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WORLD CUP SECURED
The BBC and ITV have finally agreed a deal for rights to next year's football World Cup after inking a£160m deal with German media group Kirch, writes Simon Ellery. The
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Granada axes producer to boost Corrie
Granada is hoping to revamp its ratings banker Coronation Street by shifting executive producer Jane MacNaught away from the soap and bringing in former boss Carolyn Reynolds, writes Steve Aston.
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Wax to host BBC gameshow
The BBC is set to add another big-money gameshow to its peaktime line-up after commissioning Hat Trick Productions to produce a new quiz show fronted by Ruby Wax with a jackpot of£30,000, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Manchester ups culture shows
New BBC Manchester editor, entertainment features Alan Brown has unveiled a raft of new commissions from BBC 1 and BBC 2, building on the success of programmes such as the I
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Survivor makes it to second series
ITV HAS decided to run a second series of its ratings flop Survivor, writes Steve Aston.
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Ideal C4 drama complete
Ideal World Films has completed an eight-part drama serial written and directed entirely by new talent for Channel 4's independent film and video unit (IFVU), writes Simon Ellery.
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CROSS-MEDIA LIVE SHOW FOR SCI-FI IN HOUSE
Sci-Fi is producing what it claims will be the first live and interactive investigation into alleged paranormal activity.
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BEASTS ENTER BBC CAMPAIGN
BBC creative services has produced a cross-media promotional campaign for BBC factual and learning to launch Walking with Beasts, writes Barbara Marshall.The high-profile follow-up to Walking with Dinosaurs, again featuring 3D
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BBC, ITN and Quantel pick up Emmys in NY
Three British companies scooped Emmys at the technical/ engineering achievement awards held in New York last week.Quantel and ITN were jointly recognised for the development and implementation of the tapeless newsroom
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Discovery pairs with iTV outfit DI3
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has brought in UK interactive TV developer DI3 as its technology partner in preparation for a global launch of interactive services, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Liberty invests in Todd-AO post
Todd-AO is the latest Liberty Livewire facility to benefit from the group's capital expenditure plans with a£600,000 revamp of its editing facilities, writes Barbara Marshall.
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LEADER - A vision that's hard to realise
One of the gaping holes in last December's communications white paper is about to be tentatively filled in. Media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt will next
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FREE TO AIR - BBC shouldn't throw stones
It might seem an odd question to ask in the midst of The Premiership being shifted back in the schedules: but has anyone seen LA Pool Party?The two issues are not
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TRADE TALK - Northern grit
From atrocities in Kosovo to Weird Weekends with Paul Daniels, new commissioning editor of C4's Dispatches Kevin Sutcliffe has seen it all.
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IN MY VIEW - Simon Shaps, managing director, Granada Content
On why we shouldn't underestimate how vital ITV's regional programming is to the network.
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ON THE BOX - Clash of the bouffants
Fremantle Media Production Ignition team leader Sean Kirkegaard found The SBS stodgy but Poker kept him up after his bedtime.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Creative dilemmas
While ITV strives to innovate, a number of its new programmes have flopped. Now ITV schedulers face the challenge of appeasing advertisers with sure-fire hits while maintaining the channel as a creative force.
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TV REVENUE - The new economics of TV
With commercial TV's£3bn ad revenues ebbing away, it is time the TV industry embraced fresh forms of funding if it's to stand any chance of growing.
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INTERVIEW - Broadband's Mr Big
Video Networks' VOD entertainment service may not be raking in the cash, but chief executive Simon Hochhauser says broadband will help to give his company the edge.
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INDIE FINANCE - How Blast blew on to the market
Called 'the bespoke tailor of independent production' by founder and owner Edmund Coulthard, slow-growing Blast is looking to expand its horizons with projects for BBC 1 and ITV and even feature films.