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NewsKent Messenger awarded Ashford licence
Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence covering Ashford to a consortium led by local media company the Kent Messenger Group.
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NewsSinger lands PRS role
Former Telewest chief executive Adam Singer has landed his first full time job since being ousted from the cable giant over two year ago.
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NewsEvans rules out return to radio
His stint on this week's Radio Aid tsunami appeal may have won him critical praise but Chris Evans has ruled out a full-time return to radio.
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Michael Grade speech Oxford Media Convention 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen, we meet at an extremely interesting time. The latest in a very long line of inquiries into the BBC is reaching a critical moment.
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NewsCommunity Channel appeal hits£1m
Charity TV service The Community Channel said today it had has raised over£1m for the tsunami disaster appeal through its interactive donation service.
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NewsGrade: BBC should sack under-par controllers
BBC chairman Michael Grade has warned TV and radio channel controllers they will be fired if they don't meet new quality criteria.
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NewsPEER POLL: Dick and Dom
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Are MPs right to question the PSB value of Dick and Dom?
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The God-given right
Does the unprecedented campaign against the BBC for showing Jerry Springer: The Operaportend a real threat to free speech on TV and, if so, what is the best way for broadcasters to respond?
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NewsDead Man Weds falls to 2.3m
ITV1's struggling sitcom Dead Man Wedslost a further 400,000 viewers last night to average just 2.3 million (12%) at 10pm.
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BBC1 to chart a year in the Navy year to fill
The BBC has commissioned a major documentary series charting a year in the life of the Royal Navy as part of the commemorations surrounding the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October.
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Blue spends£1m boosting HD capacity
Blue Post Production is to spend£1m on expanding its HD and sound capacity.
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Sky One hit by 17% drop in 2004 audience
Broadcast looks at the winners and losers in multichannel over the last 12 months
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C4 revisits soho for 1970s season
Channel 4 has commissioned ITN Factual to make Paul Raymond: The King of Soho, a documentary on the life and times of the renowned porn baron. The 60-minute programme, commissioned by C4 head of history and religion Hamish Mykura, will be narrated by ...
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Eurosport 2 launch
Eurosport has replaced Eurosportnews with a new-look channel called British Eurosport 2. The sister channel of British Eurosport will feature more breaking news, live coverage, interviews, magazine-style programmes and live results around the clock. A Eurosport spokesman said the rebranding was a reaction to the 24-hour rolling news culture.
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M2 seeks major stake in VTR plc
An M2-led consortium is understood to be close to making a£3m bid for a major stake in facilities group VTR plc.
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New kit for 2nd sense
2nd Sense Broadcast has installed two multitrack Pyramix systems. 2nd Sense has provided audio post-production on Later with Jools Holland, which was produced in high-definition for sale to the States, and children's animation series Boo!.Borehamwood-based Total Audio Solutions installed the Pyramix systems.
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Airborne to look at 21st-century bras
Kent-based Airborne TV has bagged its first multichannel commission for Discovery Health to make Bra Wars - Boom or Bust. The 60-minute documentary, due to air at the end of February, will feature model Rachel Hunter and look at the 21st-century bra industry. Garry Grant will ...
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Brideshead special leads off ITV3 rerun
Indie Free@Last TV has been commissioned to make an documentary on the classic ITV drama Brideshead Revisitedfor ITV3. Ordered by Daniela Neumann, controller of commissioned programmes for ITV2/ITV3, the hour-long Revisiting Bridesheadwill accompany a repeat of the series in September. Barry Ryan ...
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Princess gains bumper C4 order
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions to make 75 hours of a new gardening show as part of a strategy to pull in middle-aged adults to the daytime schedule.
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C4 school animation to air in Australia
Australian networks ABC and the Comedy Channel have picked up rights to Channel 4's upcoming animated series Bromwell High. Co-produced by Hat Trick Productions and Canada's Decode Entertainment, the 13 x 30-minute series is set in an underfunded London school and was scripted by Richard Osman, ...