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Hilary quits ICG for US cable channel
BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) head Bill Hilary has resigned to join US cable station Comedy Central as general manager and executive vice-president.Hilary is expected to take up the position on
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CABLE OPERATOR LOSSES UP
Cable operators NTL and Telewest both reported big increases in losses for the first nine months of the year last week. Net losses at NTL increased to $857 million (£529 million)
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STAR TV JOINS CABLE & WIRELESS FOR HONG KONG VENTURE
News Corp's Star TV and Cable & Wireless HKT have formed a joint-venture to offer digital pay-TV and online home entertainment in Hong Kong next year, with plans to extend access
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EC eyes telecoms and broadcasting
The European Commission has unveiled plans for a new regulatory framework for electronic communications that could see laws governing broadcasting and telecoms converge.The news comes just weeks after UK Media Secretary
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MEI merges video and broadcast divisions
Panasonic parent company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (MEI) is to merge the video and broadcast divisions of its subsidiary, Matsushita Communications Industrial Co, in a bid to increase the growth of
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ISRAELI CABLE FIRM SIGNS UP TO MILLENNIUM BROADCAST
Israel Cable Programming (ICP) has signed up to take part in the 2000 Today millennium broadcast, which is being put together by a consortium of broadcasters from 58 countries led by
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OFF THE RECORD - Rip-off Britain
Shock news from OTR's favourite in-house rag, Ariel. It appears that BBC staff have been paying nearly 50p more than their counterparts at Sky for exactly the same lunchtime sarnies. This
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CLERKENWELL FILMS PRODUCES BRACE OF ITV DRAMAS
Production started in Edinburgh this week (15 November) on two ITV dramas adapted from Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels - Black and Blue and The Hanging Garden. The films are being
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NTL AND VIVENDI DEALS REFERRED TO COMPETITION BODY
Trade & Industry Secretary Stephen Byers last week made two controversial referrals to the Competition Commission, formerly the Monopolies & Mergers Commission. NTL's proposed takeover of the domestic area of rival
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BBC docs sets up investigative unit
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is financing a 10-strong investigative team in BBC Production's documentary department, with a view to producing a new series of MacIntyre Undercover, writes Tim Dams.Details are
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BBC marks opening of redeveloped opera
The BBC is collaborating with the Royal Opera House on radio, TV and online programmes to mark the opening season of the redeveloped Covent Garden building, writes Tim Dams.Output includes live
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BBC WORLDWIDE LANGUAGE PROJECT TARGETS KIDS
BBC Worldwide has launched a multimedia English teaching initiative aimed at children around the world called Learning English with Ozmo. The broadcast-led project is designed to teach children aged between five
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Emap plans station based on music mag Q
Emap is planning to launch a new radio station based on its music magazine, Q, as part of a long-term drive to create a raft of new digital TV and radio
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BARB'S FIRST DIGITAL FIGURES*
The first digital-only data from Barb shows ITV losing less audience share than the BBC in digital homes compared with all TV homes, writes Liz Shackleton. According to Barb's first figures
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YTTP backs Fenton's Zig Zag Productions
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTP) has launched a joint-venture with Zig Zag Productions, the indie set up by Danny Fenton and which was formerly housed at Transmedia Productions.Under the deal,
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Sharman bounces back home to Sky
Channel 4 controller of sport Mark Sharman is to return to BSkyB as its new director of broadcasting just one year after he quit the satellite broadcaster to join C4, writes
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NOMINATIONS FIGHT IT OUT AT BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS
Granada Media's Cold Feet and BBC Production's Ted and Ralph and Jonathan Creek Xmas Special: Black Canary have been nominated for best TV comedy drama at this year's British Comedy Awards,
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Avid axes jobs and merges UK bases
Avid Technology is axing around 11 per cent of its world-wide workforce, jettisoning its Media Illusion, Matador and stand-alone Marquee products as well as moving its UK headquarters in an attempt
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GENRE AUDIT: DOCUMENTARIES - Documentary in danger?
Are ever-tightening budgets and the rise of the docu-soap squeezing out the 'serious' documentary? Not necessarily, says Meg Carter, kicking off a three-page special.
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GENRE AUDIT: DOCUMENTARIES - The British disease
UK audiences may have lapped up docu-soaps but viewers in Europe and the US found them less appetising. Andy Fry reports on how UK distributors are fighting the handicap of being British to sell factual shows abroad.