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SAGA HOPES FOR OVER-50S STATION FOR LONDON.
Saga Radio has unveiled plans to bid for London's Liberty Radio licence, which is to be advertised next month. It has proposed a new station, Saga 963/972 AM, to target the
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Channel 4 religion vacancy causes problems.
Channel 4's inability to find a replacement for former C4 commissioning editor, religion Elizabeth Clough could cause problems for independents, according to suppliers, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 loses another executive to C5.
Channel 4 entertainment has lost yet another executive, with the departure of E4 editor Anjela Jain to Channel 5, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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S4C poaches producer from Pop Factory.
S4C has appointed producer Siwan Jobbins as commissioning editor, children's programmes, writes Penny Hughes.
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YTTTV wins Channel 4 specials.
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television (YTTTV) has landed a brace of one-off specials for Channel 4, including a 60-minute biography of the late novelist Catherine Cookson, writes Simon Ellery.
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CHANNEL 4 DOES MULTIMILLION SIMPSONS DEAL.
Channel 4 last week beat off Channel 5 to secure a reported #15m deal for animated series The Simpsons from 2006. The agreement with Twentieth Century Fox covers the UK terrestrial
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FREE TO AIR - Will art work for BBC 4?
So BBC 4, launched this Saturday with a simulcast on BBC 2, is 'the biggest innovation in cultural broadcasting for a generation'. The speaker is BBC 4 controller Roly Keating. He
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Big Brother 3 exec producer appointed.
Phil Edgar-Jones, former executive producer of Channel 4's Ginger Television-produced The Priory, has been appointed by Endemol UK as executive producer of Big Brother 3, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Rushes diversifies with 3D expansion.
Rushes Post-production is expanding with the creation of a dedicated 3D department and the creation of 15 jobs.The head of the department will be Jonathan Privett who joins next month after
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Media 100 unveils 844/x and new identity.
After four years and $30m (#21m) investment, Media 100 took the wraps off its new 844/x 10-bit editing and effects system in New York on Monday (25 February), writes Andy Stout.
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C5 GETS 10 PER CENT.
Channel 5 picked up a 10.1 per cent audience share on Tuesday (26 February) - a figure the station claimed was its fifth best since its 1997 launch.The yield was largely
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Pop Idol ends on a high note for ITV 1 and ITV 2.
Pop Idol lit ITV 1's fire again this week - the biggest audience came for the early evening six song shoot-out between Will and Gareth as 13.21 million warbled along with
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New venue for Promax
The Promax UK annual conference is moving to a new venue this year.Taking place on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 November, the conference will be held at the Queen Elizabeth
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Free Softimage tech
Softimage is introducing a free version of its 3D and effects technology, complete with training modules to help improve the software's reach.The Softimage XSI Experience CD runs on Windows XP,
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Dolby E for London duo
London's International Broadcast Facilities and Vidfilm are the UK's first two post-production facilities to adopt Dolby E technology to deliver Dolby Digital 5.1 surround-sound programming to broadcasters such as BSkyB.Dolby
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Megahertz Comms to go into liquidation
Broadcast products manufacturer Megahertz Communications faces liquidation next week, less than six months after spinning off its systems business to a management buyout, writes Barbara Marshall.The decision to liquidate Ely-based Megahertz
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MPC is first to install new Cintel film scanner
London-based the Moving Picture Company (MPC) is the first facility worldwide to install Cintel's next-generation film scanner, the DSX, writes Barbara MarshallThe scanner, which was previewed at IBC last year (Broadcast,
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BBC animation day
The BBC hopes to help push animation into the mainstream by holding an 'animation day' on Monday (4 March) for producers and commissioners.Featuring speakers such as Star Wars producer Gary
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Rushes expands creating 15 new jobs
Rushes Post-production is expanding with the creation of a dedicated 3D department and the creation of 15 jobs, writes Barbara MarshallThe head of the department will be Jonathan Privett who joins