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HALL'S NEW VENTURE.
Former Hit Wildlife managing director Carl Hall is launching an independent factual production and distribution company, Parthenon Entertainment.He has signed a multi-year deal with Hit Entertainment to distribute its 280-hour library
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PRINCE TO STAY INVOLVED.
Ardent Productions joint managing director Prince Edward will continue overseeing programmes that have his name attached, despite his decision to step down from his managerial role at the company. He will
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KIDS SHOW STAND-OFF.
ITV 1's kids show SM:TV scored its lowest rating since the departure of presenters Ant and Dec with just 1.2 million viewers for its show on Saturday (2 March). The figure,
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IN MY VIEW - Mark Rowland.
On how the BBC has little to lose and much to gain by allowing producers their rights.
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TRADE TALK - Office politician.
Anil Gupta was a driving force behind seminal shows Goodness Gracious Me and The Office - can he inject fresh energy into French and Saunders?
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Off The Record - Party politics.
Ever wondered where your TV licence fee goes? Well, perhaps we should ask the Beeb exactly how much of it it's spent on launching digital channels.OTR is sure that under Gavyn
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WALMSLEY RESIGNS.
UBC Media has announced that non-executive director Nigel Walmsley is stepping down from his role with immediate effect. The former Carlton Communications deputy chief executive took on the post last September
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BBC political head moves to Blakeway
Anne Tyerman joins London office as indie's new programme director
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C5's Newman boosts indies with first slate
New controller of entertainment puts faith in independents with commissions for Radar TV, Princess and Monkey Productions
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Pop Idol company finds role for Eyre
Former Pearson TV chief executive joins Pop Idol creator in non-executive role
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Titschmarsh loses viewers
BBC 2's How to be a Gardener drops 800,000 but still gives BBC 1's lottery a run for its money
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4mc in£2.5m hd push
4MC has just taken delivery of the Sony HD Cam and Panasonic HD D5 VTRs as part of a£2.5m investment in high- definition equipment across the Liberty Livewire group.In
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422 boosts animation
422 has taken on Gary Noden who is heading north from London's Eye Animation to become senior 3D animator at 422's Manchester site. Noden's credits include idents for Cartoon Network, Fox
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Radio mics could be hit by analogue switch-off
The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is pressing the government to consider the impact of analogue switch-off on the use of radio microphones, writes Barbara MarshallAt a seminar held on Wednesday
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Regulators approve GVG sale to Thomson
Thomson Multimedia has this week confirmed its purchase of the Grass Valley Group (GVG) and, through its Technicolor subsidiary, has added two more companies to its list of acquisitions, writes Barabara Marshall
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Turner awards major facility contract
Snell & Wilcox has won a multimillion pound deal to equip the world's largest broadcast centre at Turner Entertainment Group's new Atlanta headquarters , writes Barbara MarshallThe 193,000 square foot facility, due
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Blue hires three
Blue has made three appointments this month. Andy Brown joins from Soho 601 to head the Flame department, Lucy Cotter has left Rushes to take a senior bookings role and Tracey
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World Wide covers satellite launch
The launch of Envisat - Europe's largest satellite - last Friday (1 March) was the climax of a year's work by indie World Wide Pictures for the European Space Agency (ESA)
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MCR directorships
The Machine Room has made four of its senior managers directors. David Clarke, Wendy Field, Simon Brigg and Darryl Huxley have been with the company for between two and five years
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Discreet staff moves
Jeremy Lutterloch has been promoted to Discreet UK regional manager, replacing Patrick Jocelyn who became director of Europe, Middle East and Africa last month (Broadcast, 8.2.02).