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ITV sports deal gives cable viewers online access
ITV Sport and Two Way TV have done a deal to work on live, interactive sports services and games and to give the interactive TV entertainment company access to ITV sport's
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BBC 1 gears up for Olympic coverage
BBC 1 is to air a 60-minute daily primetime show about stories off the track and field called Day Down Under as part of its Olympic Games' coverage between 15 September
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ITV comedy fund yields five pilots
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has revealed details of several new comedy pilots as part of the Network Centre's£1m comedy fund, including a six-part series starring Richard Wilson.Set in
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C4 orders more True Stories
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale has made a new slate of commissions for True Stories, the channel's ongoing documentary strand with an international flavour, writes Ashley Davies.
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First McGrath project
Channel 4 commissioning editor, daytime Jo McGrath has announced her first major project since her promotion from deputy four months ago (Broadcast, 17.3.00), writes Ashley Davies.
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Weitz wins R4 show
Radio and TV indie Martin Weitz Associates is currently in production on a number of commissions from BBC Radio 4, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Computer crash ups Big Brother suspense - Overnight ratings
Channel 4 and Bazal Productions were left on tenterhooks about the success of new gameshow Big Brother, as the Barb system crashed the day after the show's TV debut, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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GMG buys into web developer
GMG Endemol Entertainment has bought part ownership of Zeppatron, a fledgling online comedy content developer operated by members of the production team behind The Eleven O'Clock Show, writes Adrian Pennington.
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BBC considers pay-to-view
BBC director general Greg Dyke is considering plans to distribute BBC sport output via pay-per-view and rethink what rights the corporation buys as part of a strategy to increase commercial revenue, write Tara Conlan and John Lewis.
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Tusa attacks Dyke on BBC lack of art
Former World Service chief John Tusa has launched a scathing attack on BBC director-general Greg Dyke and his director of television Mark Thompson, describing them as 'the Rodney and Del Boy
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C4 Brooke is promoted to pay-TV deputy
Channel 4 head of marketing and development, pay-TV Dan Brooke has been promoted to the new position of deputy managing director of digital and pay-TV, writes Ashley Davies.
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NewsSky+ goes online
BSkyB has made its remote recorder service available online, allowing viewers to set recordings from their computers wherever they are. Viewers can set their Sky+ or Sky HD boxes to record from the website www.sky.com/remoterecord. Using the free service, visitors can view Sky's seven-day TV ...
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ITV is tipped to take on Planet 24 hit Survive
ITV is poised to sign up UK terrestrial rights to Planet 24's worldwide hit Survive! (Survivor! in the US), writes Colin Robertson.
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E4 hires scheduler
Channel 4 has hired UK Horizons schedule manager Frank Lampen to plan E4, its digital entertainment channel set for launch at the end of the year. He reports to E4 head
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TVC snaps up Mentorn
The Television Corporation (TVC) has triggered its option to buy the remaining 50 per cent of The Mentorn Group. The price for the remainder of Mentorn, up to a ceiling of
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C4 races bid in dispute
Channel 4 has denied reports that it has raised its offer for the broadcasting rights for the Racecourse Association to£350m, together with the BBC, BSkyB and NTL subsidiary Premium TV.C4
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Tremayne heads to US
Granada TV is seeking a new controller of factual programmes following Charles Tremayne's promotion to a permanent role at Granada Factual USA.Tremayne will become senior VP of the Granada offshoot, based
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£64M for World Service
The BBC World Service was boosted this week by what it said was a 'good settlement' in the public spending round announced by chancellor Gordon Brown. It is to receive an
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New controller for beat
Beat 106 has named Andrew Jeffries as its new programme controller following Capital Radio's acquisition of the Scottish outfit last week. Jeffries, previously Southern FM programme controller, took up his new
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Deputy for lifestyle
BBC Birmingham lifestyle and features has poached Anglia executive producer, talk Sally-Anne Howard to become deputy editor, reporting to head of lifestyle and features Kate Marsh.