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OFT clears BBC Resources
The Office of Fair Trading has rejected a complaint against BBC Resources Limited by Bristol independent Elm Road.A spokeswoman for the OFT said after nearly six months of investigation it had
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WAR ZONE: SCHEDULING - WHO'S WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE SCHEDULES?
With 30 per cent of viewers now tuning into multi-channel TV, the terrestrials are fighting for their audience share with aggressive last-minute schedule changes. But is there more to the changes than just ratings?
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Barbara sours repeat of Summer Wine
Carlton Television's new six-part ITV comedy, Barbara, more than earned its 20.00 Sunday (27 June) spot, writes Tim Dams.
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SOHO IMAGES SIGNS UP BOWMAN AND BANNISTER
Soho Images has signed sales executives Matt Bowman and Chris Bannister to bolster its existing team of Nigel Horn and Martin McGlone. Bowman joins from Todd AO while Bannister arrives from
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Sky plays Ball
Tony Ball's appointment as BSkyB's new chief exec took many by surprise. But can his low-profile style maintain Sky's reputation as a big-hitter?
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AVALON SELLS FANTASY FOOTBALL FORMAT TO GERMANS
Avalon Television has sold its Fantasy Football League format to Germany's Gemini Films, which is currently in negotiations with two German TV channels to produce the show. Avalon has also sold
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DRAKE AUTOMATION HIRES WESTLAKE FOR SALES ROLE
Drake Automation (DAL) has appointed former NDS business development manager Penny Westlake as sales director. Based at DAL's UK headquarters in Basingstoke, Westlake will be responsible for all territories apart from
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RADIO AUTHORITY WINS HIGH COURT BATTLE OVER LICENCE
The High Court has upheld a decision by the Radio Authority not to award a small-scale alternative licence to a man in east Kent. Francis Wildman won Court of Appeal approval
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STREAM BOOSTS DVD WITH TWO MORE AUTHORING SYSTEMS
Stream, the DVD arm of Soho facility TVI, has installed two further DVD authoring systems. Supplied by Boxer Systems, the Spruce DVD Maestro systems are expected to form the basis of
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Diana author fronts series for Granada
Granada Television has signed an exclusive deal with Andrew Morton, the biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales and Monica Lewinsky, to write and present a TV series profiling famous twentieth-century women, writes Jason Deans.
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New arts channel to launch
A European-backed art and design channel is hoping to launch this October and is holding carriage talks with BSkyB and the major UK cable companies, writes Claire Atkinson.
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Celador unveils feature film arm
Indie Celador Productions has set up a feature film arm, Blue Films, in partnership with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight.Blue Films' first production will be Dirty Pretty
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VFG SNAPS UP GMG ENDEMOL FILM AND TAPE ARM
AIM-listed facilities group VFG has acquired Mobart Enterprises, the film and tape stock subsidiary of GMG Endemol Entertainment. The deal values the Soho-based company at just over£900,000, made up of
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MERIDIAN TO DISH UP ANOTHER SERVING OF SURPRISE CHEFS
Meridian Broadcasting has commissioned a seventh series of regional show Surprise Chefs from Action Time. Produced by Pat Pearson and directed by Peter Chipping, the 10 x 30-minute series will be
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY FOR EDINBURGH NIGHTS
BBC Scotland is producing its tenth guide to the Edinburgh Festival. This year's Edinburgh Nights, which will air at 23.15 on BBC 2 over the last two weeks of August, will
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ANALYSIS SPECIAL: DYKE'S BBC - EDITOR'S COMMENT - Dyke storms the Beeb
Greg Dyke's appointment as DG poses as many questions as it answers. For now BBC staff are chuffed, but how will they feel when the new regime kicks in and Dyke hires his cronies? Broadcast writers and industry leaders run the rule over the new chief's li
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ALL-NEWS NETWORK TO LAUNCH ON CANALSATELLITE
Canal+ is planning to launch a news channel, I-television, on digital satellite TV (DST) platform CanalSatellite on 4 November. Noel Couedel, former editor-in-chief of French newspaper Le Parisien, will take on
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Alli ponders future of Carlton Select
The future of Carlton pay-TV channel Carlton Select is being reviewed by newly installed Carlton Communications managing director of production Lord Waheed Alli, according to sources, writes Alice Macandrew.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - All washed out
It has only taken a few brief years for docu-soaps to become established as standard primetime fare, but once eager viewers are already starting to find the formula a turn-off.
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BBC may yet air 'hoaxed' Everyman
The BBC may still show a version of the Everyman programme that fell victim to a hoax by The Sun newspaper this week, writes Tim Dams.