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MILLIONAIRE INELIGIBLE FOR PRIMETIME EMMY
The US version of Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (right), which provided ABC with the runaway ratings success of 1999, will not be eligible for any Primetime Emmy
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GAIT LAUNCHES FESTIVAL FOR INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED TV
The Global Association of Independent Television (Gait) has announced plans for its first annual festival dedicated solely to independently produced TV. The four-day festival, to be held in September at the
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ACTION TIME TO MAKE GAMESHOW FOR SEVEN NETWORK
UK indie Action Time has been commissioned by Seven Network Australia to make two 60-minute specials of big money gameshow $Million Chance of a Lifetime. All questions in the specials, to
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MORRIS HOOKS UP WITH ARTS DISTRIBUTOR NVC ARTS
Former Mayfair Television Entertainment senior sales executive Elfyn Morris has joined arts distributor NVC Arts with the same job title. In his new role at the Warner Music Group company, his
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TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION LEADS MINOTAUR SALES
Minotaur International has sold 64 hours of programmes to five regions. Series one, two and three of Lynda la Plante's Trial and Retribution have been bought by Prima TV in the
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LAGARDERE TAKES STAKES IN CANAL+ CHANNELS
French media and defence conglomerate Lagardere has completed a deal with Canal+ which gives it a 34 per cent stake in the pay-TV outfit's digital TV platform, Canal Satellite, and a
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TRADE TALK - Fighting back
Last week, BBC documentaries reversed the trend of key names quitting by signing Jacquie Hughes from MBC. Tim Dams asks what she's got.
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TRADE TALK - On the box
Douglas Chirnside, MD of Douglas Chirnside Productions MD, on Trigger Happy TV and The Real Oliver Reed.
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TRADE TALK - Mark Rowland
Argues that the internet offers independents with good ideas the opportunity to bypass the majors.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - The price of success
Scottish Media Group has added another string to its bow with the purchase of Ginger Media Group, owner of Virgin Radio and creator of shows like The Priory (above). John Plunkett assesses the deal.
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OPINION - Producers are the key for ITV target
Before Christmas Broadcast asked the $64,000 question: would ITV hit its 40 per cent primetime viewing target this year? And already we know the answer. The network is not even trying
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OPINION - Free to air
Like a not very good vicar grafting on a sermon, I've been trying to tie together two big tales of the week in order to come up with a neat parable
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THE FUTURE OF SCHEDULING - The scheduling war zone
In the face of ever-increasing competition for ratings across the networks, the job of the schedulers has never been so important. But will there still be a place for them in the digital age or are they a dying breed, asks Peter Keighron.
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INDUSTRY BUZZWORDS - The jargonaut
No-one gets on in TV these days without using certain ridiculous phrases. Paul Rincon investigates.
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INTERVIEW - The screen saver
Despite being forced to operate with limited funds, David Thompson, head of BBC films and single drama, has racked up a number of critical successes in cinema and TV, putting paid to the notion that single drama is dead.
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RATINGS - TX - IN MY EXPERIENCE
Producer: Lambent ProductionsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 10.00, 21 JanuaryLength: 3 x 25-minutesCommissioned by: Paul AshtonProducers: Pat Sharpe, Emma Wakefield, Isabelle PavittThings have come a long way since the sex education lessons that
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OFF THE RECORD - A finger on the Dyke
On Off The Record's trawls around cyberspace our attention was grabbed by a registered domain name - gregdyke.com. Further investigation revealed that it has been registered by BBC sports producer Nigel
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OFF THE RECORD - Short and curlies
Channel 5's attempt to escape its pornmungous reputation took a knock last month when a technical hitch in the Yorkshire area meant that viewers in the north-east were treated to an
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OFF THE RECORD - The digital future is here
Y2K-style glitches have also been evident at On Digital. One sharp-eyed viewer spotted a message (above) - all too familiar to users of Microsoft's Windows operating system - on S4C Digital
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OFF THE RECORD - More SMG, vicar?
Following Scottish Media Group's (SMG) takeover of Chris Evans' Ginger group, OTR couldn't help noticing one fact the hack pack failed to pick up. SMG chief exec Andrew Flanagan is a