All News articles – Page 4811

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    Millionaire Twins no match for Casualty

    2002-03-25T14:16:00Z

    Latest incarnation of ITV 1's flagship quiz show easily seen off by long-running medical drama

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    ITV Digital facing closure this weekend

    2002-03-25T11:56:00Z

    Granada and Carlton give Football League until Saturday to accept cut-price rights deal or they will pull the plug

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    ITV Digital faces closure this weekend

    2002-03-25T11:51:00Z

    Granada and Carlton give Football League until Saturday to accept cut-price rights deal or they will pull the plug

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    Bad Girls helps ITV 1 to news victory

    2002-03-22T12:19:00Z

    Commercial channel claims rare head-to-head news triumph thanks to strong performance from prison drama against BBC 1's Clocking Off

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    STEPS STARS FOR SMTV.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    ITV 1 Saturday morning kids show SM:TV Live has moved to shore up its declining audience since the departure of presenters Ant and Dec by recruiting former stars of pop group

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    Workhouse to move in with owner Zenith.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Winchester-based new media outfit Workhouse is to relocate to London in order to focus more fully on joint projects with its owner Zenith Entertainment, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    RADIO - Listening for signs of life.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Commercial radio is trailing woefully in the wake of the BBC's rejuvenated output. Is the market now so skewed that the commercial sector stands no hope of competing?

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    US POP IDOL ON WAY.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Fremantle Media and 19TV have finalised a deal with Fox in the US to produce an American version of Pop Idol after several weeks of negotiations. The series will broadcast from

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    YORKSHIRE KICKS OFF HEARTBEAT SPIN-OFF.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Television has begun production on ITV 1 Heartbeat spin-off The Royal. The series, filming in Yorkshire, will star former Butterflies actress Wendy Craig as a hospital matron and will be

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    GULLANE PROFITS SURGE.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Gullane Entertainment, rights holder of properties including well-known children's shows Thomas the Tank Engine and Sooty, has reported a surge in profits. The London-based firm, which also owns Fireman Sam and

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    UKRD GIVES LONDON SOUL.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    UKRD group, which operates 14 radio stations in the UK, has re-launched its east London station Active FM as Soul FM 107.5 and has pledged to play more soul music during

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    ITV re-orders Foyle's War.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Greenlit Productions to produce a further 3 x 120-minute episodes of second world war crime drama Foyle's War for ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Old folks home in on 'unreal' TV.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Older people feel they are not portrayed realistically on screen and that their views are often ignored by broadcasters, despite their status as the heaviest consumers of television, according to a

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    SMG under fire from Scottish Parliament.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Troubled media group SMG, owner of Virgin Radio and ITV franchises Grampian TV and Scottish TV (STV), is set to get more flak this week as Scottish MPs claim the company

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    THE STUDIO TO FUND SHORT FILM-MAKERS.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    NTL and Universal Studios Networks jointly owned movie service The Studio is launching a #75,000 fund, The Studio Film Completion Fund (TSFCF), to help film-makers finish off short films. The scheme

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    TRADE TALK - Funny farmer.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    It's Time Gentlemen Please for Mark Freeland at Sky, but will his role as head of comedy commissioning at the BBC be a barrel of laughs?

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    Heggessey puts faith in Wright's pulling power.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has pledged her support for big-money signing Ian Wright and may commission a full series of his high-profile Saturday night pilot Right Here, Wright Now despite its initial flop, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Technology & Facilities - Kilroy to Teddington.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Teddington Studios has won back BBC 1 morning chat show Kilroy from BBC Resources in a two-year deal worth over #1m. Roger Morris, group managing director of Barnes Trust Media -

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    Technology & Facilities - Promotion at The Farm.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    The Farm group has promoted Sarah Tindall to the role of facilities manager at its Soho Square post facility The Farm. Tindall has been with the company since its launch four

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    Technology & Facilities - Interactive Oscars.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    The British public has been given the chance to vote for who they think should win an Oscar, thanks to return-path technology developed by Go Interact TV for the BBC. Results