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OFF THE RECORD - Excuses, excuses ..
Top of Sky staffers' new millennium wish list will be an improved train service between Waterloo and their far-away headquarters in Isleworth, south-west London. It certainly can't get any worse following
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OFF THE RECORD - A watery grave
Commiserations to the beautiful people of Blue Peter, whose grand unveiling of the time capsules they buried in 1971 and 1984 turned into something of a, er, damp squib. The producers
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OFF THE RECORD - A healthy Discovery
As the television industry snuffles and coughs its way through the national flu epidemic, news reaches OTR that Discovery Europe has hit on a scheme to beat the bug. Have they
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OFF THE RECORD - Independent spirits
OTR was delighted to see the voice of yoof, Janet Street-Porter, back on our screens at the weekend in a fascinating look at the cathedrals of Britain on BBC 2. Of
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Independent Case TV is producing a 30-minute animated version of Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring Cycle for Channel 4
Independent Case TV is producing a 30-minute animated version of Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring Cycle for Channel 4, writes Ashley Davies.Ordered by commissioning editor, schools Paul Ashton, the production extracts
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Channel 4 launches£15 million internet strategy on telly
Broadcaster to launch four new sites and revamp Channel4.com
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Channel 4 launches£15 million internet strategy
Broadcaster to launch four new sites and revamp Channel4.com
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Granada to receive OFT reply by February 7
Media group has less than four weeks before it learns whether plans to acquire Carlton or United will be approved
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ITV considers lowering target
ITV may lower its 40 per cent peaktime share target for 2000, as preliminary figures for last year suggest the broadcaster will just miss its 1999 target, according to sources.Senior ITV
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C5 increases cash for original drama
Channel 5 has unveiled its biggest commitment to original drama to date, with a 103 per cent increase in funds that will see output rise from 13 hours in 1999 to
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Mayfair winds down operations following months of uncertainty
Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) is winding down its operations, making its six staff redundant and contracting out its programme sales to Minotaur International, writes Tara Conlan.
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Attenborough turns focus on mammals
BBC 1 has commissioned what could be Sir David Attenborough's last major natural history series, writes Steve Clarke.
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Lichtenstein leaves BBC documentaries
Award-winning Inside Story editor Olivia Lichtenstein is quitting BBC Production's documentaries and history department after 16 years to move to BBC drama, writes Tim Dams.
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ITV BUYS CINAR/VIVENDI ANIMATION THE BASKERVILLES
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has acquired Cinar/Vivendi animation co-production The Baskervilles. The 26 x 30-minute series follows the Baskerville family as they attempt to escape Underworld
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DEE AND THOMSON TO STAR IN STREETLIFE FOR BBC 1
BBC drama series is in production with Streetlife, a new BBC 1 cop drama starring comedians Jack Dee and John Thomson (Cold Feet, The Fast Show).Written by Matthew Hall and set
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BRITT ALLCROFT LANDS WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO SOOTY
The Britt Allcroft Company has taken on the worldwide merchandising and distribution rights to Sooty (left), following the puppet's tele-visual comeback via Sooty Heights on Children's ITV last year. The company's
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S+V GETS EXTRA TIME FOR C5'S LIVE AND DANGEROUS
Channel 5 controller of sport Robert Charles has signed a new two-year contract with Sunset + Vine (S+V) to continue producing late-night sports action and magazine show Live and Dangerous. The