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Milestone and Fusion merge
Fusion Radio Holdings, run by former London News Radio head Nigel Reeve, is building its portfolio of local radio stations and has merged with The Milestone Group's radio interests in a
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Ideas Lab post to disappear
Channel 4 will not replace its Ideas Lab head Liz Warner, who left to set up a factual indie, Betty, last week, writes Penny Hughes.Instead, Warner's responsibilities will be divided among
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EMAP UNVEILS RADIO Q
Emap Performance Network - part of the group that publishes Broadcast - is extending its Q magazine brand with the launch of Radio Q. The station will launch on 6 October
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GRANADA UPS REGIONS
Granada Content director of programmes, north John Whiston has made three regional programming appointments to allow regional production staff to work across the broadcaster's output. Clare Morrow has been appointed regional
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Software developer The Foundry has won an Oscar at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The London company is honoured for its Furnace effects suite, used by facilities including MPC and Framestore CFC and on films including Casino Royale. The Oscar will be ...
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LONDON RADIO ON OFFER
The Radio Authority is re-advertising the greater London local radio licence held by Premier Christian Radio. The authority expects to award the licence, which will run for eight years from 10
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ZEAL STRIKES CHATTERBOX FIRST-LOOK DEAL
New indie Zeal Television has struck a first-look deal with format creator Chatterbox worth at least£1m. The move means Zeal will produce all new Chatterbox format deals. Chatterbox's credits include
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PARAMOUNT SHORT-LISTS FIRST FILMS AWARD
Four scripts and five directors have been short-listed for the Paramount Comedy Channel and First Film Foundation Comedy Shorts initiative. Winning entries will have their films produced by the foundation by
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GlobeCast delivers
Satellite service provider GlobeCast has signed a deal with London-based Bangladeshi broadcaster Channel S Television to deliver three of its channels to the Sky platform via the Eurobird satellite. The channels include flagship station Channel S, the UK's fastest growing free-to-view Asian television channel. GlobeCast's London technical operations centre currently ...
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LONDON STATIONS RETAIN RADIO LICENCES
The Radio Authority is to renew the Greater London FM and AM licences held by London News Radio (LNR) stations ITN News Direct 97.3 FM and LBC 1152 AM for a
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RTL SUFFERS SLUMP IN FIRST-HALF PROFITS
European broadcaster RTL last week reported a slide in first-half profits and said it could not predict when the depressed TV advertising market would recover. The Channel 5 shareholder said first-half
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EX-GMTV PRODUCER TO MANAGE CELEBRITIES
TV Travel Shop launch editor and former GMTV senior producer Liz Ayto has joined TV celebrity agency NCI Management. Ayto becomes a director and partner of the company, which manages presenters
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CINAR FOR SALE AS CASH CRISIS HITS PARENT
Indie Cinar Europe, maker of programmes such as CITV's The Adventures of Paddington Bear and The Wombles (left), has been put up for sale after its Canadian parent company Cinar Corporation
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SMITH TO CHAIR RADIO CONSUMER PANEL
Former media secretary Chris Smith is to chair a new Classic FM consumer panel. The panel will meet quarterly to review the radio station's programme plans and ambitions presented by Classic
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WEB BOOST FOR RAGDOLL KIDS COMEDY
Youth interactive content developer Prism-e is to launch a website to bolster the new BBC children's live action comedy Brum created by Ragdoll Productions. The website, which uses Flash animation to
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Double win for UK at Prix Italia
British broadcasters won two awards at the 53rd Prix Italia, the world's oldest TV and radio competition, with the BBC and Channel 4 taking a prize each.But the prizes, awarded on
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ITV commits to South Bank Show till 2009
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has extended the broadcaster's commitment to The South Bank Showuntil 2009.
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October backs new talent indie Raw TV
October Films, producer of Staying Lost (Channel 4) and This Is London (BBC), is launching an indie with producer/directors Dimitri Doganis and David O'Neill, writes Penny Hughes.Raw TV will be minority
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ITC builds new content arm
The Independent Television Commission is merging its programme and advertising & sponsorship groups in a bid to pre-empt the future structure of Ofcom, writes Steve Aston.The combined group will be headed