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Mortimer's 'sweetheart' deal.
BBC deputy controller of documentaries and investigations, David Mortimer, has been given a 'sweetheart' deal, including commissioning powers in a bid to keep him at the corporation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Virgin dumps chart for older music.
Virgin Radio has banned girl and boy bands from its play list in an attempt to refocus on 'musically disenfranchised' 30 to 40 year-olds and clearly distinguish itself from other stations, writes Katy Elliott.
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Low BBC 3 and 4 budgets a blow for indies.
The BBC's plans to launch BBC 3 and 4 this year are being supported by minimal programme budgets, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Sky in election row.
BSkyB is expected to call for an independent commission to look into the proposition of a televised debate between the principal party leaders in the run-up to a general election.The move
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RAJ IN COLOUR.
TWI and Carlton have teamed up again for a new instalment of their award-winning ... in Colour strand - a three-part series for ITV on the British Empire, writes Colin Robertson.
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Coup for SMG Production.
SMG's ailing production department has finally secured a new drama head, plus four new drama and factual executives, writes Colin Robertson.
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Bland bullish about 22.00 News.
BBC Chairman Sir Christopher Bland has dug his heels in over the corporation's 22.00 News, telling the all party Parliamentary media group that ITV would back down first in the scheduling clash, writes John Lewis.
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DISCOVERY RESTRUCTURES.
Discovery Networks Europe has restructured into four divisions and is hunting for a new content chief, following the departure of UK general manager Nick Comer-Calder in December (Broadcast, 15.12.00). The four
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THOMPSON GIVES BRIEFINGS.
The BBC is hosting two briefing days next week in which director of TV Mark Thompson, the channel controllers and genre commissioners will outline the different channel requirements and what each
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JUST GROUP REPORTS.
Children's TV and licensing specialist company Just Group's pre-tax profits for the six months to end October 2000 rose by 64 per cent to£1.23m. Turnover was up from£6.2m to
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GRANADA JOBS TO GO.
Up to 60 jobs are set to go as part of Granada Media's integration of United's former education services, Anglia Campus and Anglia Multimedia, into Granada Learning. National curriculum online service
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GOVT CALLS WITNESSES.
The Commons media select committee began its investigation into the communications white paper on Thursday (25 January). Chaired by Gerald Kaufman, its first witnesses were the National Consumer Council, British Telecom
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NEWS COMPLAINT REJECTED.
BBC governors have rejected ITN's complaint about supplying BBC News online content to Yahoo! and BT Openworld. The governors' quarterly Fair Trading Bulletin claimed this week the BBC is not in
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Tell-Tale to diversify Tweenies product.
Elstree-based Tell-Tale Productions is in talks with BBC children's controller Nigel Pickard about producing spin-off shows from children's hit Tweenies, writes Tara Conlan.
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GTV unveils plan for 'broadband factory'.
Granada Television (GTV) is stripping network production from its lifestyle department as part of a plan to create a broadband factory, making high-volume, low-cost programming.The move is a reversal of a
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Play TV editor quits to focus on comedy.
Play UK channel editor Myfanwy Moore has left the Flextech and BBC joint-venture channel to concentrate on her other role as BBC new comedy and entertainment editor, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Optomen takes on senior staff.
Optomen has made two senior appointments after seeing its peaktime commissions double year on year to 40 hours, writes Ashley Davies.
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Friends holds up for E4 but Sky One beats ER.
Channel 4's new digital entertainment channel, E4, and Sky One locked horns last week in their first, and much anticipated, ratings skirmish, writes Jon Rogers.
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NEWS CORP SELLS TM3.
News Corp is selling out of the German broadcast market by handing over its TM3 channel to the Kirch Media Group. As a result of the deal, News Corp's German subsidiary
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SHACKLETON CASH DEAL.
US cable channel A&E has agreed to co-finance Shackleton, a Channel 4 drama about the British explorer, with C4 International. C4I also said that, as predicted in Broadcast (21.7.00), Kenneth Branagh