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Standards body to be created
Broadcasters and unions are to form an unprecedented joint company to oversee standards and grading in safety critical employment areas such as special effects, rigging and stunts, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ITV Network on the music trail
The ITV Network has commissioned a series of 6 x 60-minute music specials for transmission from mid-October based on live sets from this month's V2001 festival, writes David Wood. Acts include Texas, Coldplay, David Gray, The Charlatans and Toploader.
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DIMBLEBY SIGNS IN
Broadcaster David Dimbleby has applied for the job of BBC chairman and would step down as host of BBC 1's Question Time if he got the job. However, BBC sources say
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EXTRA TIME AT BORO
NTL has launched an extension to Boro TV its cable service for Middlesbrough fans. For the first time Boro fans will be able watch the full 90 minutes of all their
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FOUR FESTIVAL FILMS
Channel 4's Mesh scheme has shortlisted four out of nine digital animation films to premier at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival next Thursday (23 August). They are The Tourist Trap
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INDIES HOLY CRUSADE
Four independents have been shortlisted for a religious development pitch at next week's Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival. The session aims to discover how programme makers and broadcasters can produce religious
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VOD supplier wins Premier League rights
Video on demand supplier Video Networks has signed a groundbreaking three-year deal with the Premier League for exclusive rights to 106 Premier League games a season - the first time the league has broken out video on demand (VOD) rights separately, write
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NME and IPC join forces for radio station
Virgin Radio has teamed up with IPC ignite! to develop the publisher's NME music brand by creating radio station NME Radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC set for top autumn drama
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey launched a heavy autumn drama schedule this week, promising to 'take more risks' with the channel.Yet she also revealed that Steven Speilberg's new drama Band of
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UKTV pushes on for food TV
UKTV IS to press ahead with the launch of its dedicated food channel UK Food despite the collapse of Carlton and Sainsbury's joint-venture Taste channel last week, writes Steve Aston.
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ITV chief slams RAB radio claim
An ITV sales chief has hit back at claims by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) that radio listening has overtaken total TV viewing, writes Steve Aston.
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RATINGS - Coronation Street loses head-to-head battle
BBC 1 came out on top in the first head-to-head battle of the country's favourite soaps, writes Jon Rogers.
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CABLE COMPANY LOSSES
Shares in United Pan European Communications (UPC) rallied earlier this week after the indebted European cable company reported a reduction in second quarter operating losses. Before interest tax, depreciation and amortisation,
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NIGELLA GETS BITE AT US
Channel 4 International has sold cookery show Nigella Bites to US cable network E! Entertainment for a 'high six-figure sum'. The first two series have been bought to air from 17
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RENTAL BUSINESS SALE
Granada is considering selling its Box Clever TV rental business. The sale of the joint-venture with finance company Nomura would raise around£1bn. Box Clever was formed in 1999 as a
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STAKEHOLDER REVIEW
United Business Media and the Daily Mail & General Trust are believed to want to offload their shares in ITN. The move would allow the three remaining shareholders, Carlton, Reuters and
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NEW EDITOR FOR APTN
News agency APTN has appointed MyMovies.net editor Nick Thomas as its entertainment editor. He is charged with overseeing the editorial content of the news agency's entertainment bulletins and programmes and will
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£200,000 FOR SKILLSET
Training body Skillset has been awarded a grant of almost£200,000 from the London Development Agency for training initiatives within the capital. Part of the money is earmarked to organise another
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C5 USES KIOSK MEDIA
Channel 5 is using kiosk media technology to add interactivity to its live Saturday morning kids show 5 Gets Out of its Box. The show, to tour Blackpool and Leeds in
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TALENT SIGNS SOAP STAR
Talent Television has signed actor Craig Fairbrass, who plays EastEnders villain Dan Sullivan, to star in three new drama series. The actor has already completed one non-broadcast pilot for ITV -