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TEXT FOR TALKSPORT
National radio station TalkSport is the first to sign up to an SMS text messaging service developed by Quartez called Txt2Air. The system will be used by the station to canvas
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Trade Talk - Secret weapon
Few have heard of Jagdip Jagpal since she took the helm at SMG. Can this legal specialist turn around the company's creative fortunes?
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OFF THE RECORD - The show that's too sexy for TV
If C4 ever feels the heat of its competitors' ratings breathing down its now more populist neck, it could always try dredging the depths of its archive for racy sexploits from
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Storm set for retail radio
Storm Digital Broadcasting (SDB), the radio outfit run by former Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes, is entering the in-house radio market with the launch of two new channels - Post Office Live and a radio station for newsagents, writes Georgina Lispcomb.
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Youlton quits S&W
David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company has confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told
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RUSHES PICKS UP SPIRIT
Soho commercials facility Rushes has added Philips' Spirit Datacine to its existing Cintel C-Reality and URSA Diamond telecine. The Spirit, which is the 20th to be installed in the UK, will
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ONLINE SOCCER WEATHER
ITV has launched an online weather service for football supporters. The network will provide weather information covering all English and Scottish league matches on www.itv-weather.co.uk. The service, which went live this
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Lumley set for series
Baby Cow, the indie set up by Henry Normal and comedian Steve Coogan, has signed Joanna Lumley to appear in her own BBC 2 comedy series, writes Georgina Lipscomb. Up In
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Singer lambasts ITV
Carlton and Granada should scrap their ITV Digital platform and invest more money in programming, according to Telewest chief executive Adam Singer.Singer said this week that with falling advertising revenues in
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XTV snaps up Red Pepper ID heads
Two founding members of recently defunct television branding company Red Pepper ID have joined Soho design house XTV, writes Will Strauss.
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JUST GROUP HEADS LEAVE
Just Group chief executive Wilf Shorrocks and commercial director Paula Shorrocks have left the company following a board meeting last week. Their departure follows changes to the accounting policy introduced by
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Fulcrum to launch indie with Waddell
Factual specialist Fulcrum Television and leisure and lifestyle independent Brian Waddell Productions have joined forces to launch a new indie in Northern Ireland, writes Penny Hughes.
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OFF THE RECORD - Playing footsie
Things to do as part of your job as an executive producer, no. 307: provide presenter with suitable footwear. This week's victim - John Kaye Cooper of Talent TV fame. Toby
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Soaring Soho rents force out TV firms
Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases.Several companies have received rent demands more than 50 per cent
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EQUITY MAY STRIKE
Actors union Equity is threatening industrial action against producers' alliance Pact after talks between the two groups over giving actors a cut of licensing deals with broadcasters fell through. Last Friday
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Teletext enters ITV sports talks
Teletext is holding talks with ITV about providing enhanced sports content for the network's sport output.ITV is looking at ways of adding value to its slate of sports output, such as
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Endemol UK's status strip worries indies
The independent sector fears the ecology of broadcasting will be threatened if Endemol Entertainment UK loses business as a result of its loss of indie status, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Granada drops Platforms
Granada has scrapped the Platforms label it unveiled just three months ago as part of its restructure, writes Steve Aston.
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GUNN DOUBLES STAKE
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist John Gunn has more than doubled his stake in media group West 175 to a 10.9 per cent share. West 175, which produces Master Chef, formed a
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Smash Hits in digital push
EMAP Performance Network (EPN) is planning to further extend its Smash Hits brand by launching a digital radio channel early next year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.