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Wedding bells ring for second time on Carlton
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned a second 4 x 30-minute series of Weddings for a 19.30 slot, starting at the end of November. The Community Programmes Unit
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LNN to make November one-off Bond special for ITV
The LNN production team behind LWT regional movie magazine show Big Screen has been commissioned by ITV controller of network acquisitions Jeremy Boulton to make a James Bond special. The 30-minute
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Independent Image gives Living moral dilemmas
Flextech-owned Living has commissioned Independent Image to produce a second series of masthead show Chat's Moral Dilemmas. Recording of the show, hosted by Julia Bradbury in front of a live studio
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Rapture greets first live OB from snowboarding fest
Youth satellite and cable channel Rapture TV will air its first live outside broadcast on Saturday (13 November) from the Board X snowboarding festival in Battersea Park. The Norwich-based channel will
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Drama leads out C4's winter output
Channel 4 has unveiled a strong line-up of drama in its winter 2000 schedule that includes award-winning writer Paul Abbott's first project for the channel, The Secret Life of Michael Fry
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Granada/NYT co-pro dawns
Granada Media and the New York Times (NYT) unveiled their first joint production this week - an 8 x 60-minute science documentary series for The Learning Channel (TLC), writes Tabitha Cole.
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Virtual television world on trial
Illuminations is hoping to accelerate the convergence of TV and the internet with a two-month interactive programming trial called Ages of Avatar, writes Dominic Timms.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - TV soap and quiz blitz pulls in punters
ITV virtually swept the board on Monday (8 November) on the first night of its week-long soap, drama and quiz blitz, writes Paul Donovan.
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McDonald fronts ITV's new century
ITN is producing ITV's millennium eve coverage with a programme fronted by Trevor McDonald, writes Liz Shackleton.
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Shier lands top job at Oz's ABC
Former Thames Television deputy chief executive Jonathan Shier has landed a new job in Australian broadcasting as managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).Shier, most recently commercial director at Scandinavian
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Tranter to take on BBC drama role
BBC Production has restructured part of its senior drama team, promoting senior executive producer BBC 1 films and serials Jane Tranter to head of drama serials across both BBC 1 and 2, writes Tim Dams.
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Free licences for over-75s heralds funding breakthrough
The Government's decision to foot the£300 million-a-year bill to give free TV licences to pensioners over 75 represents a breakthrough in the Treasury's attitude to BBC funding, writes John Lewis.
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MPs will demand News at Ten recall
The ITV companies and the Independent Television Commission are to face demands from MPs that News at Ten and the 17.40 news programme should return to their old slots.Culture, Media &
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ITN staff want cash for techno stress
Editorial staff at ITN are demanding a one-off payment of between£1,500 and£2,000 to compensate for the stress caused by problems with new newsroom technology, writes John Plunkett.
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Bi-media U-turn likely in BBC News overhaul
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is expected to unveil a major overhaul of the directorate within the next few weeks that will backtrack on the bi-media policy of making news staff work for both television and radio, writes Tim Dams.
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Mannion on a promise
Former GMTV editor David Mannion has stepped in to executive produce ITV's Year of Promise campaign, which launched last month. Mannion, the ex-editor of ITN's programmes for ITV who now works
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C&W profits 40% down
Cable & Wireless has reported a 40 per cent slide in profits for the six months to 30 September.The company blamed increased investment in its data network and intense competition in
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O'Neal gets Granada job
Granada Television has appointed Eamonn O'Neal as executive producer, regionals. Currently on a temporary attachment as executive producer of This Morning, O'Neal was formerly executive producer for GSkyB channel Men &
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ITC seeks Channel 4 talks
The Independent Television Commission is to talk to Channel 4 about a newspaper allegation that two people who appeared on Something for the Weekend purporting to be married were not legally
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Grade to leave Leisure
Michael Grade will leave his position as chief executive of First Leisure at the end of January. The former Channel 4 boss has overseen the company's break-up over the past two