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Question time?
Fresh from his triumph with ITV's new line-up, surely chief scheduler David Bergg would like to bask in the glory? Not so, writes Tim Dams.
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David Docherty
Argues the big question is not ITV's retreat from public service but the convergence of new and old media.
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New life on Planet 24
Why did Michael Green buy Planet 24? To give Carlton the production muscle to challenge Granada for ITV's crown, or to curry favour with Tony Blair via Labour peer Waheed Alli? Nicola Methven investigates.
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OPINION - Carlton needs the connection
For all his quixotic qualities and love of low profile, Michael Green remains unquestionably one of the industry's shrewdest players.So why has he forked out£15 million on Planet 24, a
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Digital rivals put the boot in
Sports rights were Sky's decisive weapon in the fight for satellite viewers. Now, as the digital landscape unfolds, they will prove just as crucial. Peter Keighron reports.
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Game over?
Football's changed and it's not all for the best. Pete Davies argues that while you can't blame Murdoch for everything, the new order, bankrolled by Sky, is pricing fans out of the game.
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GENRE AUDIT - Sports - 5 Live fights for rights
Although 5 Live has retained exclusive radio rights to Premiership football, the corporation had to pay£11.5 million due to competition from Talk Radio. Chris Horrie asks if the BBC can remain in the dominant position.
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INTERVIEW - Quiz show queen
Action Time is bringing seventies marital quiz Mr and Mrs back to TV with a nineties spin - Julian Clary is presenting. But managing director Trish Kinane says there's more to the indie's output than just gameshows.
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OFF THE RECORD - Over the top shelf
Trouble is brewing at TV Centre, where saucy lads' mags such as GQ and FHM have been removed from one of its in-house eateries. The magazines, according to a letter in
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OFF THE RECORD - No (ode to) joy for Dyke
Pearson TV head honcho Greg Dyke came out of the closet last week - as a lover of classical music. Dyke made the shock admission after Pearson's annual results, when he
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OFF THE RECORD - Waste of Resources?
Say what you like about John Birt, but you can't deny he's turned the BBC into a ruthlessly efficient organisation. Why, take this internal memo circulated by BBC Resources entitled What
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OFF THE RECORD - Love is on the air
Bit of a cock-up at Classic FM, which announced it would be playing some particularly schmoozy music this weekend to get couples in the mood to conceive for the millennium. What
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OFF THE RECORD - Pregnancy for dummies
On a similar note, those marketing chaps at Granada have gone into overdrive to publicise their own bonking bonanza, Birth Race 2000, on ITV next month. Hundreds of dummies have been
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OFF THE RECORD - Creative sparks wanted
Good to see the Beeb has finally come round to advertising the soon-to-be vacant DG-ship. Applicants, said the ad, must have 'personal resilience' and a proven track record of visionary leadership
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Indies voice anger at BBC radio proposal
Radio indies are up in arms over new contracts being drawn up by the BBC, which one producer said would 'create a whole new level of bureaucracy'.The contracts, which are currently
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Graef lambasts TV ratings obsession
Leading documentary-maker Roger Graef has publicly criticised 'suits looking at ratings' as threatening to undermine recent calls for original and innovative programmes by senior figures at Channel 4, BBC 1 and
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Bravo takes run from US shock-jock
Flextech-owned channel Bravo has clinched the exclusive UK cable and satellite rights to US cult disc jockey Howard Stern's TV show, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Trio of pilots to battle for Springer slot
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has lined up three pilots as possible afternoon replacements for The Jerry Springer Show, writes Nicola Methven.
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Initial stages concert for millennium night
GMG Endemol Entertainment production subsidiary Initial is to stage a multi-million pound concert from Greenwich on New Year's Eve for BBC 1, writes Hilary Curtis.
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SKY ONE ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO JAPANESE SERIES POKEMON
Sky One has bought the hit Japanese animation series, Pokemon, based on the Nintendo video game of the same name. A flashing special effect in two episodes - which will not