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Carlton cleared over Millionaire but Ali G falls foul of ITC
Regulator dismisses 'rigged' claims over quiz show but lambasts episode of Celebrity for use of bad language
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Videonet hires creative director in move towards original production
Video-on-demand service Videonet has hired Marco Giusti as creative director to enhance the 'look and feel' of its HomeChoice service, writes David Wood.He will be responsible for promoting the on-screen
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IBM targets media and telco broadband services with appointment of new media chief
IT giant IBM has appointed a new media and telecoms expert to advise businesses on the launch of broadband content propositons, writes David Wood.Dr Michael Chamberlain joins as head
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Das Werk buys Centropolis Effects
Independence Day and The Grinch vfx producer acquired by German facilities-to-film group in $8.25 million deal
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RespondTV appoints UK boss in preparation for upturn in European interactivity
US interactive applications provider RespondTV has continued the build up of its European operations with the appointment of David Hughes as European sales director.Hughes, who has over 20 years experience
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Stoddart saddles up for Go Racing role
GMTV managing director returns to roots as new chief executive of broadcaster-led horse racing consortium
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TALKSPORT RENEWAL.
The Wireless Group has had its TalkSport national analogue licence renewed by the Radio Authority for a further eight years. Under the terms of the renewal, TWG's annual cash payment has
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UBM to sell Rapture TV.
Rapture TV is preparing itself for imminent sale by its owner, United Business Media (UBM), with an announcement expected within weeks, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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LIVE AND KICKING.
The BBC has denied reports that Saturday morning children's show Live and Kicking is about to be axed. Despite poor ratings, a BBC spokesman said that no decision on the future
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YOUNG TO HAT TRICK.
BBC head of light entertainment David Young is setting up a new entertainment outfit with his former employer Hat Trick Productions. As predicted in Broadcast (8.12.00), Young, 32, will leave the
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PEARSON POACHES GRANADA'S KIRKEGAARD.
Pearson TV Worldwide has hired Granada Media's founder of its 'greenhouse' development project Sean Kirkegaard (left) as its new entertainment development team leader. Kirkegaard, 31, took up the new role at
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Granada rejected by NHS.
Granada Media is the only one of three bidders not to be awarded money from the first tranche of the£5m NHS fund for digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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LWT promotes Graham
Tim Graham, head of development for LWT's multi-skilled digital unit The Lab, has been promoted to deputy managing director. Graham, whose credits include Gordon Ramsay: Beyond Boiling Point and The Borough
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Food Network wants more men.
Carlton Communications and retailer Sainsbury's are repositioning their joint-venture food channel, Carlton Food Network, to appeal to a male audience when it is rebranded as Taste Network in the spring, writes Simon Ellery.
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ZENITH SALE EXPECTED.
The buyer of Zenith Entertainment is expected to be announced within the next fortnight, after a long auction process. Zenith Entertainment formally offered the company for sale by auction in September
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EASTENDERS IS TOP.
An edition of EastEnders which aired on 28 December was the most watched programme of 2000, with a consolidated audience of 20.89 million for the episode and its repeat on 31
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TV-LOONLAND EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION DIVISION.
TV-Loonland, producer and rights provider of children's programming, has expanded its distribution division following a number of acquisitions last year. Marzenna Czubowicz joins TV-Loonland's London office as head of sales and
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Partridge director quits to make films.
Partridge Films director of programmes Michael Rosenberg has left the company he founded over a quarter of a century ago in order to return to his roots as a filmmaker.Rosenberg, who
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NEWS WAR DECLARED.
ITV will finally bring back its News at Ten bulletin from Monday 22 January, after months of wrangling with the ITC, writes Colin Robertson.
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CORRECTION.
Pete Simmons, and not Gibbons, has been appointed group head of programmes at Chrysalis Radio, overseeing the Heart and Galaxy brands. He replaces Kevin Palmer who has become Chrysalis Radio Online