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BBC rescues TOTP urls from cybersquatter
Corporation wins back control of topofthepops.com and topofthepops.co.uk
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Carlton likely to miss production target
Hewlett says company 'underestimated' parts of the market and 'probably won't make goal of doubling income from production'
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PLAYBOY UPS PORNO
Playboy Enterprises is moving into hardcore pornography after shelling out $80m (£57m) for Vivid TV, owner of The Hot Network and The Hot Zone.The deal is the first time Playboy, which
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Premiership seeks pay TV outfit
The Premier League is seeking a production company to handle the 40 pay-per-view games to be broadcast by the pay TV consortium comprising BSkyB, On Digital, NTL and Telewest, writes Simon Ellery.
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WALES THIS WEEK TAKES ON NEW PRODUCER
HTV has recruited freelance producer John Mair as series producer for its Wales this Week show. Mair, who joins the programme in the autumn, will report to HTV Wales' head of
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TOTP name saved
Two key internet domain names for BBC flagship music programme Top of the Pops have been returned to the corporation four years after being hijacked by a 'cybersquatter', writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NTL snaps up Sky md West
NTL has hired former Sky Entertainment managing director Ian West to review its TV operations and act as strategic advisor to its UK and Ireland advisory board, writes Simon Ellery.
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WALES SEEKS LICENCES
The Radio Authority has received three applications for a new local analogue licence for Pembrokeshire in Wales. Proposals have been submitted from Haven FM, More 102 and Real Radio. The authority
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TV LOONS LAND ORDERS
Kids animation specialist TV Loonland has scooped two fully developed animation projects from Pearson Television following the closure of PTV animation unit Eva. The two properties, Something Else and Georgie Goat,
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TYRELL ISSUES LICENCES
Tyrell, the UK's exclusive reseller of Nothing Real products is to insta'l over 60 Shake licences at the London-based Finishing School and the University of Westminster. The Finishing School will use
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TIVO LINKS UP WITH UKTV FOR HIGHLIGHTS
Personal video recorder manufacturer Tivo has struck a channel highlights deal with BBC and Flextech joint-venture broadcaster UKTV. The deal represents the fourth broadcaster to run a Tivo highlights channel with
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No hiding place for Heggessey
The controller of BBC 1 Lorraine Heggessey claimed this week that she should not be held responsible if her channel failed to gain higher ratings than ITV, writes Katy Elliott.
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OFF THE RECORD - Guru of style
What ever happened to design industry chic? Bruce Dunlop, design and identity guru, was recently spotted cavorting in a jacuzzi at the Promax USA festival in Florida with ITV head of
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GRAESSER PROMOTION
Granada has promoted director of broadband operations Max Graesser to chief operating officer for Granada Broadband, taking on the role vacated by Simon Shaps last month. Graesser, formerly director of production
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Science series fortified at RDF
RDF Media has poached BBC science development producer Kate O'Sullivan to boost its landmark science co-productions and returnable formats, writes Penny Hughes.
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TRADE TALK - Virgin's Mr Fix-it
Virgin Radio's new programme director, Paul Jackson, had barely got his feet under the desk before he had to deal with the Chris Evans crisis.
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Indie fills new senior post
Indie Somethin' Else has created a new post of head of TV and has appointed freelance producer Bruce Hepton to fill it, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OFF THE RECORD - Fantasy formats
Following the incredible news that BBC 1 is to stage a 'celebrity sleepover' with the likes of Vanessa Feltz and Michael Winner, OTR has decided to launch a new competition. Fantasy
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INTERVIEW - Revitalising factual
Last Friday was a big day for Steve Hewlett. After months of transatlantic jetlag, Carlton's director of programmes was finally able to celebrate the official launch of his ambitious $20m (£14.3m)
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Geldof's indie in expansion move
Bob Geldof's radio and TV indie 10 Alps is to float on the alternative investment market following a reverse takeover of ad agency Osprey Communications, writes Barbara Marshall.