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    BBC loses Scottish football rights

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has lost the rights to screen live Scottish Premier League (SPL) games after the league handed the four-year contract to Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta. Setanta will show 38 live games per season from next season after paying around£32m. It will also show 10 pay-per-view games in the Republic ...

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    Sky confirms Milligan appointment

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Five deputy chief executive Nick Milligan will join BSkyB in June in the new role of Sky Media managing director, the company has confirmed. He will report to Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey and be charged with growing the company's advertising revenue across TV and interactive services. Sky's current ...

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    BSkyB sells QVC share back to us parent

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    BSkyB has sold its 20% stake in QVC (UK) to the shopping channel's US owner, Liberty Media, for£49m. Liberty now owns 100% of QVC in both territories. Sky took a stake in QVC UK 10 years ago, but has decided to sell its share as the venture was not core ...

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    6Music looks to make key appointment

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas is hunting for a new head of programmes for digital station 6Music. Douglas handled the position at 6Music while head of programmes for R2 but is interviewing replacements following her promotion to controller. In addition, 6Music managing editor Antony Bellekom will also work with ...

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    C4 relights fire of boy-band era

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is set to take a closer look at the boy-band phenomenon with a warts-and-all expose of 1990s chart-toppers Take That, writes Glen Mutel.

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    ITV brings back Win, Lose or Draw to late-night slot

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    ITV is to bring back morning quiz show Win, Lose or Draw as a ?racy' late night offering with Lisa Tarbuck as presenter, writes Paul Revoir.

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    BBC2 reorders Get a New Life after initial success

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC2 has ordered 60 further episodes of Brighter Pictures' relocation show Get a New Life , following a successful first run of eight, writes Glen Mutel.

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    C4 to air making of touching the void doc

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is lining up a documentary about the making of Darlow Smithson's award-winning mountaineering film, Touching the Void. The broadcaster is in talks with the indie about the possibility of airing the show - Return to Siula Grande - later this year when ...

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    Baby Cow to make radio 4 sci-fi sitcom

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Steve Coogan's indie, Baby Cow, is to make a science fiction sitcom featuring The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss for BBC Radio 4. Set in 2099, Nebulous stars Gatiss as the head of an eco troubleshooting team whose nemesis is Dr Klench, played by David ...

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    Stephen Fry's QI wins second commission

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Talkback has been commissioned by BBC2 to make a second series of comedy quiz show QI, which will again be hosted by Stephen Fry. Filming will start this week on the 12 x 30-minute series, which is due to feature in BBC2's autumn schedule. Produced by creator John Lloyd, the ...

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    BBC2 orders fourth outing for Coupling

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Hartswood Films' hit sitcom Coupling is to return to BBC2 for a fourth series. The show, which is written by Steven Moffat, has been recommissioned by BBC head of comedy Sophie Clarke-Jervoise and will feature a new character, Oliver, played by Richard Mylan. Mylan ...

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    S4C to air mass for peace at easter

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    S4C is to broadcast a performance of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace , by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins on Good Friday on 9 April. The channel has also commissioned production company Cwmni Sianco to make a 52-episode series for pre-school viewers called ...

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    Alchemy moves into Centre Point

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Audio facility Alchemy Mastering is investing£1.2m to relocate its business to the 29th floor of London's Centre Point building, writes Farah Jifri.

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    Thomson on verge of ParkerVision tie-up

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Broadcast technology manufacturer Thomson is set to ink a cash deal worth $14m (£7.56m) with ParkerVision to acquire its video division, writes Farah Jifri.

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    Optibase eyes up Media 100

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Editing software company Media 100 is in talks with Optibase about a possible buyout.

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    Siemens in running

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Siemens has emerged as a surprise ninth contender for the purchase of BBC Technology. The shortlist already includes EDS, Capita, Accenture, IBM, Logica, CSC, Fujitsu and HP. Three finalists will be chosen by the end of April with the winner announced in the summer. The news followed the sacking of ...

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    Skaramoosh hires

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    London facility Skaramoosh has appointed Trish Trufelli and Philip Hough to boost its post and design operations. Trufelli has joined as head of post and senior designer, following seven years at P3

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    BFBS buys system

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    BFBS(British Forces Broadcasting Service), the television arm of the Services Sound & Vision Corporation, has purchased a transmission automation system from Ibis in a deal worth£50,000. The Ibis LandScape system will be used to produce a live television service for BFBS' Navy TV. It will control the switching and branding ...

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    Sanctuary updates

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Sanctuary Post has upgraded its two Avid DS systems to the latest DS Nitris versions for use on high-end TV work and promos. The company has also installed a new tape suite kitted out with two DigiBeta machines, a Collage Junior, Sony 9100 edit controller, Yamaha 03D audio mixer and ...

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    Firecracker goes Superhuman

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Firecracker Films has completed the graphics package for Superhuman, Channel 4's extreme reality contest. In the two-hour test of human performance one man and one woman will win the 'Superhuman' title.