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Wireless Group chooses ops director
The Wireless Group has named its operations director of local and regional stations Phil Seddon as the new head of digital development, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Ratings - Corrie pushes ITV close to its record share
ITV's dramatic story line in Coronation Street last Sunday helped the broadcaster to its third highest peaktime share this year, writes Jon Rogers.
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ARDENT TO AVOID ROYALS
Ardent Productions, whose managing director is Prince Edward, will not be making royal programmes in future that will 'inflame the situation unnecessarily', according to company chairman Malcolm Cockren. His comments come
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ITV PLANS DIGITAL DRAW
ITV Digital has brokered a deal with Alladdin Lotteries to run a Premiership football-based lottery on its internet service, ITV Active. The move bolsters the platform's offerings with a weekly prize
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CARLTON APPOINTS ED
Carlton Central has appointed Mike Blair as editor of its Nottingham newsroom. Blair is currently UK head of factual programmes for Australian producer and distributor Southern Star. Before that he was
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BBC SIGNS TRAVEL DEAL
The BBC has signed a deal with the US-based Travel Channel to make a 10 x 60-minutes series. The agreement was sealed by the BBC Sales Company, a joint-venture between BBC
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SCRIPTWRITING COURSE
Leicester's De Montfort University has invited applications for the second year of its MA in television scriptwriting. The two-year, part-time course is aimed at writers in the early stages of their
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BURKE TO HEAD CME
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has appointed Robert Burke as chief operating officer. His brief is to oversee the company's day to day operations in Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Before
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DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival has lined up Nick Broomfield, director of documentary Heidi Fleiss - Hollywood Madam and the film Kurt & Courtney, for the Channel 4 interview at this
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Top TV targets kids
Two former Granada employees have set up Top TV Productions, a new children's indie based in Bristol.Tracey Mulcrone was formerly head of production for United News & Media's children's department in
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BBC to update stations
The BBC is to pump a 'considerable' amount of investment into modernising its radio equipment after several of its stations were blighted by technical problems, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Minotaur sells Flash Boyfriend
Flextech Distribution arm Minotaur has sold its web and TV concept Flash Boyfriend to Canadian broadcaster YTV, writes Simon Ellery.
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SPACE DOC SET FOR TAKE OFF
Circlevision Productions has completed the first of several documentaries for BBC 2 charting the progress of a British space project, Beagle 2, which is due to launch in 2003 and explore
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CHRYSALIS RENAMES VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment has this week rebranded as Chrysalis TV Group. All executives at the group will continue in the same roles and none of the company's various production arms will
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NewsCrime and Investigation Network recounts West victim story
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts has won a commission from the Crime and Investigation Network to make a documentary on a woman who survived a sexual assault by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.
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LADBROKES IN JOINT ENTERPRISE WITH SKY
BSkyB has signed a joint-venture agreement with betting company Ladbrokes to develop a fixed-odds and pool betting service linked to Sky Digital channels. Ladbrokes will appoint a chief executive of the
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TELEWEST CABLE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO LEAVE
Bob Fuller, chief executive of Telewest's cable division, is quitting the company next month to return to the mobile phone business. He is joining Hutchison Whampoa to spearhead its 3G business
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FESTIVAL AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS TO HIGH FLIERS
BBC Music Live head and outgoing Radio Academy chairman Bill Morris and Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield were awarded Radio Academy fellowships at the Radio Festival last week. The BT
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ITC UPHOLDS GRANADA SHOW COMPLAINTS
Two of Granada's most successful shows have been rapped by the Independent Television Commission. In its latest programme complaints report the regulator upheld 10 complaints against Coronation Street (left) after the
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MENTORN INTERNATIONAL FILLS MANAGER JOBS
Mentorn International has named Atom Films account manager for Europe Anna Fuge as international sales manager and former Channel 4 International programme servicing co-ordinator Julie Quirke as technical manager.