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Capital wants more celebrities.
Capital Radio is looking to bolster its talent roster and is understood to be circling Jonathan Ross and former SM:TV presenters Ant and Dec, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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CAPITAL/UBC DEAL NEARS.
As Broadcast went to press, Capital Radio and UBC Media were believed to be on the verge of announcing a major new digital radio data service, supplying graphics and text. Capital
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FOOTIE CAUSES CORONATION ST RESCHEDULE.
ITV is to shift the midweek edition of Coronation Street to a Tuesday to avoid moving it to a later slot for the duration of its Champions' League coverage. From Tuesday
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CBBC overhauls schools output.
The BBC is to further align its schools programming with its children's schedule by launching a new block of educational shows on digital channel CBBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Technology & Facilities - Net innovation at CeBIT.
Hitachi will be showing a range of products at the CeBIT world business fair in Hannover next month, including a prototype range of wearable internet appliances. The devices come complete with
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Zenith heads to Sesame St for kids chief.
Zenith Entertainment has hired Sesame Workshop vice-president, European operations Julian Scott as its new head of children's drama and animation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITV COMMISSIONS GOODBYE MR CHIPS REMAKE.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned SMG TV Productions to create a two-hour remake of classic school film Goodbye Mr Chips. The new version, set to star Men Behaving
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CLEAR GUNS FOR OXFORD.
US radio operator Clear Channel has lodged a bid for the Oxford analogue licence as part of a consortium with Town & Country - the outfit set up by former Wireless
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OFF THE RECORD - Greg's fan club gets together.
At vast expense, the BBC created a kids paradise in a huge marquee in Battersea, south London on Monday to celebrate the launch of its two new digital kids channels, CBBC
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Segal leads co-pro search.
The BBC is set to expand its co-production activity on the west coast of the US and has appointed senior vice-president programme acquisition Rebecca Segal to oversee the push, writes Jane Marlow.
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Digital uptake sees slowdown.
The number of consumers wanting pay-TV services appeared to have almost peaked after BSkyB and ITV Digital this week revealed around a 50 per cent slump in new subscribers during the
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Shine sets up standalone drama outfit.
Shine Entertainment is continuing its expansion drive by creating a new standalone drama division, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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OFF THE RECORD - A pox on Dubya.
According to Jonathan Hewes, deputy chief executive of Wall To Wall and executive producer of Smallpox 2002, which aired on BBC 2 last week, the programme caused quite a stir amongst
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NEW EDITOR FOR TRISHA.
Granada controller of daytime James Hunt has appointed Jackie Heffer as editor of ITV 1 show Trisha. Heffer was formerly acting editor on the show, having joined as a researcher in
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Technology & Facilities - Encoda picks finance man for EMEA job.
Encoda Systems EMEA chief financial officer David Martin is to replace EMEA president Roy Freeland as head of the European, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Technology & Facilities - Soho shorts entries.
Entries are invited to the fourth Rushes Soho Shorts festival which will be held between 27 July and 1 August 2002. Submissions should have been produced in the 12 months up
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Technology & Facilities - Lynx equipment theft.
Middlesex facilities company Lynx Digital has been rocked by the theft of four digital beta video recorders worth #100,000 from their premises in Denham on Tuesday night last week (5 February).
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Technology & Facilities - Northlight scanner.
Framestore-CFC spin-off Film-Light has joined forces with telecine specialist Innovation TK to produce the ITK Northlight scanner. Originally developed by the Framestore-CFC team that now runs FilmLight, the CCD digital scanner
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Technology & Facilities - Workstation XSI.
Softimage has introduced an entry-level version of its XSI non-linear animating system. The new version, called Workstation, runs on a single workstation and starts at under $5,000 (#3,520), compared with the
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lTV plans to increase primetime factual.
ITV is set to stuff its peaktime schedule with more cost-effective factual programming over the next year to help fund expensive commissions such as drama and entertainment, writes Steve Aston.