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ITC hails foreign players
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson has called on British media companies to welcome foreign media players to the UK to help spread the cost of digital, writes David Wood.
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Granada gives Willis new role
Granada has created a new international 'film and fiction' business, Granada Screen, in a bid to expand its overseas slate, writes Steve Aston.
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INTERACTIVE GOLF
The BBC is to follow its acclaimed interactive coverage of Wimbledon by launching similar features for the Open Golf Championship which begins next Thursday (19 July), but only on digital satellite
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HUNT FOR OPERA STAR
Channel 4 is to embark on a Popstars-style push to find the next Pavarotti (left), writes Penny Hughes. Night at the Opera from Diverse will audition non-professional singers across the country
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INTERVIEW - Static in motion
Having sold the iTV firm he founded in 1997 to OpenTV for£42m, Jasper Smith reckons the key to success in interactive is adding value by pushing for content that's as entertaining as it is innovative.
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ITV waits on marketing messiah
After months of rumour as to where Jim Hytner would rock up next, the Channel 5 director of marketing has finally chosen what must be one of the most challenging jobs
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ITV SPORT KICKS OFF
ITV Sport Channel has struck its first external carriage deal with NTL and is understood to be in talks with Telewest. ITV Digital, the new name for On Digital as of
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PROFIT LEAP FOR PACE
Digital set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technologies reported a 61 per cent leap in annual profits on Monday (9 July), comfortably beating analyst forecasts. Pre-tax profits before amortisation and exceptional items
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Pryde wins licence role at TWG
The Wireless Group (TWG) has appointed a new head of development following Jason Bryant's move to a part-time role at the group, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TRADE TALK - Regional service
Ex-BBC Manchester northern light Emma Westcott is planning to use her north-west contacts to implement Channel 4's new regional strategy.
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Ashbrook back at BBC to produce pop event
Former BBC producer Robin Ashbrook, who worked on the first series of A Question of Pop, is to return to the corporation to produce the inaugural Top of the Pops Awards
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Clutch of appointments at century 105.4
Century 105.4 has appointed former Puremix.com music controller Mike Walsh as head of music. Walsh, who has worked as Parlophone promotions manager, joins the company in the newly created role on
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RIL appoints new chief operations officer
Radio Investments Limited (RIL) has appointed former GWR managing director, sales John Sanderson to the new post of chief operations officer.He will also join the RIL board.Elsewhere, former Sun
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Capital to provide web services for MSN
Capital Radio's internet arm Capital Interactive has signed up to become the exclusive provider of web radio services to website MSN.co.uk.Capital Interactive will provide MSN.co.uk's estimated 11 million users with
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Staff lose jobs at Dutch Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is making 12 staff redundant at its Netherlands office as it prepares to revert from being a free, basic package channel to a pay offering.The broadcaster, which runs
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Jowell increases target for TV subtitling
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has set an increased target of 80 per cent for subtitling on digital terrestrial television.The Royal National Institute for Deaf People welcomed the move, adding that
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Ashcroft back at BBC to produce pop event
Former BBC producer Robin Ashcroft, who worked on the first series of A Question of Pop, is to return to the corporation to produce the inaugural Top of the Pops Awards
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BBC to make Choice series on Radio 1
The BBC is pushing its Radio 1 brand onto television with a new BBC Choice series based on the station's life, writes Leigh HolmwoodCommissioned by BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy, the
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Flying gardeners set to land at BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of leisure and factual entertainment Anne Morrison have commissioned a second series of horticultural show Flying Gardeners.The 8 x 30-minute series, to be