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    DNI and Hit fund elephant doc

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks International (DNI) and Hit Wildlife are jointly funding a groundbreaking documentary about the behavioural patterns of a herd of elephants, writes Annie Dare.The production will use a specially commissioned

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - EastEnders makes splash with 15 million

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The Mitchell brothers' dramatic crash into the Thames helped EastEnders steal the show for the BBC over the last week with Thursday's episode (14 October) attracting 14.8 million and an impressive

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    Action Time cuts back NW office

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Action Time, the wholly owned Carlton production house, is scaling down its Manchester office. The move comes amid fears by programme-makers that broadcasters are commissioning fewer programmes from the regions.From January,

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    Favourites emerge for UK Gold job

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Three front-runners have emerged as favourites to take over as channel editor of UK Gold, writes Tim Dams.BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood, UK Gold assistant channel editor Sarah Dewhurst and

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    On Digital serves up interactive TV

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    On Digital partners Carlton Media and Granada Media have linked up to develop an interactive TV service for the digital pay-TV platform, which could eventually be transferred to ITV programmes and

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    Barb digital system delayed again

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Barb - the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board - has postponed the introduction of its new digital-only measurement system for a second time following teething trouble measuring digital audiences, writes David Wood.The

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    ITC takes local TV bids

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Potential frequencies for another 36 Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) were identified by the Independent Television Commission this week, ushering in the next generation of local TV broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The ITC

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    Spindler replaces Adams at BBC drama

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production has appointed an internal candidate to replace Colin Adams as controller of drama, writes Tim Dams.Susan Spindler, currently BBC drama deputy head and head of strategy, takes over from

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    WIRELESS TO BUY IRG

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group was understood to be on the verge of clinching a deal to buy the Independent Radio Group (IRG) as Broadcast went to press. The purchase is believed

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    ITC NEARS GUNS VERDICT

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    An Independent Television Commission ruling on Ray Fitzwalter Associates' Guns on the Street documentary for Channel 4 is expected this week. Commission members are due to discuss the accusations of fakery

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    GLR MOVES TO BUSH HOUSE

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    GLR is to move into a temporary home in Bush House next month while its Marylebone offices are refitted ahead of its relaunch next year. A BBC spokesman said no decision

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    BAFTA INTERACTIVE TRIUMPH

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC News Online, BBC Multimedia and Carlton Online triumphed in three categories at the second Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards on Wednesday (20 October). The BBC News Online website scooped the award

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    JENKINS QUITS RAJAR

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Peter Jenkins, executive director of Rajar, will leave the radio audience research company in April. There is no replacement lined up for Jenkins and the Rajar board is set to meet

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    MONSTER HIT FOR BBC 1

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1's Walking with Dinosaurs was the most watched programme on TV in the week ending 9 October, according to official Barb figures. With a total audience of 18.9 million for

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    Channel 4 mounts multicultural drive

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has overhauled its multicultural policy and is urging producers to integrate ethnic minorities into mainstream shows.In a letter to members of producers' alliance Pact, C4 director of programmes Tim

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    Radio Corp joins Wales licence fight

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The new regional radio licence for south Wales is set to become one of the most hotly contested yet, after details were announced of a GWR-backed bid from The Radio Corporation,

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    Rapture wins airtime on Channel 4 in output deal

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Cable and satellite channel Rapture TV has signed an exclusive programming deal with Channel 4 that will see up to 30 hours of the youth channel's output repeated on C4, writes

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    Brogan takes Granada kids' role

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media has named Anne Brogan as its first head of children's international live action to oversee a raft of new commissions including a CITV family movie for Christmas 2000, writes

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    Half of UK to go digital within three years

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Just under half of the UK population plans to sign up to digital TV within three years, according to a new Gallup survey, writes Paul Donovan.Research commissioned by Pace Micro Technology

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    SKY PICTURES INKS TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM DEAL

    1999-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Sky Pictures has signed a distribution deal with Twentieth Century Fox to handle the theatrical release of some of the dozen films it is producing over the next 12 months. A