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NTL moves to prop up sports business.
NTL chief executive Barclay Knapp has moved to allay fears that its sports production subsidiary, Premium TV (PTV), was under threat, by filling a senior management vacuum.PTV joint managing director Jonathan
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Technology & facilities - New oasis business job.
Oasis Television has appointed Liz Hayward to the new role of business development manager for its video transfer facility, O2 Duplication. Hayward, who worked at Tele-Cine for 17 years, will work
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Digital TV design call.
The Consumer Association has launched a new award scheme to encourage design students to create a new concept to make it easier for consumers to use digital TV equipment. Backed by
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Capital radio probe.
The Radio Authority is carrying out a public interest test on Capital Radio's application for the east Midlands licence with its format Capital Disney. The radio group already owns Century 106
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Chair for Skillset.
Carlton Channels chief executive Clive Jones has taken over as chair of Skillset, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the audiovisual industries. Jones replaces BBC development and training controller Bob Nelson.
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Chair role for Cicada.
Cicada Films managing director Frances Berrigan is to chair the nomination panel for the Wildscreen 2002 Panda Awards. Previews will be held in June in Bristol with finalists announced in early
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CHANNEL REPORT - Has Nickelodeon met its match?
Nickelodeon is already feeling the pressure from Cbeebies and CBBC, but with a 5.1 multichannel viewing share in February against CBBC's 0.3 per cent, the BBC has a way to go before it can topple the market leader.
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Paramount comedy runs female marathon.
Paramount Comedy Channel is fielding votes for a Top 20 Funny Girls Marathon weekend in a bid to exploit stunt programming and interactivity. The weekend centres on the channel's support for
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Community media move.
A new MPs all-party media group met for the first time on Tuesday (12 March) to promote community media ahead of new proposals expected to be outlined in the forthcoming draft
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Horsham indie to look at west country life.
Horsham-based indie Stewart MacKay Associates has produced a 6 x 30-minute factual series for HTV West featuring Heartbeat actor Derek Fowlds. The countryside series Fowlds in the Landscape explores how people
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ITV orders daily nostalgia quiz
ITV controller of daytime Liam Hamilton has commissioned a nostalgic quiz show, which is expected to go daily, from Yorkshire Tyne Tees controller of features Bridget Boseley.The 40 x 30-minute show,
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ITV plans new dating format.
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has ordered Carlton Television to produce Elimidate, which is being billed as a new, 'sexy' dating show, writes Jon Rogers.
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DCMS willing to help producers.
Broadcasting minister Kim Howells has called for indies to approach the Department for Culture, Media & Sport with ideas about how the government can promote better trading conditions for producers, writes Steve Aston.
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Technology & facilities - Tennis deal for Gearhouse.
Gearhouse Broadcast is to provide technical production facilities and crew in a multi-million pound, three-year agreement with Tennis Properties Ltd (TPL), the organiser of the Tennis Masters Series, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TX - Digging up history.
As part of the BBC 2 real-life recreation The Trench, the production team from BBC documentaries was asked to build an authentic first world war trench in northern France.The trench was
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ITV Digital may sue NDS.
ITV Digital is considering legal action against News Corporation-controlled NDS, which this week became embroiled in a $1bn (#730m) lawsuit in the US after allegations that it had supported piracy, writes Simon Ellery.
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Technology & facilities - New direction for virtual studios.
The future of virtual studio technology could be in supporting feature film production rather than replacing traditional sets in television production, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Elephant moves from kids to factual.
Elephant Productions, co-producer of Grisly Tales for Gruesome Kids, is moving into factual by producing three new documentaries without a broadcast commission. The first looks at the life of artist and
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Technology & facilities - RTL renames facility.
RTL Group has renamed its UK transmission and post-production facility, formerly Pearson Television. Now known as the London Playout Centre (LPC), the facility provides technical and creative services to broadcasters including