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... WHILE HEWLAND SERVES UP MINI MILLENNIUM MESSAGES
Independent Hewland International has been commissioned by ITV to make A Message for the Millennium. The run of 100 x 1-minute shows gives viewers the chance to say something special before
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CARLTON UNVEILS FIVE WINTER BOOKINGS FOR WEST COUNTRY
Carlton Television's west country region has unveiled five new commissions in its winter 2000 regional schedule. The line-up includes two 6 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall series - The Big Shop, set in
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YORATH TO PRESENT SPORTS NEWS ON ITV
Gaby Yorath has joined ITN to present the sports news on its Saturday evening bulletin for ITV, the ITV Weekend News. Ex-Sky presenter Yorath, who co-hosts ITV's On The Ball, will
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BRIGHTER PICTURES UNCOVERS 'ROLEX ROBBERS'
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Carlton TV to make Time Bandits, an undercover investigation into the band of 'Rolex robbers' who have struck 39 times in London in the last
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C4 moves House to US and the Blitz
Wall to Wall Television's high-rating C4 factual series, The 1900 House, is being extended to second world war Britain and has also signed a deal for transportation to the US with
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Everyman special follows UN ambassador Halliwell
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is to present a 2 x 50-minute Everyman special for BBC 1 produced by September Films, writes John Plunkett.Geri's World Walkabout, commissioned by BBC 1 controller
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ITV winter line-up focuses on drama
ITV is to reunite former Ballykissangel stars Dervla Kirwan and Stephen Tompkinson in a new 6 x 60-minute drama, Shades, to air in autumn 2000.The show, about strangers who meet after
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Whiteley wins chat show battle for BBC 1
Last weekend saw a battle between three new late-night chat shows, with Richard Whiteley on BBC 1 emerging as the unlikely winner, writes Paul Donovan.According to unofficial overnights, BBC 1's Richard
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ITC's Biggam urges review of BBC
Independent Television Commission chairman Sir Robin Biggam argued this week that a fundamental examination of the structure of the BBC and its role as a public service broadcaster must take place
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BBC 1 chief launches£134 million winter slate
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon launched a£134 million winter season this week, with a strong emphasis on new drama output, writes Tim Dams.The winter offerings include Red Productions' Clocking Off,
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Atlantic 252 pins hopes on O'Hara
Atlantic 252 has poached RadioAire programme director John O'Hara to become its new managing director in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the station, which has lost almost half
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Bucks in, Billinger out as Sky reshuffles its interactive team
BSkyB has reshuffled its senior interactive programming team with the departure of Steve Billinger and arrival of former London News Network controller of programmes Simon Bucks to oversee a raft of
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GMTV swaps Reuters news for ITN
ITN has taken over the GMTV news contract from video news agency Reuters, as predicted in Broadcast (29.10.99), giving the Gray's Inn Road outfit its fourth terrestrial news window in the
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Outsider to replace Eyre
ITV is looking increasingly likely to appoint someone from outside the broadcasting industry to succeed Network Centre chief executive Richard Eyre, writes Steve Clarke.Eyre, due to start at Pearson TV early
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EXPORTS INQUIRY OUT
The Government's UK Television Exports Inquiry report will be released on Thursday (25 November). The report - prompted by a survey of TV exports by David Graham & Associates - contains
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TALKS OVER BLANK FUTURE
Pearson Television has confirmed it is in talks with ITV and the BBC over the future of Grundy gameshow Blankety Blank. The negotiations were prompted by host Lily Savage signing a
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SEVEN EYE WELSH LICENCE
Seven groups have applied for the new south Wales analogue regional radio licence, including the Guardian Media Group, GWR-backed The Radio Corporation, Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group and Jazz FM. Other
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SURVEY BACKS BROAD BBC
A survey by BMRB on behalf of the BBC has found that 86 per cent of respondents believe it is either extremely or very important for the BBC to maintain its
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ROBINSON NO TO SMG BID
Granada Group has stated that, as a 20 per cent shareholder in Scottish Media Group (SMG), it would not give its approval to a£225 million SMG bid for Ginger Media
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Faull fleshes out interactive plans
Former On Digital executive director of broadcasting Ashley Faull has revealed further details of his new interactive entertainment company, as it begins to raise backing worth£50 million.The new venture, renamed