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    NO RTL ENDEMOL BID

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    RTL Group has dismissed rumours that it has made a bid for Dutch production house Endemol, maker of Big Brother. A spokesman said the reports, carried in a French newspaper this

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    CAN YOU MANAGE?

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment is to launch an interactive reality format that will allow viewers to control a football club. The People's Club will allow viewers to vote on key management decisions. The

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    FASHION ON SKY

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Style service Fashion TV has launched on Sky Digital and has unveiled plans to commission 180 hours of original programming each year. Managing director Francois Thiellet said indies with a strong

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    BBC settles out of court in Elite case

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has settled the High Court action brought against it by the Elite model agency over an episode of investigative show MacIntyre Undercover, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    UPC to test Microsoft TV

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Pan-European cable outfit UPC has begun trials of Microsoft's interactive TV platform in 100 homes in UPC's flagship Amsterdam franchise area, writes David Wood.

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    UK TV chief goes to Sky daytime

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Sky One is gearing up to launch a major drive into daytime and has poached UK TV factual chief Andrew Lowrey to oversee it.As Sky One channel editor, Lowrey will be

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    Unique and Precise merge

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC light entertainment stalwart Noel Edmonds moved this week to turn his television group Unique into a multimedia group after merging with Manchester-based Precise Communications, writes Colin Robertson.

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    TWG sells Scot FM to raise capital

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group has been forced to sell Scot FM for£25m to rival GMG in order to alleviate its debt crisis, writes Steve Aston.

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    RATINGS - BBC 1's debut theme night fails to topple ITV

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1's first theme night, The Joy of Text on Saturday (9 June), overestimated viewers' appetite for the technology, writes Jon Rogers.

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    BRITISH LEAD AT BANFF

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The British won more gongs at the Banff TV festival's Rockie Awards than any other country on Monday night. Baby Cow's Human Remains for the BBC beat off stiff competition from

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    GO RACING IMAGE

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing, which recently raised£80m as part of its TV rights deal, has hired brand consultant Oliver Bond as it gears up to soft launch next

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    RTS TO DEBATE ELECTION

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Current affairs coverage of last week's general election is set to be debated by key industry news figures at an RTS conference on Friday 22 June. The event will feature Channel

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    SMASHED ATOM HIRES

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Telewest-controlled interactive TV consultancy Smashed Atom has made two key appointments. The consultancy has poached NTL Interactive head of applications Tammy Learn to take charge of the product management team, focusing

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    BBC RELIGION JOB OPEN

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has been forced to re-advertise the position of head of religion and ethics after a six-month search failed to find a suitable candidate. A short list had been drawn

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    QUAYLE JUMPS SHIP

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide head of planning and business development, global marketing and brand development James Quayle has joined branding consultancy Lambie Nairn as head of brand strategy. Quayle, who worked at agencies

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    THE GOSPEL SLEUTH

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    GMTV and The Voice newspaper are to launch a joint project to search for a gospel choir and solo gospel singer. The slot - the GMTV/The Voice Gospel Challenge 2001 -

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    LWT TALENT SEARCH

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    LWT has launched an initiative to encourage community film-making and search out future talent. Whose London? will encourage community groups to make films about life in the capital and will use

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    DISNEY REWARDS 13 KIDS

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Thirteen children aged between nine and 13 have won awards in Disney Channel's Incredible Studio awards, which will see six of the 13 winning stories made into either live-action or animated

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    Television 'rescued media department'

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The growing importance of television to UK citizens and the economy helped secure the future of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), according to the Prime Minister's office.A Downing

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    Former IBA chief slams bill

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Former Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chairman Lord Thomson has slammed the government's planned communications bill, claiming it would give too much power to a single regulatory body and would not safeguard public service broadcasting, writes N