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£250m for TV delay
Granada yesterday took a£250 million charge relating to the value of its digital business ...
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Halifax boss in with Ant & Dec
HBOS chief executive has become a part-time director of Granada ...
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CNN hailed as heroes in media's first salvo
The first shot has been fired in the media war over Iraq with the release of film hailing CNN's coverage ...
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NewsMTV combats UK rivals with London event
MTV is looking at bringing its flagship Europe Music Awards (EMA) to London next year to help combat growing competition from Emap and the forthcoming Sky music channels, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBSkyB threatens charge for set-top boxes
BSkyB this week warned it could withdraw its offer of free set-top boxes if ITV and the BBC continue their 'foolish crusade' over the price of carriage on Sky's digital platform, writes Conor Dignam
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The future of indies is now back in the hands of the government after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) programme supply review this week recommended wholesale changes to the 20-year old sector, writes Jane Marlow
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Jowell lends support to proposals
The government this week gave a strong hint that it would accept the bulk of the ITC's recommendations and agreed to ensure that anything it did approve would be included in the Communications Bill, writes Colin Robertson
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Government responds to pressure for BBC indie radio quota
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has ordered officials to examine extending mandatory indie production quotas to radio, write David Rose and Georgina Lipscomb
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ITV unveils post merger strategy
Granada and Carlton this week fleshed out their strategy to establish a single ITV, unveiling plans to cut more jobs at the network centre and push for the new company to operate a single sales house, writes Steve Aston
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NewsDocherty quits Telewest
Telewest managing director of broadband content David Docherty has announced that he will be leaving the company in the next few days, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsGranada seeks to rescue London's Burning
The future of long-running drama London's Burning could go up in smoke following an ITV ultimatum to Granada executives that they must refresh the ailing show to halt its ratings slide or else see it dropped, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsPace shares fall
Pace Micro shares have fallen over ten per cent today on news that the set-top box maker is likely to miss its earnings for the year, writes John Oates
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BBC moves to allay fears over Bristol
Post-production facilities in Bristol will welcome news that a BBC 'post-production procurement group' set up to sort out the best possible service deals for BBC Bristol's factual department and the Natural History Unit will not reduce the amount of work outsourced to the local market ...
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Clear Cut credits location with business boost
Eleven-year-old post-production house Clear Cut is celebrating a year of increased business and expansion and is crediting its location in the wilds of west London for the success, writes John Oates
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4Active accused of targeting kids with interactivity
Four Active - Channel 4's delayed interactive service launched this week in time for the start of Celebrity Big Brother- was hit by complaints that the service was intrusive and aimed at children, writes John Oates
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Caught on camera
Comedy producer Phil Clarke has come up with an ingenious way of delivering a character's point of view in a sitcom - he's putting cameras on the actors heads, writes John Oates
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Elephant Egg wins second satire series
Elephant Egg, the animation studio jointly owned by UK based media company Elephant Productions and animation company Fictitious Egg, has been commissioned to animate a second series of its quick-turnaround satirical sketches for the BBC Choice show The State We're In, ...
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TSI TX hires for growth
TSI TX has underlined its promises of imminent expansion by creating and filling a new post of operations manager. Previously operations manager at international news agency APTN, Kate Ivens starts her new job this week. Mike Severyn, managing director at TSI TX said: 'Kate will be instrumental as we move ...
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Paisley leaves Omnibus
Veteran broadcast technologist Brian Paisley is leaving his post as managing director of Omnibus Systems to join Quantel. He will join the equipment manufacturer next week as director of broadcast. He will be responsible for developing and selling Quantel's generationQ products