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    OFF THE RECORD - Playing footsie

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Things to do as part of your job as an executive producer, no. 307: provide presenter with suitable footwear. This week's victim - John Kaye Cooper of Talent TV fame. Toby

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    Youlton to step down at Snell & Wilcox

    2001-09-06T16:39:00Z

    David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told Broadcast

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    Rent hikes put Soho TV companies under threat

    2001-09-06T16:36:00Z

    Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases, writes Barbara Marshall.Several companies have received rent demands more than

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    Ex-Red Pepper founders join XTV

    2001-09-06T16:34:00Z

    Two founding members of recently defunct television branding company Red Pepper ID have joined Soho design house XTV, writes Will Strauss.Bob Cosford and Richard Markell become executive creative director and executive

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    Disney, News Corp tie for broadband VOD

    2001-09-06T16:26:00Z

    Eisner and Murdoch agree pact to broadcast video-on-demand movies over broadband

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    BBC 1's match-winning performance

    2001-09-06T16:02:00Z

    Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria

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    BBC 1 puts in match-winning performance

    2001-09-06T15:58:00Z

    Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria

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    Singer speaks out as Telewest shares plunge to record low

    2001-09-06T14:57:00Z

    Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent

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    Singer speaks out as Telewest plunges to record low

    2001-09-06T14:50:00Z

    Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent

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    Vegas lands new Choice game show

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Comedian Johnny Vegas, the face of ITV Digital's ongoing ad campaign, has been signed up by the BBC to front a new gameshow as part of a raft of new shows

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    BBC 2 orders Michael Watson legal fight doc

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    BBC 2 commissioning executive Maxine Watson has commissioned a 50-minute special on former super middleweight boxer Michael Watson, writes Jon RogersFighting Back: the Michael Watson Story charts Watson's battle for compensation

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    C4 commissions for third Hidden Love series

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker has ordered 3 x 60-minute films as part of the channel's third Hidden Love series, writes Penny HughesBrothers in Arms, from

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    Walt Disney International goes European

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Walt Disney Television International (WDTI) has bought two animated series from Spanish animation company Cromosoma and French firm Exmachina for its international channels. London-based WDTI acquisitions and programming director Mary Bredin

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    Living TV cooks up an odd mixture

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Flextech women's channel Living TV has commissioned three new series including a 20-part cookery show described as 'The Odd Couple meets Can't Cook, Won't Cook'.Ordered by Living commissioning editor Jane

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    MBC bags BBC 1 and Channel 4 commissions

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured a raft of new orders from the BBC and Channel 4, including a documentary about controversial former MI5 head Dame Stella Rimmington, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe

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    Pilot sells food and travel to the US

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Pilot Productions is to export two programmes from its slate to the US.Planet Food, the indie's 7 x 50-minute factual cookery series, has been picked up by US cable channel

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    4 X 4 times two as new series is confirmed

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Current affairs series 4 x 4 has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks.From the autumn, the 6

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    Channel 5 reconfirms its taste for Pepsi

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Channel 5 has recommissioned two new series of the Pepsi Chart on 5 from Initial.Ordered by C5 controller of special events Adam Perry, the new shows will run until June

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    Major religious series back on ITV

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson has recommissioned two major religious series from Granada.My Favourite Hymns will go into its sixth series with a 37

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    Science greats to appear in Channel 4

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Channel 4 schools commissioning editor John Richmond has ordered a new series for the Science in Focus strand from indie Eagle & Eagle.Big Questions examines how great scientists such as