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VIVENDI OUT OF TELEWEST
French utilities group Vivendi has sold its 6.5 per cent stake in UK cable company Telewest for£200 million. The company placed the shares on the market but there has been
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NOTTINGHAM STUDIO OPENS
The BBC's new£4.5 million digital studio complex for the East Midlands opens in Nottingham on Sunday (10 January). The state-of-the-art development will be home to the regional news programme East
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BLUMER SIGNS FOR CRASH
Merseyside station Crash FM has signed Chris Blumer as its new breakfast show host. The 24-year-old joins from Capital-owned Red Dragon FM in Cardiff where he has presented the evening show
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ITN OPENS THE COLLECTIONS
ITN Archive has launched a selection of archive and features compilations aimed at broadcasters and independent producers.The new service, called The Collections, aims to provide quick and easy access to images
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BBC appoints Chapman to head up online
The BBC's protracted search for a director of its online service has ended, with the appointment of controller of BBC English regions Nigel Chapman, writes Jason Deans.The role of director of
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ITC shows teeth with Carlton fine
The£2 million fine dished out to Carlton TV by the Independent Television Commission after an independent inquiry confirmed that The Connection was faked is being viewed as 'a clear sign'
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ITV1's Britain's Got Talent swept all before it on Saturday with a bumper audience of 10.3m (43.3%) at 8.05pm.
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ITV1 has commissioned Bafta-winning comic Harry Hill to make a spoof soap opera series.
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BBC comes out on top in Christmas week battle
BBC 1 scooped the lion's share of viewing in Christmas week, scoring a 35.2 per cent share in the week leading up to Sunday 27 December, writes Tim Dams.ITV - which
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Ex-Central controller Smith dies
Former Central Television controller of public affairs Keith Smith died on 22 December aged 61 following a short illness.Smith joined BBC Manchester as assistant information officer before becoming publicity officer in
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Front Row challenges Sky's PPV dominance with boxing service
Cable pay-per-view (PPV) venture Front Row has turned the heat up on pay-TV rival BSkyB with the launch of a new boxing service, writes Alice Macandrew.Provisionally called Front Row Boxing, the
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Popescu takes reins at Six O'Clock News
The BBC has appointed former ITN editor Mark Popescu as the new editor of the Six O'Clock News just three months after joining BBC News 24, writes John Plunkett.Popescu, 38, will
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PECK AWARD OPENS UP
The Rory Peck Award for freelance cameramen and women is to be divided into three categories for the first time this year. The 1999 awards will be made up of three
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OAKSEY LEAVES HTV BOARD
Racing commentator Lord Oaksey, one of HTV West's longest-serving board members, is to retire from the position after 18 years. His place on the HTV West advisory board has been taken
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UBE PROMOTES CRESSWELL
United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) financial director John Cresswell has been promoted to chief operating officer. The position will take effect from Easter, when Malcolm Wall succeeds Roger Laughton as chief
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CRCA HIRES IRVINE
The Commercial Radio Companies Association has appointed a former parliamentary assistant to Media Secretary Chris Smith. Nick Irvine, currently a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), joins
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CLARIFICATION
Broadcast would like to point out that Planet 24, not Waheed Alli, donated£12,500 to the Labour Party. Alli received a peerage in June 1998 in recognition of his service to
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C4 hands cricket contract to S+V
Sports independent Trans World International (TWI) has been accused of 'sour grapes' after Channel 4 unexpectedly awarded the cricket production contract to a rival company.C4 surprised industry insiders by awarding the
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Ron Neil awarded a CBE
Former chief executive of BBC Production Ron Neil headed the cast of TV executives decorated in the 1999 New Year's Honours list, writes Claire Handley.Neil, who retired from his post at
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BBC features and events loses Film '99 to Scotland
BBC Scotland has wrested the contract to produce the new Jonathan Ross-fronted Film '99 from BBC features and events, writes Tim Dams.Ross became the long-awaited replacement for critic Barry Norman after