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TF1 TAKES EUROSPORT.
French broadcaster TF1 has bought Canal+'s stake in the Eurosport Group, making Eurosport International and Eurosport France wholly owned subsidiaries of the outfit. Canal+ was effectively forced to sell its 49.5
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SKY REVIEWS ITV BENEFIT.
BSkyB is re-evaluating the benefit of having ITV on its Sky Digital platform. The company argued that because of ITV's weakened audience share since Sky Digital launched in 1998, it is
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SOUTH PARK RAP.
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC£) has upheld two complaints about a Channel 4 South Park episode which included necrophilia references. The BSC found that although the series was known for its
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Just TV starts Bristol arm for local orders.
Investigative specialist indie Just TV is setting up a new Bristol-based company to expand its range and pull in regional commissions, writes Ashley Davies.
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Disney joins fight to curb BBC services.
Disney Channel UK has become the latest commercial voice to join the chorus of concern over the BBC's proposed new digital services, writes Simon Ellery.
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DCMS 'open' to ideas for Ofcom.
The government is open to suggestions about the best structure for its proposed single regulator, Ofcom, media secretary Chris Smith said this week. Speaking at an Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR)
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ICHOOSETV NTL CARRIAGE DEAL.
Online entertainment portal IchooseTV has signed a carriage deal with NTL's broadband internet service, ntlworld, writes David Wood.
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RATINGS - Weakest Link no match for ITV's Millionaire.
Cruelty-TV mistress Anne Robinson failed to woo punters away from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as the two flagship quizzes clashed this week for only the second time in their history, writes Jon Rogers.
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MTV PONDERS RAPTURE.
Viacom-owned MTV is eyeing up United Business Media's dance channel Rapture TV, after Broadcast revealed that the channel is up for sale (Broadcast, 12.1.00). UBM expects to raise up to£10m
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CHARLES QUITS PEARSON.
Pearson Television head of comedy Tony Charles is leaving the company next month to become a freelance producer. Charles, who has been with the former independent since 1996, said he was
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ZONE DISCOVERY DEAL.
London-based channel producer and distributor Zone Vision has renewed a representation agreement with Discovery Communications Europe for a further five years. The contract covers Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Civilisations, Discovery
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CLIPSALESNOW.COM TIES.
Clipsalesnow.com, the online clippings service backed by September Films, which launches next week (8 February), has signed up Brook Lapping Productions, RDF Television, Minotaur, ARTV and is also on the verge
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BBC WINS LEWIS FIGHT.
The BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to broadcast the fight to defend his world heavyweight title in April. This is the first time one of Lewis' fights will
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BBC web activities put under House spotlight.
The BBC's expansion of its commercial activities on the web came under the spotlight again this week, at the first of the culture, media & sport select committee's sessions taking evidence
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Independents win renewed deals with Channel 4 News.
Channel 4 News has renewed the contracts with all of the independent production companies that supply it with news, writes Ashley Davies.
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SAY PANTS TO POVERTY.
BBC creative services is behind the promotional launch film for the BBC coverage of Comic Relief 2001, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Government to act on agent payment abuse.
The government is to impose new rules on agents to ensure that production staff and talent are paid on time, writes Simon Ellery.
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EM.TV POSTS LOSS.
Children's television property specialist EM.TV - which bought the Jim Henson Company last April - posted a loss of EUR135,268 (£85,260) for the period 1 January to 30 September 2000, against
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THOMSON RAISES STAKE.
Publisher DC Thomson this week raised its stake in Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) to almost 9.6 per cent. The publisher of The Beano bought a further 431,000 shares in the radio
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NTL RULES OUT MERGER.
NTL is to step up its joint working with Telewest but has again ruled out talk of a merger. The two largest UK cable outfits could start working more closely on