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C5 HIRES TOP MTV MAN
Channel 5 has poached MTV Networks, UK and Ireland marketing vice-president David Pullan to become the channel's new director of marketing and communications.Pullan replaces Jim Hytner and starts in the new
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RADIO 5 TO CELEBRATE ALI'S 60TH BIRTHDAY
Radio 5 Live commissioning editor for sport Moz Dee has ordered an hour-long documentary on former boxer Muhammed Ali from TWI to mark the former heavyweight champion's 60th birthday next year.
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Granada to cut 430 jobs as ad sales fall
Granada is to axe a further 430 jobs from its workforce as the media recession continues to strangle its advertising income.The cuts will take the number of jobs lost since the
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Cash bonanza for C4 indies
Channel 4 has announced plans to shore up its commitment to the regions with a series of cash handouts to indies.The channel is to inject over£100,000 of programme development funding
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ANIMATORS WIN C4 GRANTS
Channel 4 and the Museum of the Moving Image have awarded four grants to young animators as part of their animator in residence scheme, writes Penny Hughes.
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S4C BOOSTS CHILDREN'S
S4C is doubling its children's output to one hour in the afternoons and to 45 minutes from 30 minutes at lunchtime from January. The Welsh language broadcaster is extending its children's
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S4C'S JONES REORDERS TALCEN CALED
S4C commissioning editor for drama Angharad Jones has commissioned Ffilmiau'r Nant to produce a third series of drama Talcen Caled. The 6 x 60-minute series is being filmed in Gwynedd and
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IMAGINA 2002 SPEAKERS
Digital Domain founder and four-time Academy Award winner Stan Winston will be the keynote speaker at the Monte Carlo-based computer graphics conference Imagina 2002. Other speakers lined up for the 20th
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Static 2358 sheds 16 jobs after review
Interactive TV specialist Static 2358 has scaled back its design department as part of an overall review of the business that has resulted in 16 job losses.Six of these have gone
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RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 11 NOVEMBER - So, what's going on in multichannel homes?
This week's top 50 table introduces new data about audiences in multichannel homes. Three new columns have been introduced to show the comparative ranking for the top 50 programmes in these
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Tories could privatise Radios 1 and 2
BBC Radios 1 and 2 could be privatised under a future Conservative government, shadow media secretary Tim Yeo claimed this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 looks at 50 years of No 1s
Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star writes Steve Aston.
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RADIO 4'S DEAD RINGERS GETS BBC 1 PILOT
Radio 4 improvisation show Dead Ringers is being made for television, with a pilot due to air on BBC 1 next year. The one-off will feature the regular cast such as
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Royal Variety gives ITV1 peak-time crown
Cilla, Babs and company pull in 11 million viewers helping ITV1 to a precious peak-time victory over BBC1
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Royal Variety helps give ITV1 peak-time crown
Cilla, Babs and company pull in 11 million viewers helping ITV1 to a precious peak-time victory over BBC1
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Interactive digital TV entertainment revenues to hit $12.5bn by 2005
Revenues from pay-per-view movies, sport and music to grow at 81% per annum for next four years new Schema survey predicts
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Discovery in cable deal with NTL
Five-and-a-half year contract 'longest running cable deal in Discovery UK's history' says outgoing Discovery Network Europe chief Joyce Taylor
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BBC Radio's 1 and 2 face privatisation under Conservatives
Shadow media secretary Tim Yeo tells Broadcast services 'not an essential part of public service broadcasting' and private sector could provide better
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Soap's luxuriate in record viewing
Total soap viewing among adults expected to rise to over 100 hours this year after resurrection of Crossroads, extra EastEnders and launch of Night and Day cram schedules
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Tiger pounces on Weakest Link
Quiz show's executive producer Ruth Davies to join leading UK indie as new editor of entertainment