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    RUSHES PICKS UP SPIRIT

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Soho commercials facility Rushes has added Philips' Spirit Datacine to its existing Cintel C-Reality and URSA Diamond telecine. The Spirit, which is the 20th to be installed in the UK, will

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    Youlton quits S&W

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company has confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told

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    Storm set for retail radio

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Storm Digital Broadcasting (SDB), the radio outfit run by former Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes, is entering the in-house radio market with the launch of two new channels - Post Office Live and a radio station for newsagents, writes Georgina Lispcomb.

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    OFF THE RECORD - The show that's too sexy for TV

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    If C4 ever feels the heat of its competitors' ratings breathing down its now more populist neck, it could always try dredging the depths of its archive for racy sexploits from

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    Trade Talk - Secret weapon

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Few have heard of Jagdip Jagpal since she took the helm at SMG. Can this legal specialist turn around the company's creative fortunes?

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    TEXT FOR TALKSPORT

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    National radio station TalkSport is the first to sign up to an SMS text messaging service developed by Quartez called Txt2Air. The system will be used by the station to canvas

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    Youlton to step down at Snell & Wilcox

    2001-09-06T16:39:00Z

    David Youlton has said he will step down as chairman of Snell & Wilcox in the same week that the company confirmed its purchase of Newbury-based manufacturer Post Impressions.Youlton told Broadcast

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    Rent hikes put Soho TV companies under threat

    2001-09-06T16:36:00Z

    Scores of Soho-based television companies could be forced out of the London media hub following a series of 'outrageous' rent increases, writes Barbara Marshall.Several companies have received rent demands more than

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    Ex-Red Pepper founders join XTV

    2001-09-06T16:34:00Z

    Two founding members of recently defunct television branding company Red Pepper ID have joined Soho design house XTV, writes Will Strauss.Bob Cosford and Richard Markell become executive creative director and executive

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    Disney, News Corp tie for broadband VOD

    2001-09-06T16:26:00Z

    Eisner and Murdoch agree pact to broadcast video-on-demand movies over broadband

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    BBC 1's match-winning performance

    2001-09-06T16:02:00Z

    Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria

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    BBC 1 puts in match-winning performance

    2001-09-06T15:58:00Z

    Channel trounces rivals in the ratings as country rides a wave of football euphoria

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    Singer speaks out as Telewest shares plunge to record low

    2001-09-06T14:57:00Z

    Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent

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    Singer speaks out as Telewest plunges to record low

    2001-09-06T14:50:00Z

    Chief executive says third quarter earnings in line with expectations after company's share price drops 23 per cent

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    MBC bags BBC 1 and Channel 4 commissions

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured a raft of new orders from the BBC and Channel 4, including a documentary about controversial former MI5 head Dame Stella Rimmington, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe

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    BBC 2 orders Michael Watson legal fight doc

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    BBC 2 commissioning executive Maxine Watson has commissioned a 50-minute special on former super middleweight boxer Michael Watson, writes Jon RogersFighting Back: the Michael Watson Story charts Watson's battle for compensation

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    C4 commissions for third Hidden Love series

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker has ordered 3 x 60-minute films as part of the channel's third Hidden Love series, writes Penny HughesBrothers in Arms, from

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    4 X 4 times two as new series is confirmed

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Current affairs series 4 x 4 has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks.From the autumn, the 6

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    Science greats to appear in Channel 4

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Channel 4 schools commissioning editor John Richmond has ordered a new series for the Science in Focus strand from indie Eagle & Eagle.Big Questions examines how great scientists such as

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    Channel 5 reconfirms its taste for Pepsi

    2001-09-06T14:23:00Z

    Channel 5 has recommissioned two new series of the Pepsi Chart on 5 from Initial.Ordered by C5 controller of special events Adam Perry, the new shows will run until June