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    RDF poaches Gooch from ICG

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    RDF Television has recruited Nicola Gooch from the BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) to develop and produce daytime, lifestyle and leisure shows, writes Jason Deans.

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Wives and Daughters overtakes Twist

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Wives and Daughters left Oliver Twist wanting this week, stealing top spot for the first time in the clash of the Sunday night classics, writes Tara Conlan.

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    GLR becomes London Live in BBC rebrand

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Troubled BBC London radio station GLR will be renamed as BBC London Live next year as part of a major rebranding of the BBC's TV, radio and on-line services for the capital, writes John Plunkett.

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    Ball to bring forward Sky switch-off

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball wants to switch off Sky's analogue signal by the end of next year, writes John Plunkett.

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    Fox snaps up Usher format

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    UK producer Peter Usher has sold an interactive gameshow format to US cable network Fox Family Channel, writes Jason Deans.

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    C4I closes in on US talent agency deal

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International (C4I) is understood to be in the advanced stages of negotiating a deal to be represented in the US by Los Angeles-based talent agency Endeavor.The move is said

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    BBC execs on call on Millennium Eve

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    A team of top-level BBC executives will be on standby at TV Centre on Millennium Eve in case of internal, domestic and global Y2K crises.The Millennium Operating Regime will be headed

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    Xfm fined£50,000 after bestiality charge

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has fined Capital Radio-owned Xfm£50,000 and threatened to withdraw its licence after two editions of the station's breakfast show broadcast 'descriptions of bestiality ... and ill-judged references to pornography', writes John Plunke

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    ITN FACES STRIKE THREAT

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    ITN could be hit by strikes next month after Bectu and NUJ members voted to hold a ballot for industrial action as eleventh-hour talks at Acas broke down this week. Unions

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    GRANADA HIRES RICHMOND

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Granada Television controller of entertainment Duncan Gray has hired Siubhan Richmond to be the new executive producer of This Morning. Richmond, who series produced Talent TV's The Villa for Sky One,

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    MERGER DEADLINE NEARS

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The deadline for submissions to the Office of Fair Trading from third parties wishing to comment on competition or public interest issues raised by the proposed Carlton/ United merger falls on

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    PRISM POACHES JOHNSON

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Former Fox Kids UK managing director Rod Henwood's new internet and interactive TV outfit, Prism Entertainment, has poached Action Time head of children's programmes Amelia Johnson. She joins next month.

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    HAYNES JOINS SKY PICS

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Sky Pictures has poached Valencia Haynes from London-based sales outfit Capitol Films to join its production team next month. Haynes will work alongside Sky Pictures head William Turner in a production,

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    MACBEAN HEADS BTDA

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean has been voted in as the new chairman of the British Television Distributors' Association. He takes over from Hit Entertainment managing director Charlie Caminada in January.

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    NTL SPORT BOOST

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    NTL's plans to launch a sports channel next year were boosted after its wholly owned subsidiary, Premium TV (PTV), struck a£10 access deal with BBC Sport for its archive. PTV

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    BBC jobs at risk in Hall's News rejig

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Newly installed BBC News deputy chief executive Richard Sambrook has warned he cannot guarantee jobs will not be lost as a result of chief executive Tony Hall's latest restructuring.Hall's review of

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    MPs concern over new ITN politics chief

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    MPs are concerned that ITN has not yet announced its replacement for political editor Michael Brunson, who is due to retire at the beginning of next year, writes John Lewis.

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    Indie hours for ITV network rise by 9 per cent

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The total number of hours produced by independent producers for the ITV network has risen by 9 per cent year-on-year, writes Jason Deans.

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    BBC draws radio indie ire

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Radio indies have expressed concern about a fall in the number of commissions from the BBC after BBC Radio 4 informed producers of its latest commissioning round last week, writes John Plunkett.

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    C4 to mount Flying Ducks

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, features and special projects Liz Warner has ordered interior design series Flying Ducks from TalkBack Productions.The new 6 x 60-minute series will follow six house-owners as the