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ITV follows BBC down peaktime garden path
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has commissioned the network's first gardening show for a peaktime slot from Action Time, writes Alice Macandrew.The 6 x 30-minute series, The Answer Lies in
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Mavers takes leave for Carlton's Blue Murder
Carlton Television is to make a single drama thriller for ITV starring Peak Practice actor Gary Mavers, writes Nicola Methven.Mavers is to be released from filming series eight of Peak Practice,
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV triumphs in Sunday night showdown
The battle for viewers intensified on Sunday (18 April) night when ITV and BBC 1 rolled out six new or returning peaktime series between them, writes John Plunkett. ITV's Where The
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Research error causes Rajar delay
The publication of the Rajar radio listening figures for the first quarter of 1999 has been delayed by five weeks because of problems with a new audience research system.The new methodology,
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Bowman leaves BBC for ITC post
BBC entertainment managing editor Marion Bowman is to join the Independent Television Commission as deputy director - programmes, writes Nicola Methven.Bowman, former ITV deputy controller of factual and Carlton TV head
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ITV cancels repeats of Lie Detector
Live TV's first show for a terrestrial broadcaster, Lie Detector, has been pulled from its teatime repeat slot on ITV and replaced with repeats of Catchphrase, writes Nicola Methven.Lie Detector started
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Granada bolsters international ops
Granada Media is boosting its international production operation with two appointments to lead the drive to win overseas comedy and entertainment commissions.LWT controller of comedy Humphrey Barclay is to become Granada
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Revamped Six offers regional opt-outs
The Six O'Clock News will relaunch on BBC 1 next month with new regional opt-outs just after 18.00 and at 18.15, write Alice Macandrew and John Plunkett.The flagship bulletin's editor, Mark
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Vorderman to host Granada ITV factual show
Granada Television has been commissioned to make a factual entertainment series for ITV's summer schedule fronted by Carol Vorderman, writes Nicola Methven.Find a Fortune, which piloted last December, is due to
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BBC DIGITAL FEE 'UNFAIR'
Richard Eyre and Leslie Hill, chief executive and chairman of the ITV network respectively, told the All Party Parliamentary Media Group on Tuesday (20 April) that a proposed additional licence fee
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VENTURE REAPS REWARDS
Discovery Communications has invested around $58 million (£36 million) in programming from BBC Production, roughly 10 to 15 per cent more than planned, in the first 12 months of the two
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MR AND MRS GETS NEW SLOT
ITV network director of programmes David Liddiment has rescheduled Mr and Mrs with Julian Clary, dropped after just two episodes from its 22.00 Friday night slot at the end of March
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BECTU AND YORKSHIRE TALK
Broadcasting union Bectu has held talks, supervised by Acas, with Yorkshire Television over the current Granada Media-wide pay dispute that has led to union members taking their statutory 12-hour breaks between
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DNE'S BIRTHDAY DEAL
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) celebrated its tenth anniversary this week by unveiling its first digital cable carriage deal, with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC). The agreement covers all seven of Discovery's
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BSkyB to increase PPV stations to 72
BSkyB is set to increase its digital pay-per-view (PPV) offering from 48 to 72 channels from the autumn in an effort to increase customer choice.The expansion, which is set to coincide
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Hit records 20% rise in profits
Producer/distributor Hit Entertainment has posted a 20 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to£1.4 million in the six months to 31 January 1999.Hit, whose new model animation series Bob the
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The Lab gets orders for four shows
LWT's low-cost production unit, The Lab, has received a further four regional series commissions, bringing its total production slate to six, writes Nicola Methven.The Borough is a 6 x 30-minute series
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Chameleon wins C5 orders
Channel 5 has commissioned three new one-off crime documentaries, including two from independent Chameleon Television, writes John Plunkett.The Leeds-based independent will produce a 60-minute special on Dr Harold Shipman, the Manchester
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BBC and C4 share RTS spoils
The BBC and Channel 4 shared the honours at the Royal Television Society's annual Educational Television Awards last Thursday (15 April), writes John Plunkett.The BBC picked up seven awards and C4
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FLEXTECH MULLS OVER LIVE TV ACQUISITION
Flextech Television has confirmed reports that it has been in talks to buy Live TV from the Mirror Group. It is thought the pay-TV operator is considering folding the cable channel