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    ITC proposes cut in ITV regional quotas

    2000-06-09T08:19:00Z

    Minimum quotas be reduced from 13 to three categories

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    BBC mulls news move

    2000-06-09T08:19:00Z

    Corporation 'actively considering' changes to bulletin

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    On Digital runs anti-churn trials

    2000-06-09T08:19:00Z

    Subscribers offered£9.99 package for£1

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    ITN seeks legal advice over BBC online news

    2000-06-09T08:19:00Z

    Websites getting content 'courtesy of the licence fee'

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    Eyre thwarts C5 plans to grab Bill and Neighbours

    2000-06-09T08:19:00Z

    Pearson chief says he will not move shows

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    Channel 4 beefs up daytime team

    2000-06-09T08:19:00Z

    Broadcaster makes two key appointments

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    SKY SHARES TUMBLE

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Shares in BSkyB fell by more than 9 per cent this week after German pay-TV company Kirch sold 20 million of its shares and Vivendi, which owns 49 per cent of

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    OFF THE RECORD - Pig out

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    And so to Classic FM, where we hear that the regular evening concert slot is going from strength to strength under presenter Nicholas Tresilian (above). But it seems that Nicholas also

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    PHILLIPS PONDERS OKTV!

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    GMTV could be looking for a new female presenter if Fiona Phillips decides to front the company's new early evening OK!TV commission. Confirming the deal, GMTV managing director Christopher Stoddart said:

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    ITC to trim ITV quotas

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission is proposing to make ITV's regional programming quotas more flexible, writes Colin Robertson.

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    IPC MAGS REBRANDS

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    IPC Magazines is to appoint a number of broadcast specialists and rebrand as IPC Media as part of a strategy to exploit its content on television and online. The group, headed

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    INTERVIEW - Murch marches on

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Hotly tipped for the role of BBC head of current affairs, Correspondent editor Fiona Murch is celebrating the extension of the BBC 2 programme - but still has a cheeky eye on moving it to Panorama's Monday 22.00 slot.

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    International news - Pearson in international move

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Pearson TV is considering plans to export its UK 'production village' model across the globe in a bid to expand into new territories and develop its production slate into new genres,

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    International news

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    National Geographic Television has commissioned UK indie Flat Dog Films to make 6 x 26-minute series India Diaries, writes Simon Ellery.Commissioned by Nat Geo programme enterprises group executive producer Christine Weber

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    New Scene One TV seeks indie ideas

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Flextech/Telewest has unveiled details of its new 24-hour interactive entertainment and listings channel Scene One TV and has called on producers to come up with ideas to fill its 30 per

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    International news - Postcard from ... Sandy George in Sydney

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Oh what a headache it must be to run a public service broadcaster - what with the public's demand for accountability and involvement and the inconsistency of government intervention.The public firmly

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    MTV PREPARES FOR GAY WEEKEND IN JULY

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    MTV is hosting its first Gay Weekend next month and has lined up a day of live and pre-recorded output for the event. Live shows include a 1 x 60-minute Gay

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    OMNIBUS SPECIAL FEATURES VINNIE JONES IN HOLLYWOOD

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's in-house Omnibus team is working on a special for BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon about footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones' attempt to break into Hollywood films. Entitled Vinnie Goes to Hollywood,

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    NTL spin-offs to fund Euro expansion

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    NTL is considering plans to spin-off five of its divisions to fund European expansion, in a move that could see its disparate content sections housed in a single company and part-floated, writes Simon Ellery.

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    International news - Plantin nets global entertainment role

    2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Granada Creative is to hand new genre-based international roles to a number of its top programming executives, with LWT director of programmes Marcus Plantin taking the first dual job.Plantin adds the