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    MORRIS HOOKS UP WITH ARTS DISTRIBUTOR NVC ARTS

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Former Mayfair Television Entertainment senior sales executive Elfyn Morris has joined arts distributor NVC Arts with the same job title. In his new role at the Warner Music Group company, his

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    TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION LEADS MINOTAUR SALES

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Minotaur International has sold 64 hours of programmes to five regions. Series one, two and three of Lynda la Plante's Trial and Retribution have been bought by Prima TV in the

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    LAGARDERE TAKES STAKES IN CANAL+ CHANNELS

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    French media and defence conglomerate Lagardere has completed a deal with Canal+ which gives it a 34 per cent stake in the pay-TV outfit's digital TV platform, Canal Satellite, and a

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    TRADE TALK - Fighting back

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Last week, BBC documentaries reversed the trend of key names quitting by signing Jacquie Hughes from MBC. Tim Dams asks what she's got.

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    TRADE TALK - On the box

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Chirnside, MD of Douglas Chirnside Productions MD, on Trigger Happy TV and The Real Oliver Reed.

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    TRADE TALK - Mark Rowland

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Argues that the internet offers independents with good ideas the opportunity to bypass the majors.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - The price of success

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Media Group has added another string to its bow with the purchase of Ginger Media Group, owner of Virgin Radio and creator of shows like The Priory (above). John Plunkett assesses the deal.

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    OPINION - Producers are the key for ITV target

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Before Christmas Broadcast asked the $64,000 question: would ITV hit its 40 per cent primetime viewing target this year? And already we know the answer. The network is not even trying

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    OPINION - Free to air

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Like a not very good vicar grafting on a sermon, I've been trying to tie together two big tales of the week in order to come up with a neat parable

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    THE FUTURE OF SCHEDULING - The scheduling war zone

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    In the face of ever-increasing competition for ratings across the networks, the job of the schedulers has never been so important. But will there still be a place for them in the digital age or are they a dying breed, asks Peter Keighron.

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    INDUSTRY BUZZWORDS - The jargonaut

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    No-one gets on in TV these days without using certain ridiculous phrases. Paul Rincon investigates.

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    INTERVIEW - The screen saver

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Despite being forced to operate with limited funds, David Thompson, head of BBC films and single drama, has racked up a number of critical successes in cinema and TV, putting paid to the notion that single drama is dead.

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    RATINGS - TX - IN MY EXPERIENCE

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Producer: Lambent ProductionsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 10.00, 21 JanuaryLength: 3 x 25-minutesCommissioned by: Paul AshtonProducers: Pat Sharpe, Emma Wakefield, Isabelle PavittThings have come a long way since the sex education lessons that

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    OFF THE RECORD - A finger on the Dyke

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    On Off The Record's trawls around cyberspace our attention was grabbed by a registered domain name - gregdyke.com. Further investigation revealed that it has been registered by BBC sports producer Nigel

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    OFF THE RECORD - Short and curlies

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's attempt to escape its pornmungous reputation took a knock last month when a technical hitch in the Yorkshire area meant that viewers in the north-east were treated to an

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    OFF THE RECORD - The digital future is here

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Y2K-style glitches have also been evident at On Digital. One sharp-eyed viewer spotted a message (above) - all too familiar to users of Microsoft's Windows operating system - on S4C Digital

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    OFF THE RECORD - More SMG, vicar?

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Following Scottish Media Group's (SMG) takeover of Chris Evans' Ginger group, OTR couldn't help noticing one fact the hack pack failed to pick up. SMG chief exec Andrew Flanagan is a

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    Twenty Twenty police drama gets BBC 1 series

    2000-01-20T17:45:00Z

    Twenty Twenty Television has secured a commission for a 6 x 60-minute series of Paula Milne-scripted police drama Second Sight, writes Ashley Davies.The new series will comprise of three separate

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    Impossible gears up for new C5 animated series

    2000-01-20T17:30:00Z

    Impossible Television, the animation division of Carlton-owned production house Planet 24, has started work on its first major series commission for Channel 5, writes Jason Deans.TooMuchTV, a 13

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    Vanessa makes BBC 1 comeback

    2000-01-20T17:30:00Z

    Lion to make 10 x 30-minute daytime series