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THE GOSPEL SLEUTH
GMTV and The Voice newspaper are to launch a joint project to search for a gospel choir and solo gospel singer. The slot - the GMTV/The Voice Gospel Challenge 2001 -
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GO RACING IMAGE
Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing, which recently raised£80m as part of its TV rights deal, has hired brand consultant Oliver Bond as it gears up to soft launch next
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STOCKPORT RADIO LICENCE SOUGHT BY GMG
GMG is bidding for the re-advertised Stockport local radio licence currently held by The Wireless Group (TWG). GMG has put forward an application for Stock FM to replace TWG's existing Imagine
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S&M fills marketing head role
Smoke & Mirrors is beefing up its market presence with the appointment of advertising agency boss Amanda Lowit to the newly created post of head of marketing, writes Barbara Marshall.
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FASHION ON SKY
Style service Fashion TV has launched on Sky Digital and has unveiled plans to commission 180 hours of original programming each year. Managing director Francois Thiellet said indies with a strong
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PEOPLE VERSUS EXHUMED FOR ITV OVERHAUL
ITV is to revive Celador's ill-fated gameshow The People Versus as part of its early evening schedule. The show, which has been overhauled following dire ratings for its initial peaktime run
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Emap fills top radio role
Emap performance has promoted Radio Hallam managing director Shaun Gregory to the newly created role of development director across the division's radio brands, writes Simon Ellery.
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SPECTRUM IS DUE
The government will publish the results of its radio spectrum review on Monday (18 June). The review, led by Brunel University vice-principal Martin Cave, is expected to suggest broadcasters such as
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Planet Rapido to diversify on web
Eurotrash producer Planet Rapido is to complete its transformation into a multimedia company with plans to create a series of new revenue streams via the web, writes Penny Hughes.
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THE REAL DIVA
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor for history, arts and religion Tim Kirby has commissioned SMG TV Productions to produce an unauthorised biography on Shirley Bassey, writes Simon Ellery. The 60-minute programme
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Third digital multiplex licence nabbed by DRG
The Digital Radio Group has scooped the coveted third London digital multiplex licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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FAST UNVEILS DV DEVICE
Fast Multimedia has developed a media player that allows users to play back DV files on a PC without DV codecs installed. It is the first multi-format player and is the
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Television 'rescued media department'
The growing importance of television to UK citizens and the economy helped secure the future of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), according to the Prime Minister's office.A Downing
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LAST DOCTOR WHO TO MAKE ONLINE DEBUT
A one-off special of cult sci-fi series Doctor Who is to be broadcast on BBC Online - the first new instalment featuring the cult time lord since a 1996 TV movie.
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RTS TO DEBATE ELECTION
Current affairs coverage of last week's general election is set to be debated by key industry news figures at an RTS conference on Friday 22 June. The event will feature Channel
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INTERVIEW - Turning the corner
The last few weeks have seen BBC drama gingerly claw its way back to the hearts of the populace after a pretty disastrous year in which it was consistently thrashed by
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INDIE FINANCE - TWI sports a flair for cost control
Still in tune with the days when its specialism was negotiating TV sports rights, Trans World International now makes most of its money from its own productions which benefit from a lean management ethos.
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IDEAL WORLD IN NEW FILMFOUR COLLABORATION
Ideal World Films, sister company to Glasgow-based indie Ideal World, is embarking on its second film in collaboration with FilmFour. Northern Soul, a£3m romantic comedy, is being put together by
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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