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ZONE MAKES COLE DIRECTOR OF FACTUAL
Channel producer and distributor Zone Vision has promoted Reality Channel manager Steve Cole to director of factual programming with a brief to grow the reality TV business and develop new channels.
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CKS IN PANASONIC DEAL
Panasonic Broadcast has appointed distributor C K Stephens & Company (CKS) as part of a bid to expand sales of its plasma screens. The manufacturer opened a new factory in Japan
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UK TV chief goes to Sky daytime
Sky One is gearing up to launch a major drive into daytime and has poached UK TV factual chief Andrew Lowrey to oversee it.As Sky One channel editor, Lowrey will be
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PERRY NAMED CHIEF AT THE SALES COMPANY
PolyGram Film International president Aline Perry has been named chief executive of part BBC-owned international film distributor The Sales Company. Perry has been charged with reinforcing the brand identity of the
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Chelsea Flower power leaves Survivor stranded
Just as ITV and Channel 4 were hoping their reality TV blockbusters, Survivor and Big Brother, would attract big audiences, TV viewing fell by 10 per cent week on week. Both
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London Playout Centre gains md in RTL rejig
RTL technical group chief executive Mike Southgate has promoted Paul Evans to managing director of the London Playout Centre as part of a restructure of the London operation, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Landmark case hits card fraud
Fraudsters have been dealt a blow in a recent UK court case as Dutch conditional access firm Irdeto Access secured a conviction against a maker of pirate satellite smart cards.However, despite
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TWG sells Scot FM to raise capital
Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group has been forced to sell Scot FM for£25m to rival GMG in order to alleviate its debt crisis, writes Steve Aston.
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BSC's demise is well deserved
It's time to say RIP to the Broadcasting Standards Commission, just as it appoints an interim director to see it through to dissolution and integration into Ofcom.Paul Bolt, a former civil
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September broadens factuals drive
September Films is attempting to move into more serious factual programming following the appointment of Brook Lapping series producer Carole Peters as head of documentaries, writes Steve Aston.
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TX - Bringing the past to life
Costume designer Frances Tempest had just 10 weeks to clothe more than 50 characters in authentic 1940s garb - right down to their underwear - for BBC drama's forthcoming family saga,
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Off the Record - News in brief
Lord Thomson, former chairman of Independent Television Commission forerunner the Independent Broadcasting Authority, shared a platform with his daughter for the first time ever at last week's Voice of the Listener
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Kingston revamps brands
Kingston Mediastream is to be renamed Kingston Inmedia as part of anoverall rebranding exercise by parent company Kingston Communications, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ON THE BOX - Digging up the past
Andrew Christie, chairman of Big Finish, felt embarrassed for those presenting Dinosaur Island, but was awed by The World at War.
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Bolt takes top job at the BSC
Department for Culture, Media & Sport head of strategy and communications Paul Bolt has been appointed director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Steve Aston.
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Former IBA chief slams bill
Former Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chairman Lord Thomson has slammed the government's planned communications bill, claiming it would give too much power to a single regulatory body and would not safeguard public service broadcasting, writes N
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NO RTL ENDEMOL BID
RTL Group has dismissed rumours that it has made a bid for Dutch production house Endemol, maker of Big Brother. A spokesman said the reports, carried in a French newspaper this
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Sky software gives viewers bespoke TV
Sky has introduced personalised TV software which will enable its 5.4 million digital subscribers to create their own TV schedules, writes David Wood.
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BBC DOC LOOKS AT THE BRITS AND MADONNA
The BBC has been given exclusive access to Madonna's inner circle in order to make a special 60-minute documentary to mark the arrival of her Drowned World tour in Britain, writes
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BBC settles out of court in Elite case
The BBC has settled the High Court action brought against it by the Elite model agency over an episode of investigative show MacIntyre Undercover, writes Leigh Holmwood.