All News articles – Page 4750

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    BBC 4 not ratings-driven.

    2002-05-31T08:54:20Z

    BBC 4 is 'defiantly not a ratings-driven channel', according to controller Roly Keating speaking at the Production Show last week, write Lucy Rouse and Peter Keighron

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    JML TV SHOP TO LAUNCH.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    A new 24-hour shopping channel, based in Nottingham, is set to launch in the autumn backed

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    ITV unveils new regional spend.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    ITV this week confirmed a£25m increase to its programming budget at the same time as

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    HIT EYES UP GULLANE.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    Bob the Builder producer Hit Entertainment has confirmed it is in preliminary talks with rival kids

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    EMAP DIVISION FIGURES.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    Emap Performance suffered an 11 per cent fall in profit during the financial year ending 31

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    Discovery moves to replace Taylor.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    Discovery Networks International has named Robin Paxton as its new managing director for Europe, Africa and the Middle-East, writes Paul Revoir

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    GWR denies merger talks.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    GWR has dismissed reports that it is in talks with Capital Radio over a merger of the two companies, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    CARLTON PROFITS FALL.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    Carlton will lose almost #100m by closing ITV Digital, according to interim results released on Tuesday

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    RTL CHIEF HEADS TV BODY.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    RTL chief executive Didier Bellens has been appointed president of the Association of Commercial Television, a

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    BBC PAYOUT TO ORYX BOSS.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    The BBC has paid out a five-figure sum to Kamal Khalfan, the director of Omani diamond

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    GRIERSON AWARDS OPEN.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    The Grierson Awards has called for entries for this year's documentary film and TV competition. Entries

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    RDF scouts for talent with new arm.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    RDF Media is following in the footsteps of Avalon, Princess Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions by launching a talent management arm this week, writes Penny Hughes

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    Dyke says 'no' to ads on BBC.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has dismissed any argument for the BBC taking some form of advertising as 'dead' and said the chances of it happening in the near future are 'nil', writes Leigh Holmwood

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    HEALTH GOES 24 HOURS.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    The Discovery Health Channel will begin broadcasting 24 hours a day from Saturday (1 June) on

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    MORE ART AT 19.00 ON C5.

    2002-05-31T08:54:19Z

    Channel 5 has commissioned a raft of programmes for its 19.00 slot including 3 x 30-minute

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    Doubt hangs over League rights.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    Rights to broadcast Nationwide League football matches may be sold off game by game following the collapse of ITV Digital, according to a media lawyer, writes Paul Revoir

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    Comedy indie moves into films.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    Independent CHX Productions is to expand into the film industry after releasing details of its first cinematic ventures, writes Paul Revoir

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    Drama highlights New Labour and new Coltrane.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    BBC 1 and ITV1 unveiled separate plans for high-profile dramas this week that will see Robbie Coltrane return to the commercial network and New Labour come under scrutiny from the corporation, write Leigh Holmwood and Steve Aston

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    LIVING TV BUYS WILL & GRACE.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    Living TV has signed a deal with MGM to buy the entire run of US sitcom

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    Oxford wins order for low budget series.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), a subsidiary of producer/distributor Southern Star, has secured its first major order since moving into high-volume, low-budget programming with a 6 x 30-minute series for the National Geographic Channel (NGC), writes Leigh