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RAPTURE RAVES OVER CLUBAVISION PURCHASE
Satellite and cable youth channel Rapture has made its first acquisition: a complete series of ITV night-time clubbing show Clubavision.The LWT-produced show will air along-side the United News & Media-owned channel's
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ORTV HAILS BRACE OF UK STYLE COMMISSIONS
Indie ORTV has snapped up a commission and a recommission from BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK Style. UK Style editor Andrew Lowrey has ordered Interiors, a 12 x 30-minute series described by
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UBE GETS ACCESS TO GAYS EXPECTING SURROGATE TWINS
United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) has secured exclusive access to an Essex-based gay couple who are expecting surrogate twins later this year. UBE news agency United Television News has worldwide broadcast
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BBC 2 brains up with daytime Ross
BBC 2 has lined up Nick Ross to host a 14 x 40-minute 'intel-ligent' afternoon discussion show, which is being seen as part of a move to brain up BBC daytime
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3BM focuses on Christ's legacy
Indie 3BM Television is working on a documentary exploring the way the accepted Christian version of Jesus Christ's life emerged in the period immediately after his death, for Channel 4's Christmas schedule, writes Jason Deans.
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Channel 4 fleshes out On the Line season
Channel 4 has unveiled details of its On the Line millennium project, designed to link people from the eight countries along the Greenwich Meridian Line, writes Wale Azeez.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - EastEnders trial verdict kills off rivals
BBC 1 slew the competition at 20.00 on Friday (8 October) when 13 million viewers (54 per cent share) tuned in for the EastEnders murder trial verdict, writes Ashley Davies.
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Bannister to tackle short-term contracts
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister has pledged to tackle one of the most contentious issues with staff in his directorate - the prolific use of short-term contracts, writes Tim Dams.
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Parsons sells $1m quiz to CBS
Planet 24 founder Charlie Parsons has sold the format for a survival show with a million dollar prize to US network CBS, writes Tim Dams.
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Steinberg resigns Sky Networks role
Sky Networks general manager Bruce Steinberg resigned this week to join a new media venture, but denied rumours of a rift with Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch.Steinberg, 41, told Broadcast
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BSkyB signs Reeves for Dome show
BSkyB has signed Vic Reeves to appear in a one-off short film, The Good Ship Citizen, to show in its Millennium Dome entertainment venue, Skyscape, writes John Plunkett.
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Gardam berates independents for focusing on narrow concerns
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has warned that independent producers may be endangering their own future by being too preoccupied with short-term concerns, writes Steve Clarke.
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Humphrys attacks entertainment values in TV
Veteran broadcaster John Humphrys has renewed his attack on populist television with a wide-ranging assault on broadcasters who put entertainment values before 'serious journalism', writes David Wood.
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NEWS REJIGS ON-AIR LOOK
News 24 revamps its on-air look and titles from 25 October in a move that sees the news channel's presenters don jackets to fit in with the more authoritative look and
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SOUTHERN STAR IN TALKS
Australian distribution outfit Southern Star is in 'ongoing discussions' about strategic partnerships with a number of companies, thought to include Carlton Communi-cations, particularly for the technology side of its business. The
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CLEMMOW LANDS US ROLE
Former BBC News head of programmes Richard Clemmow is to take on a temporary role for the corporation overseeing the US end of its 27-hour millennium night extravaganza, 2000 Today. Clemmow
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SKY TO SHARE PLAY-OFF
£Sky Sports is to sub-license the rights to the second leg of England's crucial Euro 2000 play-off against Scotland to ITV as a 'gesture of goodwill'. Sky Sports managing director Vic
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BBC MILKS BABY COW
Steve Coogan and Henry Normal's new independent, Baby Cow Productions, has signed an exclusive two-year deal with the BBC. Brokered through the BBC's independent commissioning group, the deal will see Coogan
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GLYN JONES DIES AT 71
Tomorrow's World creator Glyn Jones has died aged 71. Although he started off as a newspaper man, Jones made a raft of documentaries. His most recent production, two years ago, was
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Perkins to front Movie Babylon
Sky MovieMax has signed Sue Perkins of Mel and Sue fame to present a new 30-part peaktime movie review show, Movie Babylon, writes John Plunkett.