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BBC Radio digital move
BBC Radio and Music is to implement a digital play-out system from the German company VCS to handle both programme production and transmission on a number of its radio channels. The
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Bids in place for ITV news
The Challenger for the lucrative ITV news contract, Channel 3 News, is understood to have undercut the price of current supplier ITN's contract by several million in its tender document submitted to the network this week, writes Simon Ellery.
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My TV launch boast
My TV Network, the restricted service licence TV licensee based in Portsmouth, claimed this week to have secured£59,800 from advertising and sponsorship since its launch at the beginning of June.
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LNN boosts factual programming
LNN Factuals Network has secured a host of new programmes for the London region. LWT has commissioned three factual series including 16 x 30-minute travel series Dream Ticket, 30-minute magazine show
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Granada completes Border buy
Granada has added to its ITV empire by completing its purchase of Border TV for£50.5m, writes Steve Aston.
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On the box - Driving Miss Crazy
Phil Dolling, executive producer of BBC 1's Space, waxes lyrical about Ruby, while Survivor's Final tests viewer endurance.
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TV management - Television's brain drain
With indies offering more creative opportunities, higher salaries and greater job security, top executive jobs with broadcasters are no longer the glittering prizes they once were. james curtis reports on TV's growing dearth of management talent.
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Brass Eye reaction
Channel 4 this week prompted a national debate about the fraught subject of paedophilia just weeks before chief executive Michael Jackson leaves the station amid charges of excessive commercialism. Proving that
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Yes TV gets rights to Robbie and Britney
Yes Television, which pipes programming to 400 viewers in north London, has struck a deal with music video rights outfit Music Mall for videos of artists ranging from Robbie Williams to
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Capital launches online dance station
Capital Interactive has launched Capital Radio show Dancemasters as a new online dance station, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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CBBC to tackle foot and mouth
The devastating effect that foot and mouth disease can wreak on children in rural communities is to be highlighted in a new hard-hitting drama commissioned by the BBC's kids department, CBBC.Out
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Play UK to puppet celebs
PLAY UK has ordered a series of Spitting Image-style shorts from Chrysalis Entertainment, featuring stars such as Jamie Oliver and David Beckham, writes Simon Ellery.
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Film service change
ITV Digital has renamed its On Request pay-per-view film service as ITV Select. The service is set to screen a season of classical concerts starting with the premier of Pavarotti and
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Cirque lifts Granada
Granada International has struck a three-year distribution deal with Montreal-based circus group Cirque du Soleil, writes Steve Aston.
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Edit works completes
The management of post facility The Edit Works has completed its buyout from Complete Communications, which also owns production company Celador.Complete agreed to the sale last year after deciding that the
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Lux departure raises indie order concerns
Indies have expressed concern that BBC entertainment will be left rudderless when controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux finally leaves the corporation on Friday (3 August), with no sign of a replacement, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Leader - Jowell needs to show cool head
As Broadcast went to press, Channel 4 had received close to 4,000 calls about its Brass Eye special which aired twice last week - the first time on Thursday at 22.35
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Henson crown sale
The Jim Henson Company, a subsidiary of German producer EMTV, has sold its 8.2 per cent stake in Crown Media to the Hallmark Network. The $90m (£63m) deal with Hallmark Entertainment
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ITV dares to win with SAS show
ITV has commissioned Chrysalis TV Group to produce a major drama based on the SAS. Production on primetime series Ultimate Force begins in November with a 90-minute special kicking off a
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TVF picks up Princess Diana rights
Documentary distribution company TVF International has secured the international rights to Brook Lapping's 4 x 60-minute ITV series Diana - Story of a Princess. The series tells the life story of