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LNN to make November one-off Bond special for ITV
The LNN production team behind LWT regional movie magazine show Big Screen has been commissioned by ITV controller of network acquisitions Jeremy Boulton to make a James Bond special. The 30-minute
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - TV soap and quiz blitz pulls in punters
ITV virtually swept the board on Monday (8 November) on the first night of its week-long soap, drama and quiz blitz, writes Paul Donovan.
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Miles better?
Will Annie Miles stuff the schedules with Brit-produced shows such as Dennis & Gnasher when she takes over at Fox Kids UK, asks David Wood.
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OFF THE RECORD - Better never than late
OTR has an important message for all those minions who have been invited to one of those joint love-ins, sorry, presentations by John Birt and Greg Dyke: don't be tardy. We
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OFF THE RECORD - Better late than never
OTR had a thrilling time last week cogitating and digesting the responses to the Gavyn Davies report into the future funding of the BBC. Apparently Chris Smith's ministry of fun is
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Wedding bells ring for second time on Carlton
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned a second 4 x 30-minute series of Weddings for a 19.30 slot, starting at the end of November. The Community Programmes Unit
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Tranter to take on BBC drama role
BBC Production has restructured part of its senior drama team, promoting senior executive producer BBC 1 films and serials Jane Tranter to head of drama serials across both BBC 1 and 2, writes Tim Dams.
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Bi-media U-turn likely in BBC News overhaul
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is expected to unveil a major overhaul of the directorate within the next few weeks that will backtrack on the bi-media policy of making news staff work for both television and radio, writes Tim Dams.
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BBC wins Euro play-off delayed transmission rights
The BBC has struck a deal with BSkyB to show the entire 90 minutes of the first leg of the Euro 2000 play-off between Scotland and England at the end of
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BBC poaches HTV's Richards
BBC Wales has poached* HTV Wales managing director Menna Richards to be its new controller, succeeding Geraint Talfan Davies, writes Tim Dams.
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NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - BBC News set for mobile phone era
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is on the verge of announcing a raft of new deals to put the corporation's news service on to mobile phones.Hall, speaking at the News
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NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - CNN rejects Kosovo compromise charge
CNN president of international networks Eason Jordan has angrily rejected claims that the broadcaster made journalistic compromises in order to gain top-level access to governments, writes John Plunkett.
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NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - BARCELONA IN BRIEF: NEWS WORLD SOUNDBITES
'No self-respecting businessman can operate without a PR man telling him what to say.' Lord (Tim) Bell, chairman of Bell Pottinger'The internet. In two years' time you are never going to
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TV exports inquiry backs tax breaks
Flexible tax breaks and new merchandising rules would improve the UK's television exports, according to a draft version of the Government's inquiry seen by Broadcast this week.The wide-ranging report brings together
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NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - Purvis backs TV bulletins
ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis launched a passionate defence of traditional TV news bulletins, claiming they had kept their audience 'rather better' than terrestrial TV as a whole.In a debate on
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Mirror Trinity turns back on television
Trinity Mirror is to pull the plug on virtually all its TV interests following the closure of Live TV last week, leading to the loss of around 250 jobs.The media group
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Dyke to give keynote speech at Media Race Awards
BBC director general designate Greg Dyke will deliver the keynote speech at the next Race in the Media Awards (Rima) on 7 April 2000 - the end of his first week
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BBC scoops five Bafta Children's Awards
The BBC dominated the fourth annual Bafta Children's Awards on Sunday (7 November), scooping five of the top prizes at a ceremony at the London Hilton, writes Paul Donovan.Leading the way
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RTS AWARD FOR INNOVATION GOES TO PHILIPS SPECTER
Philips Specter Datacine has won the Royal Television Society award for innovative applications. Philips beat nominations from Autocue and BSkyB to win the award, which was presented at a ceremony on
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Radio Authority raises licence fees for first time
The Radio Authority has announced the first hike in the annual licence fees that radio stations pay to cover the RA's costs. The increases average 8 per cent and come into