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    C4 STAR CHAMBER MEETS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's so-called Star Chamber of senior programming heads met this week to finalise decisions on spending for next year's programmes. The meeting is a culmination of the channel's budget rounds

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    GLASSWORKS SEEKS LINKS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    London post-production facility Glassworks is seeking new creative and financial partnerships, following the decision by Eidos to withdraw its involvement with the outfit.Eidos' move is part of a rationalisation of non-core

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    SKY SIGNS EUROSPORT DEAL

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB's business broadcasting arm Skybusiness has signed a deal with British Eurosport to bring the channel to its digital clubs and pubs subscription package. The deal involves British Eurosport coverage including

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    James leaves as STE restructures

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) managing director Darrel James is leaving the company as parent company Scottish Media Group gears up to overhaul its TV department.SMG managing director of TV Donald Emslie

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    BBC targets north radio comedy

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Manchester is spearheading a drive into radio comedy following the appointment of Graham Frost as executive editor, radio comedy entertainment, writes Tara Conlan.

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    C4 is top of class at RTS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 came top of the class at this year's RTS Education Awards, winning in six of the 12 categories on offer, writes Tara Conlan.

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    Bennett-Jones sets up new agency

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    PBJ Management, run by Tiger Aspect chairman Peter Bennett-Jones, is setting up a second talent management agency to represent presenters, writes Ashley Davies.

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    MPs back lifting Channel 4 spending limits

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Labour peer Lord Puttnam has told Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson that MPs would back an all-party lobby in support of lifting constraints on the channel's spending on new digital or online ventures, writes John Lewis.

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    CHANNEL 5 FACES ITC PROBE OVER SEX AND SMUT

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission is to investigate complaints that Channel 5 is broadcasting too much sex and smut, following culture secretary Chris Smith's unusual intervention in the Commons on Monday (12

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    EC TO SCRUTINISE ADSL AND CABLE TECHNOLOGIES

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission is to investigate the importance of the two main interactive TV technologies, ADSL and cable, as part of its ongoing investigation into Microsoft's proposed purchase of a 29.7

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    HEART 106.2 REJIGS TO LURE LONDON'S THIRTYSOMETHINGS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Heart 106.2 has revamped its schedule in an attempt to position itself as the only station for thirtysomething Londoners to listen to at work.From late September, stand-up comedian Greg Burns will

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    RICHARD DIGANCE BUYS MAJORITY STAKE IN TALENT TV

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Comedian and businessman Richard Digance has bought a 51 per cent stake in indie Talent TV. The investment will form part of Digance's Write Good Group, which has a number of

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    SINGER TO BE RICHARD DUNN INTERVIEWEE AT EDINBURGH

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Telewest chief executive Adam Singer is to take the platform at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival as the Richard Dunn Memorial interviewee. It is the second year the festival has

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    BSC'S HOLME TO TACKLE REGULATION 'HOT POTATOES'

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) chairman Richard Holme is to tackle issues of regulation in an address to be held by the Royal Television Society at Bafta, in Piccadilly, London on 27

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    SCORE DIGITAL LAUNCHES GLASGOW RADIO SERVICE

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Score Digital has launched a commercial digital radio service in Glasgow, offering three analogue stations, Clyde 1, Clyde 2 and QFM and three digital stations, 3C (country music), Kiss (dance music)

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    MILLS AND BAZ TO SPEAK AT LISTENER AND VIEWER EVENT

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Castaway 2000 and Big Brother executive producers Jeremy Mills and Peter Bazlagette are among the speakers at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer's one-day conference entitled Viewing: Fact or Fiction.

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    UNIQUE SEEKS AIM LISTING TO FUND DIGITAL INVESTMENT

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Unique Broadcasting is to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market within the next month under a newly created holding company UBC. Noel Edmonds, who founded the Unique

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    ENTERACTION TV IN THREE-YEAR TV JOB SHOP CONTRACT

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Interactive outfit Enteraction TV, run by former Live TV boss Mark Cullen, has signed a three-year deal to launch and run new channel TV Job Shop.The 24-hour channel, which is expected

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    RTS NAMES CHRIS SMITH AS AUTUMN SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Television Society has confirmed that culture secretary Chris Smith (left) will give the keynote address at its autumn symposium, which runs from 30-31 October at the Mayfair Intercontinental Hotel

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    RCA REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF SPACE FOR LOCAL RADIO

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Communications Agency last week published a technical report, commissioned jointly by the BBC and the Radio Authority, on the possibility of finding space in the FM frequency band for