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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - McCready and Daughter stuffs Euro Turkey
It was a manicurists nightmare this week as ITV's nail-biting Sweden v Turkey clash vied for eyeballs against the nails-on-chalkboard trill of Patsy Palmer, reincarnated as the eponymous daughter in BBC 1's new dick flick, McCready and Daughter, writes Co
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Sport channel is still on, says Bland
The BBC is still considering launching a dedicated sports channel, writes Tara Conlan.
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Holiday quiz and comedy front BBC's autumn television line-up
The BBC has unveiled a raft of programmes for its television channels' autumn line-up, including new 13 x 30-minute holiday quiz show Come Fly With Me, writes Tara Conlan.
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BBC IN PAY BALLOT
Bectu and the NUJ are to ballot BBC staff on a recommended 3 per cent pay offer and a proposal to cut the period that fixed-contract staff work for before becoming
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KILGARRIFF NEW ROLE
ichooseTV chief operating officer Richard Kilgarriff is stepping down from his role at the entertainment TV platform to become the majority shareholder in iballsTV - a company dedicated to producing online
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KATY HILL REPLACEMENT
BBC sources have suggested Blue Peter host Katy Hill will be replaced by a female presenter who has been temping at Carlton. An announcement is expected on Friday's show.
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DICKENS QUITS CAPITAL
Capital Radio group head of programmes Clive Dickens left the company this week and is on leave before setting up a new media company. The 95.8 Capital FM aspects of his
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CHANNEL4.COM EDITORS
Channel 4 head of interactive commissioning Stevan Keane has hired editors for the soon-to-relaunch channel4.com and filmfour.com sites. Andrew Grumbridge joins from Flextech to edit channel4.com and develop new entertainment ideas
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VIVENDI TO BOOST BSKYB
Vivendi's takeover of Universal Studios' parent Seagram may give another rich source of US studio product to BSkyB, almost 25 per cent owned by Vivendi. The Universal library consists of 4,000
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GMTV ED TO MOVE?
GMTV director of programmes Peter McHugh has scotched suggestions that GMTV editor Martin Frizell is set to leave the company to work for Sky. Frizell has been tipped for a senior
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Queen's list honours Wyatt
Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt was among a clutch of TV people to receive honours in the Queen's birthday list last week, writes Ashley Davies.
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Yes TV applies for Kingston access
Video-on-demand outfit Yes Television has sparked a row with Kingston Communications over access to its broadband network, after the Hull telecoms company refused to sign a long-term contract.Yes TV, which recently
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Wall to Wall boosts output with new arm
Following the success of its high-profile history series The 1900 House, Wall to Wall Television is strengthening its domestic output by opening a regional office in Bristol, writes Tara Conlan.
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More TV viewers are complaining, claims BSC
An increasing number of viewers are finding more things to complain about on television, according to the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Colin Robertson.
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LOUGHREY UPS BOARD NUMBERS AS PART OF 'ONE BBC'
Outgoing BBC Northern Ireland (NI) controller Pat Loughrey has increased the number of board members from nine to 12 and created two new posts, head of entertainment and events and head
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HOUSEHOLDS CONNECTING TO CABLE SERVICES ON THE RISE
The numbers of homes connecting to cable TV has risen to 3,281,042 for the first quarter of this year, according to the latest Independent Television Commission cable statistics. The figure compares
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FORMER WALT DISNEY DUO TO LAUNCH INDEPENDENT
Two former Walt Disney TV programming chiefs have launched an independent production company to create content for television and the internet.Billy Macqueen, formerly Walt Disney Television International director of UK branded
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BIRT NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIR OF BRANSON'S LYNX NEW MEDIA
Former BBC director general John Birt has been appointed non-executive chairman of Lynx New Media, a£95 million interactive content venture-capital fund set up by Richard Branson and US investment house
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FITZSIMONS QUITS IRN TO HEAD HOME NEWS FOR ITV
ITN has appointed Independent Radio News (IRN) editor Derval Fitzsimons as the head of home news for ITV. She replaces Jim Buchanan, who became ITN head of core news earlier this
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RDF'S LAMBERT TO CHAIR RORY PECK AWARDS 2000
RDF director of programmes Stephen Lambert will chair this year's Rory Peck Awards, which take place on 26 October in London. The deadline for entries to the awards, which will be