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BSkyB and Fox link to create teen soap.
BSkyB and its sister Fox companies in the US and Australia are banding together to create a multimillion pound teen soap to run on Sky One as part of the channel's
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20 20 TV carries on delivering.
Twenty Twenty Television has confirmed a raft of commissions, despite the recent loss of director Paul Woolwich (Broadcast, 26.01.00), writes Ashley Davies.
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THUNDERBIRDS SUMMER RUN.
Cartoon Network's wholly owned offshoot Boomerang has secured exclusive cable, satellite and DTT rights to the entire 32-hour Gerry Anderson Thunderbirds series over the summer, writes Jon Rogers. The series is
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BBC staff vote over expenses.
BBC staff are set to go ahead with the first corporation-wide resistance to director general Greg Dyke's planned overhaul, following a vote last week by BBC Bectu members for industrial action over proposals to change expenses allowances, writes Georgina
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RATINGS - BBC 1's In Deep fails to drown out Millionaire.
BBC 1's new drama In Deep made a splash but failed to sink ITV's ratings tug Who Want to be a Millionaire?, writes Jon Rogers.
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CME WINS LAWSUIT.
Central European Media Enter-prises (CME), which set up Czech commercial channel Nova TV, has been awarded $27m (£19m) in a dispute with former partner Vladimir Zelezny over the ownership of the
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MUTV TELEWEST DEAL.
Manchester United television channel MUTV, owned by Granada, BSkyB and Manchester United Football Club, has signed a two-year distribution deal with Telewest's Active Digital network. The service will be available from
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TOTP TV CENTRE MOVE.
The BBC has confirmed that chart show Top of the Pops is to move to BBC Television Centre as a permanent setting this autumn. Advanced talks are taking place to transform
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NEW ASIAN SERVICES.
Two new Asian movie services are being launched with movie outfit u>direct launching a pay-per-view service and Zee TV joining the fray with its third channel. Zee Cinema will show six
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ABERDEEN APPLICATIONS.
The Radio Authority has received two applications for the Aberdeen digital multiplex licence. Score Digital, which has proposed six commercial programme services, and Switchdigital, which wants to broadcast eight, will find
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SAGA APPOINTS MD.
The surprise winner of the regional West Midlands FM licence Saga Radio has appointed former Tiswas presenter Peter Tomlinson as the station's managing director.
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ALLI JOINS TORNADO.
Former managing director of Carlton Productions Waheed Alli has joined Tornado, a company which provides systems for the distribution of digital media, as a non-executive director. Two weeks ago Alli became
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IMG OPENS DUBAI OFFICE.
IMG, the international sports rights agency behind sports indie Trans World International, has opened up a middle east office in Dubai. The office will be headed up by IMG general manger,
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COCKCROFT DIES.
Award-winning documentary-maker Barry Cockcroft has died aged 68. Cockcroft worked at Yorkshire Television where he made around 100 TV documentaries in a career that spanned four decades.
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VIRTUE APPOINTS CHIEF.
Webcasting and streaming specialist Virtue Broadcasting has promoted head of production Richard Griffiths to chief operating officer. Griffiths, a former GMTV producer and L!VE TV presenter, will head Virtue's 30-strong UK
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HARTOG JOINS PEARSON.
Pearson Television has appointed Who Wants to be a Millionaire? executive producer Stephanie Hartog to the newly- created role of controller of light entertainment, acquisitions and resources, worldwide production.
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TWO WAY ROLLS OUT.
Interactive games channel Two Way TV rolls out nationally this week across Telewest's digital platform.
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BBC sports attracts top viewing share figures.
The BBC'S live sports output commanded the highest number of viewers among its main terrestrial rivals last year, in spite of widespread criticism that it no longer possesses any credible rights
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BBC gears up for 'fun' dome bid.
BBC Worldwide is this week holding further talks with Madam Tussaud's and a number of property developers about being part of a consortium bidding for the Millennium Dome, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Lawson signs C4 deal for second bite of cookery series.
TV Chef Nigella Lawson has signed a co-production deal with indie Flashback TV to make the second series of Nigella Bites, writes Georgina Lipscomb.