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Principal plots Dome ram raid.
London-based Principal Pictures is developing a£6.9m comedy drama, Ram Raiders, after gaining exclusive access to information about the events leading up to to the botched£90m Millennium Dome diamond raid, writes Penny Hughes.
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R5 needs own identity.
BBC Radio Five Live controller Bob Shennan has vowed to create a standalone identity for the station with its own front door like the corporation's other four stations, writes Katy Elliott.
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C4's Durrance follows boss' exit.
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, night-time Zizi Durrance is moving to another role within the channel, a week after her boss, Darren Bender, admitted similar plans, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC events boss opens new indie.
Former BBC head of millennium events Avril MacRory has set up a multimedia production company following her departure from the corporation last October (Broadcast, 15.9.00), writes Barbara Marshall.
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Squires hotly tipped for GMTV post.
Carlton Central managing director Ian Squires has emerged as the frontrunner for the soon-to-be-vacant GMTV managing director job, writes Colin Robertson.
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Smash Hits TV goes live.
Emap Performance Network (EPN) is ramping up its television activities with the launch of a Smash Hits-branded TV channel this summer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Edmonds backs BBC Ofcom link.
Oftel director general David Edmonds this week added his weight to mounting calls for the BBC board of governors to report to Ofcom, claiming the corporation was missing a trick by
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Talent hunt starts at BBC.
The BBC is launching its second Talent initiative next week with the help of an animated promotional campaign, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC COURTS WRIGLEY.
Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is understood to have been offered the post of BBC controller of light entertainment to replace David Young who is leaving at the
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BBC SETS UP THIRD CO.
The BBC has been given the go-ahead by secretary of state for culture, media and sport Chris Smith to set up its third wholly owned subsidiary, BBC Technology Ltd. The corporation
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NEW ITC CODE.
The Independent Television Commission has called for greater sensitivity on the content of daytime programmes during school holidays in its revised programme code published on Wednesday (21 February). The guidelines also
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WEB LIFE GUIDE AT BBC.
BBC Online is stepping up its support for the creation of online communities, with the addition of h2g2.com, the website developed by The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy creator Douglas Adams.
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ENDEMOL GOES WEST.
Endemol Entertainment UK is moving its London operation from Bloomsbury to Shepherd's Bush in July. The company, which employs around 350 people, said it had run out of space at its
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BSkyB and Fox link to create teen soap.
BSkyB and its sister Fox companies in the US and Australia are banding together to create a multimillion pound teen soap to run on Sky One as part of the channel's
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20 20 TV carries on delivering.
Twenty Twenty Television has confirmed a raft of commissions, despite the recent loss of director Paul Woolwich (Broadcast, 26.01.00), writes Ashley Davies.
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THUNDERBIRDS SUMMER RUN.
Cartoon Network's wholly owned offshoot Boomerang has secured exclusive cable, satellite and DTT rights to the entire 32-hour Gerry Anderson Thunderbirds series over the summer, writes Jon Rogers. The series is
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BBC staff vote over expenses.
BBC staff are set to go ahead with the first corporation-wide resistance to director general Greg Dyke's planned overhaul, following a vote last week by BBC Bectu members for industrial action over proposals to change expenses allowances, writes Georgina
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RATINGS - BBC 1's In Deep fails to drown out Millionaire.
BBC 1's new drama In Deep made a splash but failed to sink ITV's ratings tug Who Want to be a Millionaire?, writes Jon Rogers.
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CME WINS LAWSUIT.
Central European Media Enter-prises (CME), which set up Czech commercial channel Nova TV, has been awarded $27m (£19m) in a dispute with former partner Vladimir Zelezny over the ownership of the
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MUTV TELEWEST DEAL.
Manchester United television channel MUTV, owned by Granada, BSkyB and Manchester United Football Club, has signed a two-year distribution deal with Telewest's Active Digital network. The service will be available from