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Digital radio body chiefs are replaced.
The body set up to co-ordinate the marketing and development of digital radio in the UK is facing a management overhaul less than one year after it was set up, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ON THE BOX - Learning to fly.
Johnny Vaughan ain't no Superman says Carlton international sales executive Noel Hedges, but Smallville's the real McCoy.
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NEW BRIEF FOR TBS HEAD.
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) head of business development Pete Flamman has been handed a wider strategic brief that includes identifying business opportunities with regional managers and channel heads. He will work
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CREATIVE - News in brief.
Emap Performance TV created the graphics for the Brit Awards 2002 promotion on its Smash Hits and Box music channels. The sequences, which preview the 'You choose' campaign, encourage viewers to
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TRADE TALK - Bristol's finest.
After a productive spell at Granada's United Productions, can Tom Archer work the same magic as the BBC's new head of general factual?
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Broadcast conference changes.
BBC director of public affairs Caroline Thompson is to address the Broadcast conference on the future of public service broadcasting in place of former BBC director of television Mark Thompson.
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MTV TO BROADCAST NEW THREE-DAY FESTIVAL.
MTV is to produce more than three and a half hours of programming for its new three-day music festival MTV Winterjam 2002 which takes place in Austria. Overseen by MTV Europe
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BROADLY ZACK.
A special episode of Channel 4's children's drama series The Zack Files is set to be offered exclusively to broadband users later this year, writes Penny Hughes. The version, produced by
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Brook Lapping to make Thatcher doc.
ITV has commissioned a major three-part profile series on former prime minister Margaret Thatcher from the company that produced Diana: Story of a Princess, writes Penny Hughes.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Bruce Dunlop takes over Drum.
Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA) has taken over Soho-based 3D and effects com-pany Drum, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BSkyB digital prices criticised.
BSKYB has come under fire for more than doubling the amount consumers have to pay to receive only free-to-air digital services, writes Simon Ellery.
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Video Networks to take on cable.
Video-on-demand outfit Video Networks is set to go into direct competition with NTL and Telewest this summer as it revamps its on-demand entertainment offering HomeChoice to include broadcast TV.The development, which
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CARLTON MAKES SALE TO NEW OZ KIDS CHANNEL.
Carlton International has struck a content deal with new Australian kids digital channel ABC Kids. The deal includes 52 x 10-minute award-winning animation Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and two live-action
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SCOTTISH INDIES CASH.
Five Scottish indies have scooped European funding through the new Media Plus scheme: Taylored Productions, Monogram Wark Clements, Pelicula Films, Gabriel Films and an unnamed indie run by Amy Hardie.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Disc studio ups channel output.
Digital Interactive Studio Centre (Disc) is looking to recruit 40 people ahead of the launch of three new channels at its Wapping studio and playout base.The expansion comes four months after
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ITV daytime chief leaves the stage.
ITV Controller of daytime Maureen Duffy's much-criticised reign at the network has ended after only 18 months, writes Penny Hughes.
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OFF THE RECORD - Choking hazard.
And finally, the quiz show wars continue. Check out what was written on the free cough sweets handed out to the audience at the final of Discovery's Mastermind: 'These sweets should
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RATINGS - Close run thing of two new drama contenders.
BBC 1 and ITV 1 picked up almost identical ratings for their new drama offerings which went head to head on Tuesday 8 January, writes Jon Rogers.According to unofficial overnights, ITV
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Complete and Peach merge.
Big finish has bought a 50 per cent stake in post house Peach and has merged its own commercials facility, Complete, into the business to form a new outfit, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - VIDEO CONFERENCE.
The International Academy of Broadcasting (IAB) is hosting a conference on behalf of the Digital Video Broadcasting project (DVB). DVB World 2002 will take place in Dublin on 6 and 7