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    Smith pushes net culture

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Chris Smith is seeking a broadcaster to mastermind setting up an internet culture channel. Smith announced the project, 'a compendium of Britain's creativity and culture, past and present', at

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    WEST LONDON FACILITY CREATED BY VMI AND REEL EDITING

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Hire company VMI and offline facility Reel Editing have joined forces to create a new west London facility. Offering both on and offline post-production, the facility has two online suites (Avid

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    NTL CONFIRMS IT IS TAKING OVER OB FIRM SCANNERS

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    NTL has confirmed its purchase of outside broadcast firm Scanners TV (Broadcast, 22.9.00). The 20-plus team, including chairman Malcolm Bartram, will remain at their Nottingham base but will become part of

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    CNN London ups output

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    CNN London is to hire up to 20 new staff to produce and anchor two and a half additional hours a day of live programming, increasing the London bureau's output to eight hours a day, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Cleaver leaves Knowledge for new media role

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Knowledge head of programming Liz Cleaver has been named controller, new media in the factual and learning division, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Pagoda to make Horrocks kids programme for CITV

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Pagoda Film & Television to create a new seven-part children's comedy drama series for its CITV strand. Little Big Mouth features the voice of Little Voice star Jane

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    SMITH TO SPEAK ON ELECTRONIC CINEMA AT ROADSHOW

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Chris Smith is to address a roadshow on the future of e-cinema. The event, Celluloid or Silicon?, will demonstrate the flexibility of electronic film technology in the capture, processing

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    Chrysalis head rejigs Galaxy's weekend schedule

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Radio group head of programming Jim Hicks has re-jigged the Galaxy Network weekend programming. The changes include a new Sunday night R & B programme The Darker than Blue Show,

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    Christine Hamilton to front new living dating show

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Flextech lifestyle channel Living has commissioned a documentary-style dating programme featuring Christine Hamilton, wife of former Tory MP Neil. The 25 x 30-minutes series, which was ordered by Living head of

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    Yes launches channels

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Video-on-demand outfit Yes TV has launched two new channels. Yes Sport features news, weekly shows, including coverage of British Open Golf, World Rugby Sevens and Le Mans 24. Content deals have

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    Granada, Carlton discuss ventures

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Top-level talks are taking place between On Digital partners Granada and Carlton to create a series of new joint-ventures, write Tara Conlan and Katy Elliott.

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    OFF THE RECORD - And in Cannes

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    OTR was tempted to conduct a 'where are they now?' search for former 'Allo 'Allo writers after spotting what looked suspiciously like a bit of their old handywork. The website set up

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    Just Group buys Optical Image post

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Intellectual property rights holder Just Group has bought animation and post-production house Optical Image. The deal places an initial value on Optical Image of£1.5m with£650,000 paid in Just Group shares

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    BSC upholds ITN gripe

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has upheld a complaint by ITN and two of its foreign reporters about a BBC Six O'clock News item about the ITN court battle with Living

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    Wales to get Nuts and Bolts instead of Emmerdale

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    HTV Wales has opted out of the ITV network decision to air Emmerdale at 19.00, instead running RTS award-winning soap Nuts and Bolts in the slot for five weeks from Monday

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    OPINION - News war fuels case for one body

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    So the BBC has stuck to its guns and won governor approval for a move of the flagship channel's main evening news bulletin to 22.00. A decision to move the news

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    Big brother's Claire to host Worldpop Ibiza series ..

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Multimedia outfit Worldpop has landed its first TV commission with a 6 x 60-minute series Dance 2000, Images of Ibiza for ITV. Commissioned by LWT commissioning editor, night-time Carol Groves, the

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    INTERVIEW - Big game hunter

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    After a year as the driving force behind United Wildlife, managing director Paul Sowerbutts is fighting against the natural history recession and ensuring it has pole position in the internationalist Granada Media stable.

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    (.TV) SIGNS DEAL WITH CANAL DIGITAAL FOR BELGIAN LAUNCH

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB technology channel (.tv) has launched in Belgium after striking a deal with Belgian cable outfit Canal Digitaal. The channel, which covers news, shopping, knowledge, internet and games, was launched last

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    Overnight Ratings - Olympic ceremony traps Beavers' share

    2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 achieved more Olympic feats with the closing ceremony on Sunday (1 October) leaving Angry Beavers on ITV high and dry, writes Jon Rogers.