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    SPRINGER AND MISS WORLD

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Chat show host Jerry Springer is understood to be presenting the 50th anniversary of Miss World, filmed by GMG Endemol Entertainment production arm Initial for Zee TV on 30 November at

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    BRAGG TO STAY AT LWT

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    LWT has signed up Melvyn Bragg, its controller of arts, for a further three years from 2001 after he was approached by BBC director general Greg Dyke. Dyke had been courting

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    COX SETTLES TUGS BATTLE

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Independent producer Des Cox has settled out of court with TVS TV in a 13-year legal battle that centred on children’s animation series Tugs. Cox, founder of Snowbow Productions, issued a

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    BT's broadband service to go live

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    BT has unveiled details of its much-anticipated broadband internet service, BT Openworld, which it is billing as the 'most content-rich broadband portal in Europe - if not the world'.BT Openworld senior

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    Deputy This Morning ed promoted

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Granada Television has appointed This Morning deputy editor Karen Smith to the post of editor, as predicted by Broadcast (26.5.00), writes Colin Robertson.Smith, who takes over from Sharon Powers, will assume

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    New C4 deaf series

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 education editor Richard McKerrow has commissioned a new series to replace C4's axed series for deaf viewers, The Vibe (Broadcast, 7.4.00), writes Ashley Davies.

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    Capital suffers more losses

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio has lost another member of staff with the departure of head of programmes for adult brands Jeff O'Brien, who has quit following the latest staff restructure, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Interactive specialist expands with new recruits

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Pittard Sullivan managing director John Holland has made two senior appointments to expand the London office of the US-based branding agency, which specialises in interactive TV, writes David Wood.

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    The share price of Granada Media opened at 540p when conditional trading began on Tuesday (11 July). The issue price was 515p, capitalising the company at£7.5bn and raising£1.3bn. Granada

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The share price of Granada Media opened at 540p when conditional trading began on Tuesday (11 July). The issue price was 515p, capitalising the company at£7.5bn and raising£1.3bn. Granada

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    BSKYB LIKELY TO RAISE STAKE IN OPEN ..

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB is understood to be on the verge of taking a controlling interest in Open ..., the e-commerce TV platform it jointly owns with the HSBC bank, Japanese electronics giant Matsushita

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    RAPTURE GOES FULL TIME ON SKY DIGITAL

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Youth channel Rapture Television (right) has announced it is to extend its hours of broadcasting on Sky Digital to 24 hours a day, seven days a week from 24 July. Since

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    BEEB UNION MEMBERS VOTE FOR THREE PER CENT RISE

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Bectu members at the BBC have agreed to accept a three per cent pay offer. In a ballot of BBC staff which went out on 23 June, members voted to accept

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    CULTURE CHANNEL TO BROADCAST ON SKY DIGITAL

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Oneword, the plays, books and comedy channel broadcast on Digital One, has signed a deal with BSkyB to broadcast its entire daily output on Sky Digital. The station has also become

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    FORMER BBC DG BIRT TO ADVISE BLAIR ON CRIME

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC director general Lord Birt has been appointed by prime minister Tony Blair as an unpaid crime adviser. Birt will spend one day a week advising on the causes of

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    SIX NATIONS RUGBY AND OPEN GOLF STAY ON RADIO 5

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live has renewed its exclusive contract to broadcast the Six Nations Rugby Championship with a deal that extends an existing contract by two further seasons until the end

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    TOUR DE FRANCE INDIE BOUGHT BY TELEVISION CORP

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The Television Corporation (TVC) has bought sports indie Venner TV (VTV), producer of Channel 4's coverage of the Tour de France. The award-winning indie was set up in March 1995 by

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    GRANADA BROADBAND TO BUILD ITV2'S WEBSITE

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media's new media division, Granada Broadband, formed just a month ago, has won a contract to build the new ITV2 website. Set to launch next week, the deal was brokered

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    STUART COSGROVE TO GIVE MASTERCLASS IN NEW MEDIA

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove will present a cutting-edge guide to film and TV in the new media age at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival. The event,

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    CARLTON DIGITAL PRODUCER GOES TO RENAMED SIT-UP.TV

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV outfit sit-up.com has changed its name to sit-up.tv and hired former Carlton Digital producer Jo Sarsfield, currently a programming consultant with the Travel Channel, as its head of production.

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    NOW DIGITAL GETS THE COVENTRY DIGITAL RADIO LICENCE

    2000-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Now Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the GWR Group, has been awarded the Coventry local digital multiplex licence by the Radio Authority. Now Digital, the sole applicant, will start broadcasting