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SKY BUYS TEMPTATION.
Sky One has bought the 6 x 60-minute gameshow Temptation Island from its US sister News Corp network, Fox, and scheduled the first episode for Thursday (18 January) at 22.00 on
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Digital picture becomes clearer.
As the year 2000 segued into the first year of the pedants' true millennium, there was a certain amount of confusion as to how and when the BBC would win government
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FREE TO AIR - Is E4 really a good idea?
The residents of Horseferry Road can put their brown corduroy trousers away - Sky Digital and E4 have signed a deal. With the news only announced on Monday afternoon it was
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TRADE TALK - Chief of police.
After nearly 40 years in the business, with many hits and few misses to his name, Peter Cregeen is about to take Trafalgar Road under his wing.
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IN MY VIEW - Samir Shah.
On the cock-up that is the rival 22.00 news bulletins and why it means less competition.
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ON THE BOX - A dose of reality.
UK Horizons deputy editor Jane Wilson sings the praises of reality show Popstars but would like to put The Mole out of its misery.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Green light for BBC?
Criticism of the new DCMS guidelines for the BBC's digital services for being weak, vague and barely different from a first draft may yet herald the beginning of a tortuous process before Chris Smith gives the go-ahead.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS - Blurring the boundaries.
Undercover investigation is the only area of current affairs journalism able to maintain a place in primetime. But the undercover approach has led to damaging interference in the judicial process, a confusion of roles between the police and reporters, an
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INTERVIEW - The learning zone.
Anal fistulae, stinky feet, piles, streaming perspiration, underage sex, embarrassing children, self-help books, sex therapy. It's all Richard McKerrow's fault that programmes on these subjects have sparked the odd watercooler moment.
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ANALYSIS - INDIE FINANCE - TVC: a facility for making profits.
In the first of a 10-part fortnightly series analysing company data from leading production groups, we look at the Television Corporation, which owns Mentorn and Sunset & Vine and has extensive sport interests. Katy Elliott Reports.
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TX - In tune with the 'yoof'.
The phrase 'as if' might be used to express incredulity, but the truth is there are few surprises as far as the ethos of the newest drama series on the newest
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AND FINALLY ... Pam Smithard, Natpe Europe managing director, craves supernatural powers.
If you weren't in TV what would you be doing?Working at Kew GardensWhat is your proudest achievement?Avoiding 'a fall' for so longWho do you most admire in broadcasting?The engineers who make
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OFF THE RECORD - Lythgoe's Popstars stunt.
First class 'sell the sizzle, not the sausage' action from LWT's publicity machine for Popstars, the ITV show in which Nigel 'Sparkle' Lythgoe handpicks wannabe band members with more kindness than
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OFF THE RECORD.
Our Interpol contacts inform us that Sky's former Prince of Darkness, David Bergg, is hiding out in Argentina. A crate of Sunny Delight for the first reader to send in a
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OFF THE RECORD - Channel 5 keeps on trucking.
Crikey, if we didn't already love Channel 5, we do now, after learning of its plans to broadcast an endurance game show called Touching the Truck last week (instructions: to be
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OFF THE RECORD - Testing viewers' patience.
Those of you who spent much of your childhoods composing TV schedules in the sandpit may empathise with one David McKeran, an artist, who has devoted a good eight years (when
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes.
Go flubbalub at the remarkable similarities between BBC TV tsar Mark Thompson and the recently resuscitated Bill and Ben. To avoid confusion, we'd like to point out that Bill and Ben
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Christmas Day audience peak neared 30 million.
Christmas Day ratings battles hinge on how you look at the figures - in this case, using the 19.00 to 22.30 primetime period, ITV edged ahead with 41.5 per cent to
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TAYLOR TO HEAD METRO.
Broadcast equipment and service provider Metro Group has appointed a new managing director, Nicholas Taylor, to succeed company founder and chief executive David Pacy. Taylor joins the WPP-owned firm from communications