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    VOTE ON GRANADA/UNITED

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media and United News & Media this week confirmed that they would be holding their respective extraordinary general meetings (EGM) regarding the proposed merger of their television assets on Wednesday

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    UK GOLD BEATS SKY ONE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    UK Gold claims that its viewing share for weekdays in August has beaten Sky One's for the first time. The channel said that during the month it has secured a weekday

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    JAILBREAK DOUBLES SHARE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's new prison-based gameshow Jailbreak clocked up 1.04 million viewers (4.9 per cent share) on its first night (Tuesday 12 September) at 19.00. This is double the average share C5

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    UBC IN JOINT-VENTURE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    UBC Media Group is making its second move as a digital radio operator by creating joint-venture company UBC Digital to provide content for digital data services. It will join radio consortium

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    CASTAWAYS WANT TO STAY

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Some of the castaways on the island of Taransay taking part in Castaway 2000 have made enquiries about staying on after the lease taken by indie Lion Television expires at the

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    Static allots£5m to original content

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV outfit Static 2358 has unveiled a new£5m fund to commission original content for its interactive 24-hour TV channel PlayJam.Static, which expects to launch on Sky Digital at the

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    BBC picks 2nd creative chief

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC events unit executive editor Nick Vaughan-Barrat has been named as the second creative director in the new BBC factual and learning division, with a brief to head events and food, writes Tara Conlan.

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    Einstein ready for UK liftoff in January 2001

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Einstein Channel has announced that its new UK launch date will be January 2000 and has started its hunt for programming ideas, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BRUCE GYNGELL

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Bruce Gyngell, who died last week after a long illness, was unquestionably one of the most colourful characters ever to work in the British TV industry.His career was also one of

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    THOROGOOD REPLACES O'BRIEN AT HOME AND LEISURE

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Discovery has named former BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood (right) as the new programming chief for Discovery Home & Leisure. Thorogood, currently series producer for EastEnders, joins the channel in

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    CARLTON APPOINTS LAZARUS AS BUSINESS CONTROLLER

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Television has appointed WEA Records director of business affairs Steve Lazarus as controller of legal and business affairs, strategy and development within Carlton Productions.He will report to Carlton Productions managing

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    CAPITAL BRINGS CENTURY TO LONDON DIGITAL MULTIPLEX

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio is bringing its newly acquired Century Radio brand into the London market by launching it on the CE Digital Multiplex. Century London is the final service to be announced

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    NUJ'S CORBETT BECOMES NEW CHIEF OF WRITERS' GUILD

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    National Union of Journalists freelance organiser Bernie Corbett has been appointed the new general secretary of The Writers' Guild. Corbett, 47, joins at the beginning of October. He replaces assistant general

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    RADIO AUTHORITY ISSUES OWNERSHIP DEADLINE TO GWR

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority met last Thursday (7 September) to consider GWR's proposals to bring it back within the 15 per cent ownership points limit after its acquisition of Daily Mail &

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    ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY TO HOST BIG BROTHER EVENT

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Television Society (RTS) is hosting a Big Brother workshop on 18 September at the Groucho Club. The event costs£10 for RTS members,£13 for non-members and£7 for

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    ANTELOPE AWARDED GOLDEN REMBRANDT AT IBC

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    UK indie Antelope scooped a coveted Golden Rembrandt prize at the Nombre d'Or International Wide-screen Festival at IBC in Amsterdam last weekend.Antelope won the documentary award with Mozart in Turkey for

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    NTL NAMES JWT'S CARTER AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Cable outfit NTL has named Stephen Carter, chief executive officer of ad agency J Walter Thompson, as its chief operating officer. Carter, who was being wooed by ITV to fill the

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    FOUR NI OPERATIONS SECURE FUNDS FROM C4 AND LEDU

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Four Northern Irish production companies have won research and development funding from Channel 4 and Ledu, the Small Business Agency for Northern Ireland. The four indies chosen were Besom Productions, Double-Band

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    PREMIUM CABLE CHANNEL SUBSCRIBERS FALL AWAY

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The number of cable subscribers buying premium channels has fallen to less than one channel per household for the first time, according to the latest quarterly cable figures from the Independent

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    GB PRODUCTION GUILD HIRES FT2'S MARTIN AS CHIEF EXEC

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Production Guild of Great Britain has hired film and freelance training (FT2) director David Martin as its first chief executive. The Production Guild was set up in January as an