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MCGOVERN QUITS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLDWIDE
National Geographic Channels Worldwide president Sandy McGovern has left to set up her own media consulting firm, McGovern Media Associates. McGovern, who has overseen the channel's aggressive development since September 1997
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WORLD OF WONDER LAUNCHES SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE
US/UK indie World of Wonder has opened a new office in San Francisco to coincide with the launch of a new media arm. World of Wonder head of development Lucian James
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TALK SPORT WINS RINGSIDE SEAT FOR TYSON VS FRANCIS
Kelvin MacKenzie's Talk Sport has beaten BBC Radio 5 Live to the live radio rights for Mike Tyson's heavyweight clash with Julius Francis in Manchester on Saturday (29 January). The station,
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FLEXTECH SIGNS MURPHY
Flextech digital and interactive arm Flextech Interactive has appointed former BBC Online producer Paul Murphy as director of content. Murphy will oversee output on Flextech's 13 websites including Bravo and its
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VANESSA FELTZ TO TALK TELEVISION WITH LION TV
Lion Television has won the contract to make Vanessa Feltz's new daytime show, 10 x 30-minute series Talking Television - despite the fact that BBC Production's features and events department made
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Scot execs on US tour
A group of Scottish TV executives last week kicked off a US fact-finding mission as part of a Scottish Enterprise-funded enquiry into the future of film, TV and games design, writes
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Postcard from ... Katy Elliott in New Orleans
There is no doubt that the traditional Natpe folk are feeling somewhat bombarded. And not just by the golf ball-sized hailstones that battered New Orleans on Sunday night (even blasting through
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Wyatt hits out at Dyke
Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has launched a scathing attack on new director general Greg Dyke following the row over Dyke's Granada shares, writes Steve Clarke.Wyatt, writing in the
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Dyke's duo
Robin Foster and Carolyn Fairbairn are little known at the BBC but the impact of these ex-consultants could be far-reaching. Tim Dams reports.
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Shewell to head RDF drama move
Indie factual specialist RDF Television has hired Real Women producer Debbie Shewell to spearhead the production company's first foray into drama production.RDF director of programmes Stephen Lambert said Shewell, who takes
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OFF THE RECORD - Party on down
But boozing or not, there's certainly something of a party atmosphere at the BBC these days. Even the corporation's director of technology Philip Langsdale was up for it at Sir John's
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LWT STARTS WORK ON REFORMATTED CUSTOMS DRAMA
LWT has gone into production with reformatted ITV customs and excise drama The Knock (left). The first of 4 x 90-minute new episodes stars Rik Mayall as an African-born businessman who
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MILLENNIUM COMMISSION UNVEILS NEW FILM AND TV FUND
The Millennium Commission is bankrolling a new scheme under which 225 people will receive funding for new TV, radio or internet productions. Organised by the Community Media Association, the Millennium Award
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CNN International to visit Hot Spots
CNN International (CNNI) is to launch a weekly 30-minute international travel show from 4 March, produced by London-based indie ARTV, writes Tara Conlan.The upmarket consumer travel show, Hot Spots, will be
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Steve Clarke
On how BBC 2's Newsnight has outlasted the Birt regime to celebrate its 20th birthday.
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Choice repositions as 'high-octane' TV
BBC Choice is being repositioned as a 'high-octane' entertainment service as part of an ongoing drive by the corporation to refocus its wholly owned and joint venture digital channels.Choice will now
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OSBORNE TAKES UP UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S ROLE
Natalie Osborne has been appointed vice-president of children's programming at Universal International Television. Based in London, she will be responsible for the distribution of children's and family programming such as Masie
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Universal film deals fuel UK channel speculation
Universal Studios Network (USN) is on the verge of announcing two multi-million-pound film rights deals with the BBC and Canal+, writes John Plunkett.The sub-licensing deals will fuel speculation that Sci-Fi parent
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YOULTON TO STEP DOWN AS SNELL & WILCOX CEO
Snell & Wilcox chairman and chief executive David Youlton is relinquishing his chief executive role at the company to be replaced by David Spencer, who has been a non-executive director of
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CBS merges for international leap
CBS Television is stepping up its international focus following the merger of its worldwide distribution operations - King World Productions, Eyemark Entertainment and CBS Broadcast International - into a single division.The