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Autocue hires news expert
Autocue is targeting the newsroom business as its next area for expansion and has appointed one of the best known names in that business to spearhead its campaign, writes Nick Radlo.
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Granada boss mulls ITV audio drive
Granada Media chairman Charles Allen is believed to be exploring the idea of turning ITV into a major supplier of audio programming for digital radio and multimedia applications, writes Colin Robertson.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Stormy weather attracts viewers for ITV
The news hit the headlines again as ITV achieved the highest news audience of any channel since last Christmas Day, writes Jon Rogers.
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CINTEL COMPLETES BRIMAR AND ASSETS PURCHASE
The directors of Cintel have announced the completion of the purchase of Brimar and the assets and business of Cintel International, which went into receivership last June, in a deal worth
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TIGER ASPECT BUYS STAKE IN THEATRICAL OPERATION
Tiger Aspect Productions has taken a 40 per cent stake in theatrical production and management company Gwenael Allan Productions with a view to developing projects across television, film, live performance and
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Natkiel's indie to make DoH Asian drama
Former BBC head of network production in Birmingham Rod Natkiel has won£250,000 to make the first drama series funded by the Department of Health, writes Tara Conlan.
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THE REAL DAD'S ARMY COMES TO EINSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT
Science and technology channel Einstein's production arm, Einstein Entertainment, is to produce a 6 x 30-minute series called Real Dads' Army for an ITV regional transmission. Production has already started on
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BBC STAFF MOVE APPROVED
As predicted by Broadcast, the BBC board of governors has approved plans for BBC News to move from Television Centre back to central London on a site behind Broadcasting House (11.8.00).
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ROHDE & SCHWARZ AND ANTON BAUER WIN TECHIE EMMIES
Rohde & Schwarz and Anton Bauer received technical Emmies in the latest round of awards from the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.Rohde & Schwarz received its Emmy for
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MEDIA MINISTER ANNOUNCES HIKE IN TV LICENCE FEE
Department for Culture, Media & Sport minister Janet Anderson has announced that the TV licence fee will increase by£5 to£109 from 1 April next year. The black and white
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Taking on the dragon
Granada's sale of HTV last week leaves new owner Carlton with a few problems to solve - not least the balance of the franchise's regional needs with its corporate ambitions.
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INDIE BUSINESS - Why they think it's all over
With a number of independents losing indie status by selling out to larger outfits, is it time to overhaul the quota system, whereby broadcasters must commission 25 per cent of their programming from indie sources?
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CARLTON INTERNATIONAL AGREES RAFT OF NEW SALES
Carlton International territory manager Evi Nicopoulos has finalised a raft of deals in Israel, South Africa, Malta and Egypt. They include sitcom Babes in the Wood, drama Peak Practice (series nine
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OFF THE RECORD - Business affair
Now that Carlton has assumed control of HTV, OTR is reminded of a comment attributed to Carlton chief Clive Jones years ago when TVS lost its franchise to Meridian and Lord
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THE MILL WINS THREE GOLDS AT ADVERTISING CRAFT AWARDS
The Mill scooped three Gold Awards at the British Television Advertising Craft Awards in London on Monday night (30 October). The high-end effects facility swept the board for Best Colourist (Adam
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Bectu ballots may spark industrial action at the BBC
Broadcasting union Bectu is set to ballots its members twice in moves that could spell industrial action at BBC Resources and BBC Technology in London, writes Nick Radlo.
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MTV staff invoke Act
A row over new terms and conditions could lead to music channel MTV being the first UK broadcaster to be taken to task under new employment rules, writes Simon Ellery.
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OZ ABC PROMOTES MCGRATH TO EUROPEAN SALES JOB
Australian broadcaster ABC has poached RM Associates senior sales executive Anne McGrath to become its new European sales manager. Reporting to ABC programme sales manager Kaye Warren, McGrath will be based
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Glassworks sells 85% to Das Werk
German facilities-to-film group Das Werk has confirmed that it is to take an 85 per cent stake in UK facility Glassworks as part of its ongoing strategy to roll out a
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Dinosaurs merit $70m
Hallmark Entertainment has gone into production on an ambitious US$70m (£48m) animated miniseries set in a fantasy land where dinosaurs and humans live together, write Simon Ellery and Ashley Davies.The 6