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US internet firm saved by Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless (C&W) has agreed to buy troubled US internet service company Digital Island in a deal worth around£250m, writes Ann-Marie Corvin.C&W is paying around£2.10 a share for
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INDIE FINANCE - Building RDF into a TV money-spinner
Created less than 10 years ago with£35,000 start-up capital, RDF is now worth£15m. Having sold a 20 per cent stake to Sagitta Private Equity, it is building on its strong factual base to hit the US market.
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WISE BUDDAH TO BUILD IBIZA RADIO FACILITY
Indie Wise Buddah is to set up the first dedicated audio facility in Ibiza for use by UK and international radio stations. The equipment - including editing and ISDN suites -
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TRADE TALK - Bright brother
Having packed success with Popstars and Big Brother into just one year, Conrad Green faces the challenge of making Big Brother 2 even bigger.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Vivid Post Production and Ghost Design provided the editing and graphic design facilities for the Minerva Picture Company's The Spectre of Hope. The one-hour documentary focuses on Sebastio Salgado, who has
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Watchdog brand to be reinvented
BBC 1 is poised to axe high-profile brand Watchdog as part of an overhaul of the channel's consumer affairs output, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to BBC creative director, consumer Mark Killick who
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ON THE BOX - And the winner isn't ..
Films of Record md Roger Graef finds Amir Amirani's Arena about awards wins handsdown against Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
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Pittard boss moves to interactive firm
Pittard Sullivan UK managing director John Holland has left the struggling branding specialist to join interactive agency AMX and oversee the launch of interactive TV services, writes David Wood.As director of
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BOOST FOR GO RACING
Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing has signed up a further 17 British racecourses, taking the number to 49 out of the 59 Racecourse Association tracks. The consortium is now poised
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LA SCREENINGS - Bold moves in the US
As international buyers gather in Los Angeles for the annual screen-fest, John Hazelton looks at the hot contenders to secure a commission from one of the US networks.
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CLAYPOLE JOINS BOARD OF TVNEWSWEB
Stephen Claypole has joined the board of broadcast news industry video exchange and information portal TVNewsweb as a non-executive director. A founding managing director of Associated Press Television (APTV), Claypole was
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Black Books returns
Outgoing Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has commissioned Assembly Film and Television to produce two further series of its Bafta-winning sitcom Black Books, writes Jon Rogers.A second 6 x
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BERTELSMANN RTL STAKE
The European Commission has approved continental media powerhouse Bertelsmann's acquisition of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's 30 per cent stake in the RTL Group. The transaction - due to be finalised on 2
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CLARK TO REPLACE HOWIE AT BBC'S HARDTALK
BBC Breakfast deputy editor Carey Clark has been appointed as editor of the BBC News 24 and BBC World daily interview programme Hardtalk. She replaces Caroline Howie who has moved on
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BBC revives dinosaurs hits
The BBC is raiding the graves of its Bafta-winning dinosaurs in a bid to turn the Jurassic giants into a new breed of BBC stars, write Georgina Lipscomb and Barbara Marshall.The
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BBC signs Box first-look deal
Box TV Productions, the independent set up by former Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal, has signed its first deal with the BBC for a slate of returnable drama series,
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NTL and BBC form British Sport
British Sports broadcasting is set to face its biggest shake-up yet this summer following confirmation that the BBC plans to launch its new sport channel, British Sport, within a month of
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BBC digital radio budget is mired in confusion
The BBC appeared in a muddle over the exact finances for its five new proposed digital radio services this week, after admitting an extra£2m was added to its submission to
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BBC films wins cash boost
BBC Films' new cash injection of£106m of private backing will help the corporation revitalise its TV film output, according to BBC films head David Thompson.Thompson told Broadcast that while the
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BBC Radio unveils election programming
BBC Network Radio has unveiled a comprehensive programme of election coverage in the run-up to polling day on 7 June, including a new daily slot on Radio 1 featuring the station's