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Xfm poaches Lucio
GCap Media-owned rock station Xfm has poached Sony-award winning DJ Lucio to host its weekend breakfast show. He takes up the role in July from Emap's Kerrang! station in the West Midlands, replacing Sarah Darling. He joins a weekend line-up, which includes Lauren Laverne, Jimmy Carr, Adam and Joe and ...
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Newbigin quits C4
Channel 4 head of corporate communications John Newbigin is leaving after five years to pursue other interests. He finishes at the end of July and will be replaced by his current deputy, head of public affairs Nick Toon. He joined in 1999 from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport ...
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Holmes' Sky move
Former GMTV anchorman Eamonn Holmes is joining Sky News to host its breakfast show Sunrise. He will join later this year when Sky relaunches the 6am to 9am show from its new state-of-the-art news studio in Osterley. Holmes, who quit GMTV a few weeks ago claiming the show had moved ...
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Broadcast reveals Digital Channel Awards shortlist
Broadcasthas published the shortlist for its new Digital Channel Awards, which recognise innovation, creativity and commercial success in digital broadcasting.
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Flextech secures The Amazing Race for Living TV 2
Flextech has picked up the exclusive UK rights to Jerry Bruckheimer's Emmy award-winning CBS reality show The Amazing Raceas part of a trio of deals with Buena Vista International Television.
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NHU to make 3d Imax spectacular of planet earth
The BBC Natural History Unit is working on a large-format 3D Imax cinema version of Planet Earth, its follow-up to The Blue Planet. Billed as an epic 90-minute journey of life
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Kemp back in 'Enders
Actor Ross Kemp has landed a£500,000 deal with the BBC that will see him reprise his role as EastEndershardman Grant Mitchell and direct three new projects. Kemp will return to the BBC1 soap in the autumn for what the BBC is claiming will be
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Mentorn MD quits
Mentorn's managing director, Charles Thompson, has quit after three years in the post. Thompson, who executive produced Mentorn series such as Paradise Hoteland Forever Eden, has resigned with immediate effect but will stay on the board at TV Corp, Mentorn's owner, until the end of June. ...
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DG in church talks
BBC director general Mark Thompson is to offer an olive branch to religious groups by making a speech at the Churches' Media Conference in Derbyshire. Thompson will talk to 300 delegates at the June event, outlining the BBC's commitment to religious broadcasting. His attendance comes in the wake of a ...
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Digital volunteers
The Community Channel is launching an interactive service to mark the Year of the Volunteer. Viewers will be able to source information about local volunteering opportunities by pressing the remote control red button and entering their postcode. Originally built by Sky Interactive, the service has been redeveloped and expanded by ...
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UK Post warns of BBC 'sweeteners'
BBC Resources should be prevented from being given lucrative contracts to make its sale more attractive, UK Post is to tell the government next week.
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Pact weighs terms of trade with facilities
UK Post is working with trade association Pact to create terms of trade between producers and facility houses.
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Rainbow Post adds HD capability as US deals roll in
Rainbow Post is spending£350,000 to add high-definition pictures to its growing audio department after winning a raft of HD projects from the US.
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Kemistry hire
Design and branding company Kemistry has appointed Nahida Zaman as its new market development manager. Zaman, previously a marketing executive for BBC Broadcast, has been charged with developing Kemistry's involvement in the channel branding and digital interactive markets. Kemistry was recently awarded the Queen's Awards for Enterprise for its success ...
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Free HDV training
Broadcast Freelancer is giving away two free copies of a new training DVD for the Sony Z1 and FX1 HDV cameras. 'HandsOn HDV Training' is an in-depth guide that features tips, explanations and tutorials written in plain English. It's worth£52 + VAT and is available to buy from equipment distributor ...
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Sci fi playout move
The Sci Fi Channel has moved its playout and transmission operations to its sister company, CNBC Europe. The move is expected to make the Sci Fi Channel significant cost savings as it brings its business in-house within the NBC Universal group. CNBC has installed a Pebble Beach multi-channel Neptune automation ...
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Jacobs goes to Blue
Jim Jacobs has joined VTR Media Services broadcast company Blue as studio manager. Jacobs, who joined last month, is now responsible for Blue's three sound studios, which have recently dealt with the audio on shows such as Footballers' Wives Extra Time.He has previously worked at companies ...
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Root6 new manager
Dan Germain has joined Root6 Technology as inter-national channel manager for ContentAgent-XR, the company's new encoding platform which was launched with Microsoft at NAB last month. Germain has previously worked for UK manufacturer Quantel and in product manager roles for Avid products in Europe.
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Directors cut
Directors Cut has confirmed that the company will con--tinue unchanged following managing director Peter West's untimely death earlier this month. West shared ownership of the company with fellow company directors Andrew Elliott and Fred Hart.