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Parliament to decide on community radio
The likelihood of community radio stations becoming established in the UK moved a step forward this week when the government brought a Community Radio Order before Parliament. After a period of public consultation the order will pass through both Houses of Parliament and if successful will allow Ofcom to advertise ...
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Gardner's condition ?improving'
The condition of BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, gunned down in Saudi Arabia while filming the house of an al-Qaeda militant, is slowly improving, the BBC has said. A spokesman said Gardner had not been in a coma but was heavily sedated. Gardner's cameraman Simon Cumbers died in the attack. ...
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Digital radio on up
The£45m market for digital radios is set to double by the end of the year, according to the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB). The DRDB said this week that nearly 1 million digital radios will be in use in the UK by 2005 - the figure currently stands at 547,000. ...
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The digital showdown
Sky may have taken the digital initiative, but the BBC will still hope to give the satellite giant a run for its money.
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Jones to explore
Former Granada International general manager Ian Jones has resurfaced with a new role as president of Explore International and senior vice-president, National Geographic Television & Film Productions. He has already taken up the new roles, in which he will oversee international sales, co-production and co-financing. He said he was looking ...
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YTV merges factual and features
Yorkshire TV has merged its factual and features department into a single division following a round of redundancies last year.
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Spooks producer goes into film-making
Indie Kudos, producer of BBC1's Spooks and Hustle , is setting up a film production company. The project is a joint-venture between Kudos managing directors Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone and former FilmFour head Paul Webster. Garrett said: 'The synergy ...
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Good results for FKE
Fox Kids Europe has posted a strong set of half-year financial results, with revenues increasing to£47m for the six months to 31 March this year, from£40m at the same point last year. Profits stood at£6.4m, up from£1.7m, while UK and Ireland revenues went up 39%, from£9.9m at 31 March 2003 ...
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foundry wins grant
Visual effects developer The Foundry has been awarded a grant for research and development by the DTI. The funding will go towards Project Imogen, which has been valued at£575,000 and will last 18 month. Imogen will look to combine traditional optic flow research with imaging understanding techniques to develop more ...
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Hewland sells Mile High to Fox
Hewland International has sold the international format rights to its racy Sky One air steward drama Mile High to US network Fox.
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Image launch
Image Dynamic Pictures is set to launch Camden Post, a post-production facility providing offline and online suites, graphics and title design services. Owners Stuart Gosling and Patrick Holtkamp have recruited Jen Reznick from Illuminations to be head of facilities due to her experience in working with video and arts documentaries.
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Outsider takes top job at UK Post
UK Post has appointed industry outsider Gaynor Davenport as the chief executive for the newly created trade body for the£1.4bn post industry, writes Rick Dacey.
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Topical TV makes over lives for UKTV
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute life makeover series for UK Style called Who Do You Think You Are? from Topical TV. The series, which air every weekday from 14 July, will be hosted by presenter Paul Roseby, Big Brother psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott ...
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Sen takes OSF role
OSF Productions has appointed Paul Sen, whose credits include Seven Ages of Britain and The Bollywood Story, as its executive producer for science and history. He takes up the role from 10 July after completing the four-part ...
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Talkback promotion
Talkback Thames has promoted production executive Donna Wiffen to head of production in its drama department. Reporting to head of drama Paul Marquess, she will work on The Bill , Family Affairs and new interactive projects based around the shows. ...
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NewsCITV boss handed ITV off-peak brief
ITV has moved to address its daytime ratings crisis by drafting in kids chief Steven Andrew to run its new off-peak department.
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NewsDigital rivals hit out at BBC
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasting Group (SCBG), the trade body representing the multichannel sector, has hit out at the BBC's digital channels, claiming they are failing to meet their statutory requirements.
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NewsC4 shakes up indie rights deals
The BBC, Channel 4 and Five will take an unexpected 15% cut of all secondary rights revenue from indie shows they have commissioned once the new terms of trade are signed off in coming weeks.
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NewsRajar warns of cost of new ratings system
Radio groups may have to dig deeper into their coffers to fund electronic measurement of radio audiences, after Rajar estimated it would cost up to£25m to operate.
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NewsBravo chiefs plot Gazza FC
Paul Gascoigne, the troubled former England football ace, is being lined up to run an amateur Sunday league football team for Flextech channel Bravo.