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NewsNorth One wins£25m WRC deal
Indie North One has secured a£25m deal to cover the FIA World Rally Championship for the next four years.
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WALMSLEY JOINS UBC
UBC Media Group has appointed outgoing Carlton Communications deputy chief executive Nigel Walmsley to the role of non-executive director of the company. He takes on the role with immediate effect and
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C4 TO AIR NI DRAMA
Channel 4 has announced a transmission date for its dramatisation of the events of Bloody Sunday ahead of ITV which is airing another drama on the subject. C4's film, Sunday (working
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MET PROBES SHOW
Celador has confirmed that the Metropolitan Police are investigating the case of a contestant on its Who Wants to be a Millionaire? gameshow who is suspected of cheating. The contestant has
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Broadcasters back training programme
Four terrestrial broadcasters - the BBC, Channel 4, Carlton and Granada - are backing Youth Culture Television (YCTV) training schemes, writes Penny Hughes.The BBC has placed former BBC news business manager
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Scream nets Hear'Say gig for Sky PPV
New indie Scream Films, headed by director Southan Morris (BBC's Ruby Wax Meets), has struck a deal with Universal and band management company Safe Management for its first major commission, writes
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Wireless and GWR deny sell off plans
The Wireless Group and GWR have both this week denied rumours that stakes in their radio interests are to be sold.Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond was said to be interested in
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TIGER TO FILM MEL B ON TRIP
Tiger Aspect Productions is to make a one-hour documentary for Channel 4 featuring 'Scary Spice' Mel B, writes Penny Hughes. Voodoo Princess (working title) sees the pop star exploring the voodoo
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Telewest reveals broadband plan
Telewest this week unveiled the first output from its broadband content division tailored for delivery over the cable outfit's enhanced high-speed internet service, Broadband.blueyonder. co.uk, writes David Wood.Highlights include Seen, a
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RATINGS - BBC 2 mummy doc beats Poirot and football
BBC 2's Horizon documentary on a faked 2,500-year old mummy gained more viewers than BBC 1 and ITV on Thursday last week, writes Jon Rogers.According to unofficial overnights, Mystery of the
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RAPTURE SET TO CLOSE
Clubbing channel Rapture TV looks set to close after owner United Business Media (UBM) failed to find a buyer within a self imposed six-month deadline.Despite interest in the channel, UBM has
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SKILLSET ADDS PATRONS
BBC director general Greg Dyke and Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey are two of 10 industry figures who have agreed to become patrons of national training organisation Skillset. Others who
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SPIRE APPOINTS EXEC
Oxford-based Spire Films, which produces Delia Smith's How to Cook series, has appointed Richard Farmbrough as an executive producer. His brief is to expand the production company's factual output and he
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GRANADA PROMOTION
Granada has appointed former Granada Broadband director of commercial development Ian McCulloch to the role of director of broadcasting and operations. He will report to Granada Broadcasting and Enterprises chief executive
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AWARD WON BY LION
Lion TV's interactive department has won an award for best social innovation for its web-based database of patients' experiences of illness, DIPEx, in the 2001 Social Innovation awards. Lion TV has
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NewsPebble Setanta deal
Technology provider Pebble Beach Systems has signed a deal with Setanta Sports to supply its Anemone automation system to the network's new London playout facility. Anemone will control ingest and playout from Omneon video servers at the facility, based at Input Media's Production Centre. TSL was systems integrator on the ...
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Yes chief warns of VOD struggle
Yes Television chairman and chief executive Thomas Kressner has warned that the video-on-demand (VOD) sector faces a shake-out because of tough market conditions and a lack of development cash.'The problem for
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POETRY IN MOTION
BBC creative services has been commissioned to produce three short films for BBC Knowledge as part of the BBC's celebration of National Poetry Day on 4 October, writes Barbara Marshall. Each
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Hawk-Eye poised for snooker break
Sports Producer Sunset & Vine is close to sealing a deal with a snooker producer to extend the use of the Hawk-Eye technology that has helped Channel 4 wins accolades for
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The Farm expands
The Farm has hired two former Evolutions staff as part of its ongoing expansion. Senior editor Alex Moffatt joins the Deal or No Dealteam at The Farm's Bristol facility and Margeaux Moore takes the newly created role of technical supervisor. Moore, who ran ...