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INTERVIEW - The brand leader
As she sets off on a freelance career after almost two decades with Lambie Nairn, the hard working, hard walking Sarah Davies is living proof that branding has become central to the future of the television industry.
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OFF THE RECORD - Suck it and see
BBC backwater, sorry, nations and regions grand fromage Mark Thompson was back in the news last week outlining his vision for the Beeb's regional news in London and the south-east. Of
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OFF THE RECORD - Jerry groupie
No-one was more enthusiastic at one of the recent Jerry Springer shows, being filmed for ITV by Anglia, than United company lawyer Stephen Rudoff's wife, Lizzie.Rudoff's other half sat in the
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OFF THE RECORD - Macho management
It is the early bird, of course, who gets the worm, and no-one knows that better than Sophie Turner Laing, controller of programme acquisitions at the BBC. OTR only mentions this
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OFF THE RECORD - Poptastic appointment
Surely the most unexpected appointment of the month must go to Radio Investments subsidiary Radio Services Limited (RSL), which has appointed none other than Paul McCartney as its new business development
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OFF THE RECORD - In the flesh
Take a close look at the trunks of our back page 'virtual hunk' and you'll notice this week's pic comes not from Channel 5 (as you might have suspected) but the
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TV Corp snaps up Mentorn for£25m
The Television Corporation (TVC) this week struck a deal to buy The Mentorn Group for an estimated£25 million - marking what is expected to be the first in a number
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BBC earmarks£5.5m for south-east overhaul
The BBC this week unveiled a£5.5 million plan to revamp its regional television and radio services for London and the south-east, write Tim Dams and John Plunkett.The plan will see
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Carlton axes Central and Westcountry
Carlton Television is jettisoning its regional brands, Westcountry and Central, in favour of a new on-air Carlton identity, writes Dominic Timms.From Monday (6 September) the regional broadcasters' individual on-air identities will
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Millionaire? to build on US success
Celador Productions' US version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is poised to return for a second run on ABC during the all-important November sweeps, following its blockbuster performance this
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SCHUMACHER TO DIRECT US VERSION OF QUEER AS FOLK
US movie director Joel Schumacher, whose credits include 8mm, Batman & Robin, Falling Down, Flatliners and St Elmo's Fire, has signed up to direct the US version of Red Productions' Channel
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THIRD SERIES OF DOPE SHEET COMMISSIONED BY C4
Channel 4 animation has recommissioned a third series of the late-night animation magazine strand Dope Sheet from Illuminations. Each programme consists of 1 x 30-minutes of various stories and features on
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WIDE MOUTH FROG TO PRODUCE JAZZ FM TRAVEL SLOT
Jazz FM is to launch a new travel programme on Monday (6 September), to be produced by indie Wide Mouth Frog. The Jazz FM Travel Guide will be presented by former
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SEVENTEENTH COOKSON ADAPTATION FOR ITV ON ITS WAY
Festival Film & TV has just gone into production on its seventeenth Catherine Cookson adaptation for Yorkshire and ITV. The 3 x 60-minute drama, The Secret, was commissioned from Festival by
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BSKYB TAKES STEPS FOR PAY-PER-VIEW PERFORMANCE
BSkyB's pay-per-view service, Sky Box Office, has secured the live and exclusive broadcast rights to the Steps performance at the MEN Arena in Manchester on 31 October. Steps - Live in
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BREWER AND MACKENZIE TO PRESENT SCOTS NEWSNIGHT
Gordon Brewer and Anne Mackenzie have been lined up as presenters of Newsnight Scotland, the new opt-out from Newsnight that launches in October. Brewer, who currently presents and reports for Newsnight,
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S2 SECURES EXCLUSIVE FOR DANCE MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Scottish Media Group's digital terrestrial channel S2 has won the exclusive rights to televise Scotland's dance music extravaganza Homelands, to be held this weekend (4-5 September). Coverage of the event, which
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£12,000 DOC COMMISSION FOR BRIGHTON INDIE'S RAY
Ali Ray, who works for Brighton-based indie Seventh Art Productions, has secured a£12,000 documentary commission from BBC Choice after being selected from the participants in the Edinburgh International Television Festival
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Granada Media in NY Times tie-up
Granada Media and the New York Times (NYT) have set up a joint-venture to develop factual programming based on the US newspaper's print journalism output.The new partners plan to invest£1