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OFF THE RECORD - Bets on next DG hot up
As the whispers about who will succeed BBC DG John Birt develop into a steady murmur, Off The Record can reveal that a new contender has entered the fray. Out of
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OFF THE RECORD - Party like it's 1999
Auntie's spin doctors were out in force last week at Sir John Birt's New Year soiree at Broadcasting House.In fact, the packed bash attracted so many hungry mouths that Sir John's
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OFF THE RECORD - Ploughing the money back
Hats off to Paul Smith, big kahuna at Celador Productions, whose quiz show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, is storming the ratings. OTR was happy to hear that the ITV
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OFF THE RECORD - Trigger happy
Just who is this masked sharp-shooting vigilante (above, right)?Why 'tis none other than Primetime Television International boss Simon Willock, the smooth-talking salesman who likes nothing better than filling a few of
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OFF THE RECORD - Close shave at Talk
Kelvin 'Big Mac' MacKenzie has been swinging his trademark axe at Talk Radio again this week. Big Mac's latest casualties are the station's entries for this year's Sony Awards.Word is that
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OFF THE RECORD - Bus stops at Carlton
As UK distribs pack their bags for Natpe in New Orleans, OTR warns that this year could see the transatlantic TV trade gap widen still further.The evidence? Look no further than
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OFF THE RECORD - DUTY LOG
This week's round-up of incoming calls is from GMTV's regular caller, AG Matthew. Readers can now call our own duty office on ...
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY ..
David Briggs, creator of ITV hit Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, wishes he had been Jeremy Clarkson.
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OFF THE RECORD - END CREDITS
Bernard Clark, managing director of Clark TV, has a secret tape of two TV bigwigs talking in a Notting Hill house ...
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RA FREEZES APPLICATION AND LICENCE FEES FOR 1999
The Radio Authority has frozen its application and licence fees for the forthcoming year. Licence fees for Independent Local Radio and Independent National Radio have not been increased since the authority
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TTTV UNVEILS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Tyne Tees Television, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday (15 January), will air a schedule of commemorative programming this week.The broadcaster, which launched in the north-east on 15 January 1959,
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POWELL GETS VOTE FOR HEAD OF POLITICS AT HTV WALES
HTV Wales has promoted Nick Powell, producer of political programme Welsh Agenda, to the newly created post of head of politics. The appointment is a preparation for HTV's coverage of the
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CNN International (CNNI) has become the latest 24-hour news channel to unveil a new on-screen look
CNN International (CNNI) has become the latest 24-hour news channel to unveil a new on-screen look. The revamp includes an updated on-screen 'bug' and 14 time-lapse idents featuring the CNN logo
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Hocking takes the Blue Peter helm
Steve Hocking, a development executive in BBC Production's children's programmes, has been named as the new editor of flagship BBC kids' show Blue Peter.Hocking, 37, is set to assume his new
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ITC and ITV network reject calls for 'super-regulator'
The Independent Television Commission has branded calls for a single 'super-regulator' for TV and telecoms as 'fanciful', writes John Plunkett.The commission, in its response to the Government's green paper on convergence
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C4 News and Newsnight revamps pull in viewers
Last week's revamps for Channel 4 News and Newsnight appear to have paid off, according to the unofficial overnight ratings, writes Alice Macandrew.Both programmes notched up an average increase in viewers
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Booth-Clibborn departs Bazal
The founding producer of Changing Rooms, Ann Booth-Clibborn, has left to join Flashback Television, writes Claire Handley.At Flashback Booth-Clibborn becomes the new series producer on 3 x 60-minute show Lost Gardens
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Channel 4 offers an online chat for indies
Independent production companies will be able to chat online to commissioning editors at Channel 4 as part of a new internet access scheme being rolled out from Horseferry Road, writes Tim
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PRODUCER KILLED IN AFRICA
A video journalist working for television news agency Associated Press Television News (APTN) has been shot dead covering the civil war in Sierra Leone. Myles Tierney, a Kenya-based producer who joined
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DERHAM TO PRESENT NEWS
ITN's media and arts correspondent, Katie Derham, is to become the main newscaster on its Saturday evening news programmes on ITV from this month.Derham, 28, will continue in her correspondent's role