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NHS DIGITAL LAUNCH
Flextech expected to launch the pilot NHS health channel Living Health this week with over 11,000 pages of NHS information and the facility to book a GP appointment through the television.
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Prebble shuffles top digital staff
ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has started to streamline operations between the network and On Digital by announcing a reshuffle of senior staff, writes Steve Aston.
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Desert Island despair
BBC 1 channel executive Anne Gilchrist found Small Town Gardens proved more of a living-room oasis than The Desert Forges.
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SKY FOOTBALL DEAL
The Footballers' Football Channel, which last weekend produced the British Leg of the Kronenbourg Cup European Beach Soccer League featuring Eric Cantona, has closed a carriage deal to launch on Sky
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Granada to create genre heads in production rejig
Granada is gearing up to make sweeping changes to its production structure as part of a further attempt to streamline its internal management.Newly appointed Granada Content managing director Simon Shaps is
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SCHAMA TO HEADLINE US HISTORY CONFERENCE
Broadcaster and author Simon Schama, presenter of the acclaimed BBC 2 series A History of Britain, is to deliver the keynote address at the inaugural World Congress of History Producers. The
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SEPTEMBER DELIVERS COMPUTER HACKING DOC
September Films has produced a one-off documentary for Channel 4 on hackers. The 60-minute programme, The Secret History of Hacking, was filmed in America as a co-production with TLC. The film
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ITV partners clash over ownership rule
Serious cracks in the ITV partnership between Carlton and Granada emerged this week following a bitter public clash between the two companies over government plans for media ownership reform.The row erupted
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JAZZ FM PROGRAMME CHIEF TAKES DIGITAL JOB
Jazz FM has appointed deputy programme controller Kirsten MacGillivray to the new role of head of digital programming. Reporting to programme director John Baish, she will be responsible for launching the
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Sky shuts tech channel
BSkyB is axing its wholly owned digital channel (.tv) in a move that could mean the loss of up to 60 jobs, writes Dominic Timms.
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WOMAN CHAIR WINS OBE
Independent Media Support (IMS) executive chairwoman Sylvia Sheridan was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in the Queen's birthdayn honours list. Sheridan, who founded subtitling specialist IMS in 1989, is
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LAMBIE NAIRN TO REBRAND CBBC'S OUTPUT
Design consultant Lambie Nairn has been appointed by the BBC to rebrand its children's output. The company, which has a long history of revamping BBC channels and services, is currently working
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CBBC wants first tenders
The BBC's children's department CBBC is to open up its commissioning process to competitive tenders for the first time as it searches to find a follow-up to its pre-school hits Teletubbies
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DANDO CASE ROLLS ON
The jury was still out on the murder trial of the late BBC presenter Jill Dando as Broadcast went to press. The judge of the trial, Mr Justice Gage, delivered his
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NUMAN TO SHARE CAR OBSESSION WITH GSB
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has commissioned GTV Manchester to produce 8 x 30-minute series on Gary Numan's obsession with motor cars. GSB head of production Lesley Johnson commissioned the series, which
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Capital poaches Chrysalis chief
Capital Radio has poached rival Chrysalis Radio's online content director, Kevin Palmer, to help spearhead its drive into digital, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Human Capital hands Wyatt chairman role
Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has been appointed chairman of media strategy company Human Capital, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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MELLOR FACES CAMERA
Writer Kay Mellor is to step in front of the camera for one-off ITV comedy drama A Good Thief, writes Steve Aston.
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WISE BUDDAH WINS RADIO PRIZES IN NEW YORK
Radio indie Wise Buddah has been awarded two awards at the New York Radio Festival Programming and Promotion awards. The indie won a culture and arts gold world medal award for
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DA VINCI'S MACHINES TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE
Carlton has announced the first eight factual programmes to come out of its $20m (£14.3m) programming deal with US broadcaster PBS. The raft includes The Big Dig, which focuses on archaeological