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INTERVIEW - The profit-maker
As Granada Content's director of programmes, north, John Whiston is charged with maintaining staples Coronation Street and Emmerdale, while acting as an ambassador for its expanding drama output.
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GRANADA PROMOTION
Granada has appointed former Granada Broadband director of commercial development Ian McCulloch to the role of director of broadcasting and operations. He will report to Granada Broadcasting and Enterprises chief executive
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GRANADA UPS REGIONS
Granada Content director of programmes, north John Whiston has made three regional programming appointments to allow regional production staff to work across the broadcaster's output. Clare Morrow has been appointed regional
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Scream nets Hear'Say gig for Sky PPV
New indie Scream Films, headed by director Southan Morris (BBC's Ruby Wax Meets), has struck a deal with Universal and band management company Safe Management for its first major commission, writes
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ITC GAINS PR LOBBY
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is in talks with Lexington Communications, the PR firm that led the commercial alliance's lobbying campaign against the BBC's digital services, to step up lobbying ahead
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GHS GAINS MANAGER
Glasgow camera and grip facility GHS has taken on Bram Jeavons as general manager to replace Mike Ellen, who is leaving to pursue a production career.Jeavons was a director of Logical
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Milestone and Fusion merge
Fusion Radio Holdings, run by former London News Radio head Nigel Reeve, is building its portfolio of local radio stations and has merged with The Milestone Group's radio interests in a
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Masthead show leads UK Food
The BBC and Flextech have unveiled details of new UKTV channel UK Food, which features a 90-minute daily live show presented by Jeni Barnett, spun off from BBC magazine Good Food.Commissioned
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RTL SUFFERS SLUMP IN FIRST-HALF PROFITS
European broadcaster RTL last week reported a slide in first-half profits and said it could not predict when the depressed TV advertising market would recover. The Channel 5 shareholder said first-half
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MILLION IN SONY FIRST
London facility house Mac Million is the first European firm to take delivery of Sony's non-linear editing system XPRI. The 18-month old company chose the standard definition version for its Russell
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INDIE FINANCE - Telling the tale of Tweenie success
Set up in 1994 by two former actors with strong ideas about children’s programming, Tell-Tale Productions struck gold when its Tweenies idea won a BBC commission. Soon it may gain its own distribution arm.
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At It opens LA office to expand US output
London Indie At It Productions has opened an office in Los Angeles and is to name its first US head of productions within weeks, writes Simon Ellery.Called At It America, the
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TX - Escapades with a star
There's got to be a downside to filming in the jungle with a chirpy Ewan McGregor who doesn't mind sleeping in a hammock, putting on the same wet clothes every morning
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EMAP UNVEILS RADIO Q
Emap Performance Network - part of the group that publishes Broadcast - is extending its Q magazine brand with the launch of Radio Q. The station will launch on 6 October
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Somethin' Else secures jazz festival order
Indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC Knowledge to produce 2 x 90-minute programmes on the London Jazz Festival, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The programmes will showcase the festival, which is being
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DTI FUNDS RADIO STUDY
The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) is to contribute to a£1m fund set up to help with high-power radio frequency research. The DTI will provide£200,000 towards setting up
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Double win for UK at Prix Italia
British broadcasters won two awards at the 53rd Prix Italia, the world's oldest TV and radio competition, with the BBC and Channel 4 taking a prize each.But the prizes, awarded on
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Ideas Lab post to disappear
Channel 4 will not replace its Ideas Lab head Liz Warner, who left to set up a factual indie, Betty, last week, writes Penny Hughes.Instead, Warner's responsibilities will be divided among
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DIGITAL GOES HAND-HELD
Roke Manor Research, part of the Siemens group, has unveiled what it claims is the world's first hand-held digital audio broadcast (DAB) receiver.The prototype measures 76mm x 50mm x 24mm and
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Wireless and GWR deny sell off plans
The Wireless Group and GWR have both this week denied rumours that stakes in their radio interests are to be sold.Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond was said to be interested in