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BBC TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER HALL DEATH THREAT
The BBC has stepped up security at its main London centres, including Television Centre, White City, Bush House and Broadcasting House, after receiving death threats against head of news Tony Hall.
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GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY FUND CHINESE FILM-MAKERS
The Department of Culture, Media & Sport, BBC Worldwide, the Granada Group and Pearson are financing a£40,000 programme to train four promising Chinese directors and producers in film and television-making
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BBC TV NEWS BULLETINS GET A FACELIFT
BBC News has dumped its virtual reality set in favour of a more traditional approach for the relaunch of its flagship Six O'Clock News bulletin on Monday (10 May). The new
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VEUVE CLICQUOT TOASTS RAGDOLL'S WOOD
Ragdoll founder and creative director Anne Wood has been awarded the Veuve Clicquot award for businesswoman of the year 1998. Ragdoll children's show Teletubbies is seen in 44 countries and has
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CNNI HIRES BAINES TO FRONT SPORTS WORLD
CNN International has signed up Saxon Baines as its first full-time female anchor for 30-minute daily sports round-up Sports World. Baines is currently a presenter of ITV's London Tonight, Channel 4's
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RADIO SALES AT TOP STATIONS GROW BY QUARTER
Total sales at the top 70 commercial radio stations grew by 28 per cent between 1995 and 1998, according to a report by Schober Direct Marketing.The stations, which together account for
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C4 HEAD OF RIGHTS YEATES TO LEAVE
Andrew Yeates, currently corporation secretary and head of rights at Channel 4, is leaving in July to become director of legal affairs at the trade association for the British record industry,
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NewsDon't Call Me Stupid brings 1.5m to ITV1
ITV1's latest attempt to revive its fortunes in the weekday 10pm slot fell short of the mark last night with the start of Don't Call Me Stupidbringing in just 1.5m viewers, a share of 7.9%. [ALL]
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TAKE THREE SIGNS UP MESSENGER
Melinda Messenger has signed to Take Three Management, which will handle all her TV, corporate and commercial activities. Messenger will be represented by Melanie Cantor, who formed Take Three with Sara
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GWR GROUP TO RESHUFFLE MANAGEMENT AT ORCHARD MEDIA
GWR Group has announced a further management restructure at Orchard Media, the south-west England group that GWR bought for£25.6 million in January.Robert Pocock, who was appointed chief executive of Orchard
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LAURENCE JOINS ON DIGITAL
Digital terrestrial outfit On Digital has named Guy Laurence as its new sales and marketing director.Laurence, who joins the company from Planet Hollywood, where he was executive vice-president of marketing for
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BIB SIGNS UP PROVIDERS
British Interactive Broadcasting (BIB) has signed six content providers to its consumer interactive platform, Open. They are WH Smith, travel agent Going Places, Abbey National, Manchester United, Yellow Pages and Press
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SOCIETY DEBATES FUNDING
The Media Society is hosting a debate entitled Losing the Licence - How Will We Fund the Future of Broadcasting? at the London School of Economics on 25 May. TV Journalist
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FILM FESTIVAL HIRES HEULYN
Next year's Celtic Film & Television Festival will be produced by media marketing consultant Menna Heulyn. Until last year Heulyn was S4C's head of marketing, responsible for the channel's branding and
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ONE WORLD HELPS KIDS
The One World '99 International Media Conference & Awards takes place on 17 June. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, the conference explores the media's role in protecting children's rights. Participants will include
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John Peel leads the way as R4 dominates awards
BBC Radio 4 dominated this year's Sony Radio Awards, coming top in eight categories, including a hat-trick of awards for John Peel's Home Truths.As expected, the BBC swept the board with
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News broadcasters come under fire
Freelance cameramen took news broadcasters to task over their lack of commitment to international news at an industry seminar last week, writes Ashley Davies.
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Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) chief executive Jeff Henry has clinched the rights to Pearson Television's comedy drama, Minder, for Granada Plus, writes Alice Macandrew. The 94 x 60-minute run, star
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) chief executive Jeff Henry has clinched the rights to Pearson Television's comedy drama, Minder, for Granada Plus, writes Alice Macandrew. The 94 x 60-minute run, starring George
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NewsSMG share price plummets following Jackson exit
SMG's float of Virgin Radio has been set back by the resignation of Virgin Radio chief executive Paul Jackson on Friday last week - a departure which has contributed to the company's share price plummeting by almost 20% to 37.7p a share. [ALL]
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ITE opens London office to boost its format sales
Danish production company Interactive Television Entertainment (ITE) is setting up a London office as part of a bid to sell its formats to UK broadcasters, writes Tim Dams.