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RED TO INTERVIEW STAR
Red Production founder Nicola Shindler has been lined up to interview Sex and the City creator Darren Star at the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival (GEITF) which runs from 24 to
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JUST GROUP UNIFIES
Children's entertainment company Just Group, producer of the Butt-Ugly Martians, is to consolidate its operations into one London office after buying Mediakey (trading as Marshall Publishing) in December last year. The
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PRIME ENT GOES LOCAL
Entertainment rights company Prime Ent is to expand into local television after buying TV12 owner Your TV in a deal worth about£9m. TV12 operates three restricted service licences (RSLs) in
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Voters trust TV election news
Voters are putting greater trust in television than in other forms of media in the run-up to the general election on 7 June, according to a poll conducted by NOP for
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BBC lands six sport awards
The Olympic victory of Britain's coxless fours proved a triumph for the BBC this week as the corporation scooped six gongs at the Royal Television Society's sports awards, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Oneword chief wins promotion
Digital radio channel Oneword head of programmes Paul Kent has stepped up to become programme director, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BIG BROTHER RADIO DEAL
Capital Radio Group has snapped up the exclusive rights to broadcast Big Brother audio highlights, writes Penny Hughes. Under the terms of the deal - struck between Capital, Channel 4's commercial
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WOOLF TO HEAD DEVELOPMENT AT MAVERICK
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has promoted development producer Paul Woolf to head of development. He replaces Alexander Fraser who takes a more strategic role at the outfit. Woolf's credits in-clude Channel
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MAJOR SHAKE-UP FOR CNN TEAM IN LONDON
CNN has beefed up its 150-strong London news team and devolved decision-making in a move that sees CNN veterans Kira Grishkoff and Kim Norgaard become European regional co-ordinators. The pair will
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RADIO CAMPAIGN TO URGE YOUTH TO VOTE
The Commercial Radio Companies Association has launched a campaign to encourage more young people to vote in the forthcoming general election. The Use Your Voice drive, which will air across the
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GALAXY 102 PRODUCER RITCHIE MOVES UP
Galaxy 102 breakfast show producer Simon Ritchie has been promoted to the role of deputy programme director. Ritchie will help build and implement the Manchester station's programming strategy. The appointment follows
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BARR TAKES OVER AS SPORTS REPORTER AT ITN
ITN has appointed Felicity Barr as its new sports correspondent. Barr joins from regional news programme London Tonight where she was a sports presenter. She will replace Gabby Yorath on ITV's
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NTL/SCORE SECURE IRISH DIGITAL CONTRACT
NTL and Scottish Radio Holdings subsidiary Score Digital have signed a 12-year multi-million pound deal to provide digital multiplex and transmission services to Northern Ireland for 10 new services. NTL already
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TELCAST WOMAN JOINS DOCUMENTARY EXPO
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival has poached Telcast International documentary sales manager Sirkka Moella to become festival programmer. She replaces Alex Cooke with a brief to build on rising delegate numbers,
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SO WHAT NOW? TO GET SECOND SERIES ON BBC
The BBC has said it will commission a second series of the Lee Evans sitcom So What Now? (left) despite reports that it had axed the vehicle. A BBC spokeswoman told
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NTL OUTSOURCES IT OPERATION TO CUT COSTS
NTL is outsourcing its information technology operations to IBM in a move to save $450m (£317m). As part of the $2bn (£1.4bn) deal, which runs until 2012, 483 NTL staff will
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TIME OF OUR LIVES TO LOOK AT SEX AFTER THE WAR
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has ordered a second 3 x 60-minute run of social history series Time of our Lives from producer RDF. Currently in production, the
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JAZZ FM STARTS LATE-NIGHT CHILLIN' SHOW
Jazz FM 102.2 and 100.4 are launching a late-night show next Thursday (7 June) dedicated to 'chill out' music. The show will feature a string of laid-back bands such as Morcheeba
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ITV ORDERS THIRD MEET THE BRAITHWAITES
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a third series of Meet The Braithwaites from Yorkshire Television. The series, will be executive produced by YTV controller of drama Carolyn Reynolds.
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JERRY SADOWITZ TO COME BACK TO CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has commissioned Ronin Entertainment to produce the fourth series of People Versus Jerry Sadowitz. The 6 x 30-minute series, originally produced by LWT, will