the Music Radio 2002 conference. EMI group chairman Eric Nicoli will give the record industry keynote. The event
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Call for regional ITV to go digital.
ITV should forget trying to fulfil its regional commitments on its main network and should instead launch a separate digital channel to serve the regions, according to Campaign for Quality Television
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BBC set to launch 6 Music digital station in March.
The BBC has set a March launch date for its new digital radio service 6 Music - the corporation's first new national radio station in 32 years, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV's quest for ratings caused peaktime rejig.
ITV has admitted that its range of programming in peaktime suffered last year with documentaries and current affairs being pushed out of weekday slots in favour of news, writes Steve Aston.
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BARB DEFENDS ITS FIGURES AGAINST CARAT.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has hit back at controversial research carried out by media buying agency Carat last week, which claimed its new measuring system was losing millions of
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ITC REVISES CODE ON SPORT AND MAJOR EVENTS.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has revised its code on sport and other listed events following the public consultation it launched in October. Alterations include a provision that free-to-air broadcasters should
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BBC ENHANCES SPORTS WITH INTERACTIVITY.
Five separate sporting events taking place over the weekend of 16 to 17 February will be given interactive treatment as part of the BBC's most ambitious interactive project to date. The
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THREE NEW OUTLETS FOR THE DATING CHANNEL.
The TV Group, which runs The Dating Channel, is to launch three new free-to-air channels by the third quarter of this year. TV Group chief executive Peter Nellemann has announced plans