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    Lights poaches short

    2002-09-25T11:49:46Z

    Lighting supplier Lights Camera Action has appointed Dave Short to the role of sales office manager for the Greenford office. Short has worked in the lighting industry for 15 years and joins from rival London firm Lighting Technology Sales

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    Frontline hires two

    2002-09-25T11:49:05Z

    Frontline Television has just expanded its team with two staff. Editor/designer James Johnson joined this week from London Post and will work on Editbox and Avid DS. Sally Brading joined last week as tape operator after working initially for Digital Arts and then as a freelancer

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    Hill joins The TV set

    2002-09-25T11:48:23Z

    Nats Post Production business development manager Sara Hill joined The Television Set last week, taking on a similar role but working across the group's three businesses - London Post, Arena Digital and The TV Set. Hill joins The Television Set after four years at Nats. Before that, she worked at ...

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    Studio 1 is solid home

    2002-09-25T11:47:42Z

    Olympic Studios, the recording facility famed for its Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix recording sessions, is the home of the UK's first XL 9000 K series console from Solid State Logic. The 80-channel desk has been installed in the recently refurbished Studio 1

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    ITV and Sky pip BBC to Champions League rights

    2002-09-25T10:33:03Z

    The BBC's best efforts to reclaim its status as Britain's premier terrestrial sports broadcaster were dashed last night as the rights to Champions League matches for the next three years were handed to ITV and BSkyB in a£249 million deal, writes Luke Satchell

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    Everyone should be able to laugh at themselves even if they're in a wheelchair...that's why I'm in The Office

    2002-09-25T10:00:57Z

    Actress Julie Fernandez has broken 100 bones and had 70 ops - but that has not stopped her landing a role in a top ...

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    Hutchinson launch 3G with 'friendly' users

    2002-09-25T09:59:40Z

    The mobile phone operator Hutchinson 3G is to launch its long-awaited third generation mobile phone services in the...

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    Sky and TV win rights to total coverage in£240m deal

    2002-09-25T09:59:20Z

    The BBC's latest attempt to reassert itself as a major source in sports broadcasting was thwarted yesterday when BS...

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    Murdoch still in race for DirecTV

    2002-09-25T09:58:49Z

    Rupert Murdoch may get a second chance to acquire DirecTV following reports that federal regulators in Washington a...

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    Sky and ITV footie deal just champion

    2002-09-25T09:58:46Z

    Telly giants Sky and ITV last night won the rights to screen Champions League football for three seasons. ...

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    ITV and Sky secure Champions League for three years

    2002-09-25T09:58:24Z

    BSkyB and ITV yesterday cone the domestic rights top the Champion League from 2003 to 2006 in a n£80 million per-y...

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    DirecTV merger likely to be blocked

    2002-09-25T09:57:59Z

    The proposed merger of America's two largest satellite television operator's is likely to be blocked by antitrust r...

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    Emap forecasts rise in first-half profits

    2002-09-25T09:57:37Z

    Emap, the magazines and commercial radio group, yesterday produced a generally optimistic trading statement that fo...

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    Broadcast regulators appointed to Ofcom

    2002-09-25T09:57:09Z

    The government has decided to pack the board of Ofcom, the new super-regulator for the communications industries, w...

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    News Corp in cut-price deal for Telepiu

    2002-09-25T09:56:40Z

    Vivendi Universal, is poised to accept a sharply reduced takeover bid for Telepiu;, its Italian pay-TV arm, as part...

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    DT sweetens its cable TV move

    2002-09-25T09:55:58Z

    Deutsche Telekom, the German telecommunications group will today announce a range of restructuring measures at its ...

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    News Corp keeps eye on EchoStar merger

    2002-09-25T09:55:36Z

    If creation of pay-TV giant is blocked by regulators, it could trigger renewed interest from the Murdoch camp. ...

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    Emap radio sales lag behind rivals

    2002-09-25T09:55:08Z

    Radio sounded the bum note in yesterday's trading update from Emap, which estimated a 2 per cent rise in first-half...

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    BBC outplayed in bid to show Champions League football

    2002-09-25T09:54:31Z

    The BBC's sports strategy was dealt a severe blow yesterday when the broadcaster failed to land the media rights fo...

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    Another TV boob for Judy

    2002-09-25T09:54:26Z

    Telly's Judy Finnigan showed off her cleavage yesterday ' in a virtual double of her awards bash gaffe. ...