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SKILLSET HIRES FIVE.
Skillset, the skills council for the audio-visual industries, boosted its regional presence with five new managers.
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RATINGS - BBC2 tops previous ratings for cult import 24.
THE second series of US import 24 pulled in a higher audience for BBC2 than any of the last series' episodes, writes Jon Rogers.
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Digital tsar admits switch off now likely to be 2014.
Digital 'tsar' Barry Cox, the TV executive figure entrusted with steering the broadcasting industry towards analogue switch-off, has admitted that it is 'unlikely' that the government will hit its target window of 2006 to 2010, writes David Wood.
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BBC acts on Lambert report into News 24.
The BBC's News 24 channel is to increase its coverage of regional and world news and
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Disney moves past 5 million.
THE Disney Channel, the UK's only subscription-based kids channel, has been taken up by half of the multichannel market, the company claimed this week, writes Paul Revoir.
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ABC BUYS EVANS SHOW.
Channel 4 entertainment show Boys and Girls, made by Chris Evans' UMTV, has been picked up
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FREEVIEW APPOINTMENT.
NTL product marketing director Matt Seaman has been appointed as general manager for DTV Services, the
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BBC WINS FA CUP MOVE.
The BBC is free to show live FA Cup ties in peaktime after the police abandoned
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Smithson buys Darlow's share.
Indie Darlow Smithson Productions has undergone a restructure following the departure of co-founder David Darlow, writes Penny Hughes.
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CAMPBELL TONIGHT.
Alastair Campbell has become the latest big-name interviewee signed up by ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
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TOP RTL JOB VACANT.
RTL, the Europe-based broadcaster which owns 65% of Five and production powerhouse Fremantle, is looking for
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MacKenzie takes on Rajar.
THE Wireless Group (TWG) is set to trigger one of the biggest splits in the history of radio audience measurement by launching a nationwide rival to Rajar, writes John Plunkett.
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NUJ SUPPORTS PAIR.
The sacking of two producers from the BBC World Service Arabic section has been condemned by
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RDF has second shot at regions.
RDF Media has formed a joint programming venture with Manchester-based entertainment specialist Multi Media Arts (MMA)
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WORLD SERVICE REJIG.
BBC World Service has reshuffled its four regional heads in Africa, Eurasia, the Americas and Asia
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ITV1 plans Colditz epic.
Thirty years after the classic BBC drama Colditz, ITV1 has commissioned Granada to make a #5m romantic epic based around the infamous German prison camp, writes John Plunkett.
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Channel 4 appoints Ahmed to run religion department.
Channel 4 has appointed its first ever non-Christian to look after religion, following a year-long search to find a suitable candidate, writes Penny Hughes.
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Mayer sues BBC over 'climate of fear'.
Veteran BBC newsreader Laurie Mayer is suing the corporation for unfair dismissal after claiming he was sacked for protesting against the bullying of junior staff, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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New BBC indie champion to face stiff test.
THE BBC is on the verge of appointing its much-vaunted 'indie champion' just days after it emerged the corporation would miss its independent quota for the second year running, writes John Plunkett.
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Living TV in seance bid to reach Diana.
Living TV is courting controversy with a show featuring a seance attempting to contact Princess Diana beyond the grave, writes Paul Revoir.