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MTV PONDERS RAPTURE.
Viacom-owned MTV is eyeing up United Business Media's dance channel Rapture TV, after Broadcast revealed that the channel is up for sale (Broadcast, 12.1.00). UBM expects to raise up to£10m
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NTL RULES OUT MERGER.
NTL is to step up its joint working with Telewest but has again ruled out talk of a merger. The two largest UK cable outfits could start working more closely on
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SHEIK LEAVES MTV.
MTV senior editbox editor Tariq Sheik has left the music video channel to take up the same role at London Post. He said: 'London Post has handed me an opportunity to
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Turning the white paper into law.
Work on shaping the communications white paper into something that can justifiably become legislation is beginning in earnest. Lobbyists on all sides of the industry are attempting to turn the greener
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KINGSTON PROFITS.
Kingston Communications has unveiled group earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of£3m for the three months to 31 December 2000. Chief executive Steve Main predicted increased returns this
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KEN MORSE MOVES.
Ken Morse Rostrum Cameras has moved to TSI Post Production house in Covent Garden. Previously located on Soho's Dean Street, Ken Morse has a varied client base ranging from the smallest
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RATINGS - Weakest Link no match for ITV's Millionaire.
Cruelty-TV mistress Anne Robinson failed to woo punters away from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as the two flagship quizzes clashed this week for only the second time in their history, writes Jon Rogers.
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THE STUDIO REVEALS IN-HOUSE PRODUCTIONS.
New movie channel The Studio has unveiled plans to produce 20 per cent of its programming in-house. Productions on the slate from the nine-strong production team include a regular, weekly 15-minute
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INTERVIEW - War of independents.
Shaun Williams, chief executive of producers' alliance Pact for almost exactly three years, leaves his post at the end of this week. As he begins a holiday before joining Carlton Communications
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HARDING PROMOTED TO WORLD SERVICE ROLE.
BBC controller editorial policy Phil Harding has been appointed BBC World Service English networks and news director. Harding, who has been in his current role since 1996, takes up his new
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Granada re-lists.
Granada Media plc has this week been re-listed on the stock exchange as Granada plc as it becomes completely demerged from its main shareholder, hospitality business Granada Compass, writes Colin Robertson.
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OFF THE RECORD - Pact man wouldn't go near an indie.
After giving some of the best years of his life to championing the interests of independent producers at the helm of Pact, Shaun Williams has admitted to Broadcast that there are
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MODELS IN THE FRAME.
Sportsworld Media Group is billing a new reality TV show called Search for a Supermodel as the successor to current ITV hit Popstars, writes Simon Ellery.
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Pinewood finds Silver Lining.
Pinewood Studios has made its first move into production and rights ownership by taking a majority share in children's specialist Silver Lining, writes Barbara Marshall.
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AND FINALLY.
Mark Damazer, BBC assistant director news, tinkles the ivories about as well as Spurs play ...What is your proudest achievement?Learning to play the piano - appallingly - while working for BBC
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OPTOMEN'S FASHION TIP.
Optomen Television is making a 'frockudrama' series for Channel 4, aiming to do for fashion what Jamie Oliver (right) did for cookery shows, writes Ashley Davies.
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OFF THE RECORD - New evidence of PM losing fans.
ITN's schpinmeister, Mark Gallagher, showed the world just how influential he is last week during a white paper briefing session just opposite the Houses of Parliament. The meeting, which was attended
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Red Fig enhances its TV voting system.
Interactive TV specialist Red Fig is set to introduce a return path to its real-time TV voting system to enable programme makers to send personalised information to viewers via mobile phones, writes Barbara Marshall.
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EM.TV POSTS LOSS.
Children's television property specialist EM.TV - which bought the Jim Henson Company last April - posted a loss of EUR135,268 (£85,260) for the period 1 January to 30 September 2000, against
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On Digital registers sites.
On Digital owners Granada Media and Carlton Comm-unications are registering internet addresses under the On Digital brand, in another step towards a unified ITV web brand, write Simon Ellery and Jon Rogers.